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3D Character Animator (Exciting: Award-worthy productions)

Edmonton

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JOB DESCRIPTION

<p>Not your everyday 3d animator position. Challenging and fast moving, yet friendly and supportive: a career practicing your art that you will look forward to every day. Work with incredibly talented artists in an exciting environment where every month is different.<br><br>---Positions Available:---<br><br>** Full time 3d character animator<br>** Other Positions: We are also hiring for 3D generalist animators (non-character), video editor, motion designer, sound designer, director of photography (focus on artisting lighting), and more. You may apply for multiple positions separately. If you know someone in any of these areas, please do them a quick and friendly favour by letting them know about this posting.<br><br><br>---Position Overview:---<br><br>** Full time and permanent<br>** Flexible hours (for example: choose to start your day between 6am and 10am, work late some days and shorter on others).<br>** 85% internal projects (for multiple product lines), 15% client projects.<br>** Focus on achieving noticeably remarkable and portfolio-worthy results, with only some projects that simply need to be done in a short timeframe (we aim to win awards for our work).<br>** The same variety as working at an agency, but without the cutting corners to deliver too quickly.<br>** Engage in constructive debate to challenge your artistic choices; standing up for your choices, while being willing to use respectful criticism, with or without the sugar coating, to iterate into even better designs.<br>** Focus on 3D animation of characters, both human and non-human characters.<br>** Facial expressions and body movement of characters.<br>** Both designing the character movements (such as blocking) as well as fine tuning all details of the movement to reach cinematic quality levels.<br>** Animation will be either from scratch or starting with performance/motion capture as a starting point.<br>** Tweaking blend shapes where the existing blend shapes are insufficient for a given scene.<br>** Assist with modelling characters and rigging charaters where your skills allow.<br>** Occasionally assist 3D generalist or visual effects teams where your skills allow.<br>** Gain experience with numerous video types: entertainment videos (like Sci-Fi short stories), animated explainer videos, YouTube commercials, infographic videos, mixing live action with 3D, and short snippits for social media.<br>** Does _not_ involve constant tight deadlines nor overtime that lead to results you are not proud of; there is pressure but it is manageable and work has steady hours.<br>** High end equipment to work with (triple monitors with a 40” monitor, pen tablets, whatever keyboard or mouse you want us to buy, etc).<br><br><br>---Requirements:---<br><br>** Passionate about video storytelling with emotion and movement specifically<br>** Can be very fast for prototyping and pre-visualizations, but can dig deep for stunning results<br>** Superb understanding of factors that affect perception of quality and engagement of viewers<br>** Attention to detail<br>** Takes pride in work<br>** No specific requirements for formal education or industry experience. We evaluate each applicant based on merit and potential rather than formalities, however a portfolio is required.<br>** language of work: English<br><br><br>---Nice To Have:---<br><br>** Experience with Maya or Cinema 4D<br>** Experience in a wide variety of animations (expressive as well as subtle)<br><br>---About The Work Environment:---<br><br>** Friendly, non-threatening, and non-political environment.<br>** Mid-sized company but retaining the speed and flexibility of a smaller company.<br>** We are a great environment for both outgoing people and those who are very shy and introverted (applicable to non-client facing positions).<br>** We strive to have every employee sitting near a window for natural light and to have plenty of plants throughout the office; we care about employee health.<br>** Free onsite massage therapy.<br>** Private nap rooms for isolated thinking time or for taking a nap if you didn’t sleep well last night.<br>** Atrium to enjoy the sun during lunch.<br>** Social events worth remembering (fencing competitions, curling, video game or board game parties, coding competitions, commando combat training, robotics club coming soon, etc).<br>** An example of our culture: Lunch together is in a very comfy sofa room, and even the quiet types are comfortable there.<br>** Unlimited access to pillage our kitchens for caffeine, sugar, healthy snacks, soups, and more :)<br>** Additional perks that are cost-shared like motorized sit-stand desks.<br>** Task focused: everyone in the company heavily uses centralized to-do lists to stay organized, prioritize, and coordinate.<br>** Fast paced<br>** Consistent work/life balance: mandatory overtime is very rare.<br><br><br>---About The Company:---<br><br>** Pleasant Solutions is a dynamic company headquartered in Edmonton, a large satellite office in Toronto/Vancouver, and small satellite offices across Canada and the USA (including in Calgary, Ottawa, Saskatoon, New York, Denver, Boston, etc)<br>** We have been an enterprise software services company since 2007, and have just recently launched a studio for our own innovative video productions as well as client contracted productions.<br>** We may be the largest capacity video marketing studio in Western Canada except for television and news stations (we have not confirmed this, but it appears to be the case).<br>** Silicon Valley kind of excitement and growth potential.<br>** Fast growth: One of the 200 fastest growing technology companies in North America with 955% growth over 5 years (based on growth rates in published rankings of the 2014 Profit 500 and 2013 Deloitte Technology Fast 500). Canadian Profit Guide ranked us #88 out of 500 for fast growth in Canada, announced in Sept 2015.<br>** Full of smart and passionate people whom you can learn from.<br>** Very low employee turn-over rate, attesting to the value of working here.<br>** We do a mix of in-house product development, software development services, electronics manufacturing, marketing services, and IT services. For consulting, we build both large and small custom projects. Our in-house products include the high-security Pleasant Password Server, an innovative tool that lets non-technical people build their own web applications using spreadsheets, an event ticketing system, and other business software.<br>** An innovative technology company with an aim of achieving results in creative ways.<br>** We develop high quality software you will take pride in. Our company name says it all.<br>** Socially conscious (for example, we pay for employees to sponsor hundreds of WorldVision children).<br><br>---Salary and Benefits:---<br><br>** Salary: commensurate with experience. For example, with appropriate experience, a salary of $55,000 is possible<br>** Benefits Package Offered: 50% coverage on Blue Cross Silver<br></p>

HOW TO APPLY

---Applying:---

** What do you have to lose by exploring the possibility? Applying does not take long and we keep your application confidential (never disclosed to existing employer).
** Apply online today at https://pleasantsolutions.com/careers
** Even if you don't have your resume updated or ready to go, apply anyways, we want to hear from you!
** Please do not apply via email, apply only by visiting the https://pleasantsolutions.com/careers site.
** Important: Applications sent through the Craigslist "reply" button will be discarded. Please use only our careers website to apply.

---Contact Information:---
** Business Address: 8525 Davies Rd NW, Edmonton AB, T6E 4N3
** Mailing Address: 8525 Davies Rd NW, Edmonton AB, T6E 4N3
** Phone: 780-463-8875
** Contact: https://pleasantsolutions.com/contact-us

Pleasant Solutions

Post Date:

Wednesday, April 15, 2020

Expiry Date:

Thursday, October 15, 2020

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