Pre-viz Artist

IoM Media Ventures is a 3D animation studio located in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Our studio’s talent-friendly, encouraging atmosphere is where highly-skilled individuals come together to create ground breaking animated content and custom interactive interfaces.

Why work at IoM?

At IoM (Island of Misfits) we’re constantly raising the bar for our productions and developing our pipeline and people. If you are a passionate artist looking for an opportunity to grow your skillset in a collaborative environment, we’d like to hear from you
- Join the fastest growing CG animation studio in Halifax, Nova Scotia
- Gain a flexible work environment with options for remote and in-studio positions
- Collaborate on new properties and well-known brands to create TV series with industry-leading partners
- Work with a talented group of artists to reach your highest potential
- Utilize the latest tools, technology and software, with training support provided, when necessary

IoM upholds a premium standard of quality across all of our projects, both large and small.
- We hire for the long-term and give artists the opportunity to grow and advance within the company.
- We offer a generous benefits and RRSP package for all employees.

We’re currently looking for a pre-viz artists to join one of our exciting 3D productions

**The Role**:
As a **Pre-Viz Artist,** you will get to work with the directors to achieve a rough outline for storyboard and realize them into the 3D environment by establishing camera blocking, composition and lens choice.

**Responsibilities**:
- Create 3D visualizations of storyboard animatics
- Establish camera blocking, composition and lens choice
- Pro-actively identify possible creative / technical problems with shots
- Complete assigned sequences within scheduled timeframe
- Ensure shot continuity
- Keep current on pre-viz techniques and technology
- Communicate with production on progress and assets
- Work with director to rough out position and camera for storyboards

**Qualifications**:
- 2+ years of experience in animation or film industry
- Degree/diploma in fine arts or animation or equivalent experience an asset
- Proficiency with standard industry software (eg. Maya)
- Ability to interpret storyboards and realizes them in a 3D environment
- Firm understanding of cameras, staging, composition, perspective, pacing, timing and cinematography concepts in animation context
- Solid understanding of cinematic language and camera terminology
- Basic modeling and rigging
- Ability to clearly communicate creative and technical thoughts and ideas
- Ability to prioritize and manage time efficiently
- Ability to work both independently and collaboratively under deadline pressure

Thank you for your interest in joining our island.
- IoM Media acknowledges that our work is created in Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral and unceded territorial lands of the Mi’kmaq People. We are privileged to be able to create stories for a worldwide audience in a place of great natural beauty and cultural significance, and recognize that acknowledgment is only the first step to advancing truth, reconciliation, and equity._