Job Description
Repeatedly voted one of Montreal’s Top Employers and Employer of the Year for the 2022 Mercuriades Awards, Rodeo FX is a high-end creative company offering services in visual effects, advertising, animation, and experiential.
Nominated for 3 Emmy Awards for its work on the series Stranger Things season 4,The Witcher season 2 and Foundation season 1, the independent, Oscar-winning company boasts close to 800 artists.
As a multilateral creative company, Rodeo FX's Ads & Experiences department here to bring the most innovative projects to life. With a high level of attention to detail and an almost stubborn determination to get things right, we generate a creative product of the highest calibre. We are creative to the bone, storytelling is in our blood, and collaboration is in our DNA.
We evolve our artists through projects of multiple vocations. Moving from installations to content, from music videos to local and international advertising, from museum mandates to projection, while mixing in augmented reality or digital experiences, it’s easy to immerse yourself in our world.
Work arrangements:
As a company founded and led by an artist, it is creativity above all that guides us. Our mission is to provide our talents with the freedom and resources they need to deliver quality work and thrive in a stimulating, caring environment. This is why we offer a flexible work structure in all our locations.
Job Description
The Creative Director will be a central pillar of our ADS & EXP creative team and strategic processes. The Creative Director will pitch to clients to land cool work for the advertising department. The CD will also work closely with the VFX supervisors and artists over the course of our projects. Additionally, the Creative Director will be the creative representative and face of Rodeo Ads & experiences for our clients.
Lastly, the CD will have strong leadership, and help create a vision and guide all partners towards the end result.
- You have a good understanding of the advertising market worldwide and all of its different services ( agencies, productions, post productions, experiential etc..);
- You are the creative force and vision of your team and areinterested in collaborating with other CDs under the supervision of the ECD to developthe company worldwide;
- You have a strong art direction background, whether in agencies or post houses, a good understanding and practice of the traditional 3Dpipeline and are aware of new technologies (real-time, AI, and you area model for our internal team and collaborators by showing rigor);
- Yougatherinspiration from unexpected sources, and push concepts beyond the usual path;
- You are a perfectionist with yourcraftand execution;
- You are able to pitch our studio, services, and ideas to our wide spectrum of clients (agencies, productions, direct clients). You are comfortable talking to an audience;
- You are able assemble the best teams at your disposal to match every project needs and find external resources if needed;
- You will ensure the productions go smoothly by overlooking the process and chosen pipelines, and collaborating with the head of operations;
- You feel comfortable challenging briefs, finding unexpectedsolutions tothe clients objectives and strategies while also taking intoconsideration extenuating implications and operations;
- You will work closely with our teams in Toronto, Paris, and Los Angeles. You will also be involved in exchanges with our customers based around the world, in order to highlight Rodeo FX's technical and creative capabilities.
Qualifications
- A minimum of 12 years of experience overall in the industry, and minimum of 4 years as a Creative Director, VFX supervisor, Directoror other relevant positions, delivering stunning TVCs and experiential projects (AR, interactive installations, etc…);
- Strong portfolio with a wide range of projects and high-profile clients;
- Excellent presentation skills, a born storyteller with the ability to translate highly technical ideas into a common language;
- Deep curiosity about technology with some technical knowledge to translate creative ideas into tasks for developers and integrators;
- UX / Design focused on an understanding of how to turn brand equity into visuals;
- Communication, organization and management skills, and mindset.
Additional Information
- Full-time, Permanent Contract ;
- Flexible work structure in all our locations ;
- 2 additional statutory holidays in the winter holidays ;
- Group Insurance, access to Dialogue online support and to an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) ;
- RRSP with employer contribution ;
- Discounts on public transport, several spas, sports classes, art centers, cafes, furniture and several other local businesses.
Diversity is a core value at Rodeo FX. We are passionate about building and sustaining an inclusive and equitable work environment where diversity is celebrated and valued. We believe every member on our team enriches our work by exposing us to a broad range of ways to perceive and interact with the world, identify challenges, and to design and deliver projects.
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