Cgi Director

**Does this sound like you?**

Do you have a passion for CGI and product design? Are you able to ease in and out of projects and squash and stretch when needed?

Are you a self-starting, ideas-driven creative at heart, with a highly organized workflow and infectious enthusiasm to not just “get it done” but “make it great”?

We are seeking an accomplished CGI Director with a unique blend of artistic creativity and technical prowess. As the leader of our imagery team, you will not only drive the development of creative visuals and animations that push the boundaries of Umbra's content creation but also actively participate in hands-on production. Your role will be pivotal in supporting our marketing endeavors by crafting engaging creative marketing content celebrating Umbra's products and projects.

**Here’s what makes you successful at Umbra**
- Entrepreneurial Spirit
- Can-Do Attitude
- Curiosity
- Street Smarts
- Team Player Mentality

**What you’ll do to be successful in this role**
- Manage, optimize, and enhance the virtual production pipeline to facilitate the development of high-quality CG images and animations intended for marketing purposes
- Oversee a small team of CG artists to address workflow bottlenecks, offer technical direction, problem solve visual and technical challenges, and guarantee that the imagery adhere to brand standards.
- Offer artistic direction to ensure produced assets are aligned to the company’s visual brand language.
- Collaborate with external partners, providing both artistic and technical direction to ensure accuracy in briefs and alignment with brand standards for received work.
- Maintain all aspects of the digital workflow and archiving process including saving files to digital asset server using established file type protocols and profiles, archiving all image files to hard disk daily and cataloging images into portfolio.
- Facilitate team growth through mentorship and guidance.
- Directly contribute to asset production, delivering top-tier visuals that elevate the brand.

**What you’ll bring **
- 5-7 years of CG experience, with at least 3 years in a lead role.
- Demonstrated knowledge of furniture, consumer-goods, and architectural visualisation.
- Experience with creating photorealistic images for use in packaging, ecommerce, and marketing.
- Excellent knowledge of 3DSMax, F-Storm, Marvelous Designer, and the Adobe Suite.
- Robust understanding of the full 3D Pipeline.

**As a Bonus...**
- Demonstrated experience with short form animation, both in 2D and 3D formats.
- Knowledge of photogrammetry.
- Working knowledge of simple VFX.

**Here’s how we reward success **

Umbra is a place where innovative minds thrive on its fast pace and make things happen. We value our unique work space, our global mindset and our distinct design-centric culture.

We offer all permanent full-time associates competitive base compensation and incentive plans, group benefit coverage and RSP matching programs, as well as more exciting things like flexible working arrangements, continuous learning opportunities, a generous employee product discount, recognition galore, an on-site gourmet café and full gym facilities to keep you healthy. Overall, a great place to work and build a career.

**We’re UmbraA leading global design company, inspired and driven to perform**

We share a vision of creating original, modern, casual and affordable design for every room in the home. We are a privately owned, Canadian company with 40 years of industry experience. Led by one of our founders, our designs can be found in over 120 countries across five continents. Our global success is attributed to our entrepreneurial nature and a desire to push ourselves, and each other, beyond our limits.

**No phone calls or agencies please.**

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Dental care
- Discounted or free food
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- On-site gym
- On-site parking
- Paid time off
- RRSP match
- Store discount

Flexible Language Requirement:

- French not required

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Toronto, ON M1S 1B1: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):

- This position requires the incumbent to work in the office 5 days per week. Are you able to satisfy this requirement?
- What is the earliest date that you would be able to start?
- Describe your experience with creating photorealistic images for use in packaging, ecommerce, and marketing.
- Briefly describe your understanding of the full 3D Pipeline.
- Describe your knowledge of furniture, consumer-goods, and architectural visualization.
- Describe your experience being in a Leadership or Management role.

**Education**:

- Bachelor's Degree (required)

**Experience**:

- 3ds Max: 3 years (required)
- F-Storm: 3 years (required)
- Marvelous Designer: 3 years (required)
- Adobe