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Job Description

The Modeling Artist is responsible for creating high-quality mechanical, organic, or stylized assets, ensuring smooth integration into the pipeline and maintaining the visual quality and technical robustness of the delivered models.

They produce optimized assets that meet Rodeo FX’s technical, aesthetic, and production standards while maintaining explicit communication with other teams.

Mastery of his craft

- Model complex 3D models from concepts, photo references or scanned elements.

- Produce clean topologies that comply with the production standard.

- Follow internal nomenclature, organization and delivery conventions.

- Manage priorities and respect defined deadlines.

Creative quality

- Faithfully respect the visual style of the project, whether realistic or stylized.

- Accurately reproduce volumes, proportions and details.

- Model accurately even from partial or absent references.

Technical quality

- Build a clean and optimized topology, suitable for subsequent steps.

- Correct artifacts, maintain clean UVs if required, and verify compliance with standards.

- Prepare models for export to subsequent departments.

- Keep up to date on modeling tools, techniques and methodologies.

Communication

- Communicate effectively with supervisors and production regarding progress, issues or blockages.





- Collaborate with other teams to ensure smooth continuity between departments.

- Actively participate in dailies, taking into account artistic and technical feedback.

- Document non-standard decisions or special cases to ensure work traceability.

Learn, transmit and evolve

- Share techniques, tools or approaches with colleagues during internal or informal sessions.

- Participate in improving department standards and workflows.

- Welcome feedback with openness and use it as a lever for progress.

- Explore new tools (e.g., AI, procedural modeling, photogrammetry) to enhance skills.

Qualifications

- Experience in modeling for VFX (minimum 6 years).

- Proficiency in Maya.

- Proficiency in ZBrush.

- Solid understanding of topology.

- Solid understanding of volumes, proportions, and details.

- Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with other departments.

- Professional attitude, attention to detail, rigor, and adaptability.

- Experience with Houdini, Wrap, Mush, Marvelous Designer or other software.

Additional Information

- Must be based in Montreal.

- Canadian citizenship, permanent residency or open work permit is required.

- Availability to work on-site at the studio 3 days a week.

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📌 Senior Organic Modeling Artist Temporary Contract (Montreal)
🏢 Rodeo FX
📍 Montreal