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    "description": "<p><span style=\"font-family: Inter, sans-serif\"><em>English version below : </em></span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Inter, sans-serif\"><em></em></span><br></p>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold\">Creature Lead</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold\">À propos de Barnstorm</span></p>\n<p>Barnstorm est un studio d’effets visuels nommé aux Emmy et aux VES, avec des équipes à Burbank (CA) et Vancouver (BC). Nous créons des effets visuels photoréalistes pour des projets télévisés et de streaming, tous genres confondus.</p>\n<p>Notre culture de studio repose sur la créativité et la collaboration. En pleine croissance, nous nous engageons à préserver notre ADN agile et centré sur les artistes, tout en faisant évoluer nos structures, workflows et notre encadrement.</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold\">Qui vous êtes</span></p>\n<p>Vous êtes un(e) Creature Lead senior, avec une solide expérience en CFX, rigging et disciplines associées, prêt(e) à apporter à la fois une profondeur technique et une grande polyvalence à une équipe qui valorise la clarté, l’autonomie et l’adaptabilité.</p>\n<p>Vous avez travaillé sur des pipelines stylisés et photoréalistes, allant de la déformation de personnages à la simulation de cloth, hair, muscle et grooming, avec une compréhension claire de l’impact de ces systèmes sur les départements animation, FX et lighting.</p>\n<p>Vous êtes à l’aise avec Maya, Houdini et Python (ainsi que les outils de scripting associés), et capable de résoudre sans difficulté des problèmes complexes de rigs, simulations et déformations en shot.</p>\n<p>Vous évoluez naturellement dans des environnements de production rapides, aimez encadrer des artistes, et êtes aussi à l’aise en production hands-on qu’en développement de workflows ou en amélioration des méthodes de travail de l’équipe.</p>\n<p>Dans la continuité du modèle Creature Generalist de Barnstorm, vous êtes amené(e) à intervenir sur plusieurs disciplines : rigging, scripting, simulation, tech animation, crowd et CFX setup, avec une forte capacité d’adaptation aux besoins de production.</p>\n<p>Environ 25% de votre temps est dédié aux activités de leadership et de développement de département (mentorat, outils, amélioration de workflows, documentation, QC et réunions), le reste étant consacré à la production.</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold\">Ce que vous ferez</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold\">Production (50%)</span></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Créer, maintenir et résoudre des rigs de personnages et visages de haute qualité (Maya / mGear)</li>\n<li>Réaliser des simulations de cloth, hair, muscle et peau via Houdini ou workflows Maya</li>\n<li>Optimiser rigs et simulations pour l’animation et la production (grooming, caches, publication)</li>\n<li>Développer des outils, scripts et workflows en Python ou VEX</li>\n<li>Gérer des tâches de shot : tech anim, corrections de déformation, sculpt correctif, collisions</li>\n<li>Débugger, versionner et publier rigs, caches et simulations (Alembic / USD)</li>\n<li>Suivre les tâches via ShotGrid/Flow et soutenir les artistes dans les plannings de production</li>\n<li>Intervenir sur plusieurs disciplines creature selon les besoins de production</li>\n</ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold\">Pionnier / Développement (20%)</span></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Prototyper et améliorer les systèmes de rigging, simulation et déformation</li>\n<li>Collaborer avec Pipeline et CG Supervision sur les workflows creature (Maya, Houdini, mGear)</li>\n<li>Développer des systèmes procéduraux (auto-rigging, librairies de simulation, caching workflows)</li>\n<li>Contribuer aux améliorations d’intégration pipeline entre départements</li>\n<li>Créer documentation, templates et standards de workflow</li>\n<li>Soutenir la mise en place de systèmes scalables et réutilisables</li>\n</ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold\">Équipe (30%)</span></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Encadrer et mentor les artistes rigging, CFX et creature (junior à mid)</li>\n<li>Développer la polyvalence multi-disciplinaire de l’équipe</li>\n<li>Collaborer avec animation, FX et lighting pour assurer cohérence et continuité des personnages</li>\n<li>Participer aux reviews techniques et assurer les standards qualité</li>\n<li>Travailler avec la production sur le suivi des tâches et livraisons</li>\n<li>Collaborer avec Artist Management sur le staffing et le développement des talents</li>\n<li>Donner des inputs techniques sur les bids et plannings</li>\n<li>Reporter au Head of Assets &amp; Creature</li>\n</ul>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold\">Ce que vous apportez</span></p>\n<ul>\n<li>8+ ans d’expérience en VFX haut de gamme (épisodique ou long métrage)</li>\n<li>2+ ans en rôle Lead ou Supervisory en rigging / CFX / creature</li>\n<li>Forte expérience en Houdini CFX (cloth, hair, muscle ou systèmes équivalents)</li>\n<li>Excellente maîtrise de Maya, Houdini et Python</li>\n<li>Expérience avec mGear, USD, Alembic, VEX</li>\n<li>Capacité prouvée à construire, maintenir et debugger rigs et simulations complexes</li>\n<li>Expérience multi-disciplinaire en production creature (rigging, simulation, tech anim, crowd)</li>\n<li>Bonne compréhension des workflows de shot, caching et intégration pipeline</li>\n<li>À l’aise dans des environnements rapides et en évolution constante</li>\n<li>Excellentes capacités de communication et esprit collaboratif orienté solution</li>\n</ul>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Inter, sans-serif\"><em></em></span><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Inter, sans-serif\"><em></em></span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-weight: bold\"><em>English version : </em></span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Inter, sans-serif\"><em></em></span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-weight: bold\">Creature Lead </span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-weight: bold\">About Barnstorm</span></p>\n<p><br><span style=\"font-family: Inter, sans-serif\">Barnstorm is an Emmy and VES-nominated visual effects studio with locations in Burbank, CA and Vancouver, BC. We provide photo-realistic visual effects for television and streaming projects across genres. Our studio culture is built on creativity and collaboration. As we grow, we are committed to preserving our nimble, artist-driven DNA while evolving our structure, workflows, and leadership. </span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-weight: bold\">Who You Are</span></p>\n<p><br><span style=\"font-family: Inter, sans-serif\">You are a Senior Creature Lead with strong experience across CFX, Rigging, and adjacent creature disciplines, ready to bring both technical depth and multi-disciplinary flexibility to a team that values clarity, ownership, and adaptability.</span></p>\n<p><br><span style=\"font-family: Inter, sans-serif\">You’ve worked across stylized and photoreal pipelines, from character deformation to cloth, hair, muscle, and groom simulation, with a strong understanding of how these systems connect downstream into animation, FX, and lighting.</span></p>\n<p><br><span style=\"font-family: Inter, sans-serif\">You are fluent in Maya, Houdini, Python (and supporting scripting tools), and are comfortable troubleshooting complex rigs, simulations, and shot-level deformation issues without hesitation.</span></p>\n<p><br><span style=\"font-family: Inter, sans-serif\">You thrive in fast-moving production environments, enjoy mentoring artists, and are equally comfortable contributing hands-on to shots, developing workflows, or improving how the team works as a whole.</span></p>\n<p><br><span style=\"font-family: Inter, sans-serif\">In line with Barnstorm’s Creature Generalist model, you are expected to work fluidly across rigging, scripting, simulation, tech animation, crowd support, and CFX setup workflows, remaining highly taskable across production needs.</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Inter, sans-serif\">Approximately 25% of your time is dedicated to leadership and department development activities, including mentoring, tooling, workflow improvement, documentation, QC, and meetings, with the remainder focused on hands-on production delivery.</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Inter, sans-serif; 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