Asset Finaler

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ICON Creative Studio is Canada’s largest independently owned animation entertainment company located in the historic Gastown district of Vancouver, BC Canada with design, storyboarding, modeling, rigging, animation, technical finaling, lighting, visual effects, and compositing artists alongside creative and management teams.

Known for our quality, efficiency, and timely deliveries, ICON has partnered alongside distributors, broadcasters, and streaming platforms around the world to help create, realize and produce noteworthy content.

ICON operates from a holistic philosophy that leverages individual skill sets to maximize production efficiency on the floor while maintaining an optimal balance of creativity and quality on-screen.-

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During this challenging time, we have successfully transitioned to a virtual studio. The health of our employees is always our priority. We will see you soon!

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Why work at ICON?

At ICON we constantly invest in raising the bar of our productions and fostering our people. If you are a passionate artist capable of sharing success with others, we’d like to hear from you!

• Join the fastest growing CG Animation studio in Vancouver
• Work in a safe environment. The company has successfully transitioned into a virtual studio via a high-speed Teradici connection
• Work on top feature episodic CG franchises for leading streaming platforms (Netflix, Disney+, Apple TV+, Amazon, etc.)
• Work with a diverse group of artists from all over the world who have come to BC to join our expanding studio
• Use all of the latest tools and Softwares
• We uphold a premium standard of quality across all of our production
• We hire for the long term and give artists the opportunity to grow, get promoted and take on as much responsibility as they can manage
• We offer flexibility and autonomy
• We facilitate requests and make changes in a timely manner
• We support PR applications
• We offer a generous benefits package for all employees

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ASSET FINALER

• Organization and great communication skills: The supervisor is responsible for tracking the schedule properly so we achieve all our deliveries; also must communicate with all our departments to assure assets/rigs are fixed, and lighting is getting their shots on schedule.

• Moderate knowledge about animation: The Shot Finaling supervisor is responsible for reviewing shots before they render, and must be able to see crashings and errors to be corrected by shot finaling artists.

• Moderate knowledge about Maya cloth: Even though nCloth system is built by either rigging or cfx department, the supervisor must have enough knowledge to discuss fixes on the system with other departments.

Job Duties:

• Responsible for vetting all assets on a technical level.
• Checking CFX rigs, lighting shaders, AOVs.
• Check all outstanding fix requests.
• Tech check all new assets ahead of Shot Finaling and Lighting starting.
• Communicate with the Modeling/Texture Supervisor, LRC Supervisor, CG Supervisor, and Rigging Lead on a daily basis to determine scope of work needed.