Icon Creative

Icon Creative

Senior Matte Painter (Stylized Environment Design Experience

Vancouver, British Columbia · Senior

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 20 days ago
PhotoshopMayaCommunicationProblem SolvingMentoringOrganizational Skills

About the role

  • Company Overview ICON Creative Studio is Canada's largest independently owned animation entertainment company, located in the historic Gastown district of Vancouver, BC.
  • We operate from a holistic philosophy, leveraging the unique skill sets of our team members to maximize production efficiency while maintaining an optimal balance of creativity and quality on-screen.
  • Work with the latest tools and software, ensuring you're always equipped to do your best work.

Responsibilities

  • Embrace feedback from team members and implement necessary revisions to elevate the quality of your work, ensuring alignment with project objectives.
  • Our talented team includes specialists across the entire animation pipeline, working alongside creative and management professionals to deliver outstanding animated content.
  • Known for our commitment to quality, efficiency, and timely deliveries, ICON has partnered with distributors, broadcasters, and leading streaming platforms worldwide to create and produce noteworthy, impactful projects.
  • Collaborate on top-tier feature and episodic CG franchises for major streaming platforms, including Netflix, Disney+, Apple TV+, Amazon, Peacock, and Paramount+.

Requirements

  • Senior Matte Painter (Stylized Environment Design Experience required)

Skills

  • Knowledge of Adobe Photoshop, Nuke, and Maya, Houdini, and Zbrush are a big plus.
  • At least 2 years of experience in creating high-quality digital matte paintings in a variety of different art styles.
  • Strong grasp of art fundamentals such as Perspective, Form, Composition, Anatomy, Color, Value and Lighting
  • Strong communication skills
  • Able to work well in a team environment
  • Knowledge of 3D software and the 3D production pipeline is a plus
  • Detail oriented and highly organized
  • Self-motivated and eager to learn
  • This is a Union position and the terms and conditions of employment are covered by a collective agreement.
  • ICON Creative Studio is an equal-opportunity employer.

Compensation

  • Additional compensation may be considered based on experience, qualifications, and project needs, where permitted by the collective agreement.

Benefits

  • Access direct deposit and a generous benefits package.
  • Grow with us through continuous learning opportunities, mentorship, and empowering you to achieve your professional goals.
  • We offer a competitive total rewards package that includes comprehensive extended health, dental, vision, prescription drug, and paramedical coverage, and access to mental health and wellness resources.
  • All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status.
  • Employees also enjoy a pet-friendly studio, an onsite gym, and regular social events that bring teams together both virtually and in person.

Company info

  • Be part of a diverse team of artists from around the globe who have joined us here in British Columbia.
  • Be part of a studio that upholds a premium standard of quality across all productions, putting every resource into what's on-screen.

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