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About the Role
The Asset Generalist Senior Artist is responsible for delivering complete production-ready assets, focusing on complex work, technical leadership, and mentoring. This role ensures assets meet creative, technical, and schedule requirements by collaborating with various production teams.
Responsibilities
- Execute advanced asset work including hero characters and complex assets.
- Lead asset development from modeling through final lookdev.
- Create complete production-ready assets to the highest standards.
- Mentor junior and mid-level artists on cross-discipline workflows.
- Deliver assigned work on schedule while maintaining a high standard of quality.
- Ensure deliverables meet technical requirements for downstream departments.
- Troubleshoot pipeline issues in collaboration with other departments.
- Participate in and, where appropriate, run dailies.
- Set and maintain a high quality bar; spot issues early and help others raise consistency.
- Create or improve QC checklists/templates and share best practices with the team.
- Anticipate downstream integration needs and solve problems proactively with clear trade-offs.
- Collaborate with local and global teams, Supervisors, and HoDs to design tools and optimised workflows.
- Support global production teams through documentation and technical guidance.
- Contribute to ongoing workflow improvements through technical problem-solving.
- Participate in dailies, presenting work clearly and responding to feedback.
- Communicate proactively with Supervisors, HoDs, and Production to identify risks and constraints.
- Work effectively across time zones in a fast-paced production environment.
- Support skill development across local and global teams through mentorship and knowledge sharing.
Requirements
- Significant experience in a professional VFX production environment with a focus on Asset Generalist.
- Expert-level proficiency in Maya, ZBrush, Substance Painter, Mari, Katana and Houdini.
- Strong scripting skills in Python, MEL, VEX for tool development and workflow automation.
- Experience leading sequences or small teams.
- Cross-site collaboration experience.
- Contribution to R&D or tool development initiatives.
Skills
- Maya
- ZBrush
- Substance Painter
- Mari
- Katana
- Houdini
- Python
- MEL
- VEX
- Clear and effective communication across disciplines and time zones
- Strong problem-solving skills under production pressure
- Collaborative team player with positive attitude
- Self-motivated with ability to manage multiple tasks and mentor others
Location
- Montreal
- Vancouver
Work Type
- Remote
Experience Level
- Senior
- Lead
Salary/Compensations
- CAD 50 - CAD 70 - hourly
About the Company
- We don’t just build worlds. We build the teams that build better worlds.
- From Montreal to Mumbai, London to Los Angeles, we unite diverse talent and experience across 10 global studios, delivering stronger, simpler, smarter VFX for episodic television and feature films.
- For well over a decade, FOLKS artists have come together to create ambitious work with human-focused collaboration.
- As part of the Pitch Black network, our teams contribute their distinct creative strengths to a broader community of talent, technology, and expertise around the world.
- Join us and find your FOLKS.
Equal Opportunity
- Pitch Black is an Equal Opportunity Employer
- At Pitch Black, we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive. Employment decisions are based on qualifications, skills, experience, and business needs. We provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, colour, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital or family status, pregnancy, veteran or military status, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, provincial, or local law.