Talent Acquisition Specialist in Visual effects - 2 months contract

Company 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 multiple Emmy® Awards for its work on the series Stranger Things season 4, The Witcher season 2, and The Lord of The Rings: The Rings of Power season 1, the independent, Oscar®-winning company boasts close to 900 artists crafting from studios in Montreal, Québec City, Toronto, Los Angeles and Paris.

Rodeo FX is a creative partner to the world’s best storytellers including Netflix, HBO, Disney, Marvel, Amazon Studios, Warner Bros., and Sony, and has collaborated on ads for YouTube, NBC, and Apple. Current projects include Blue Beetle, Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, and Zack Snyder's Rebel Moon. Recently released projects include John Wick: Chapter 4, Black Adam, Disney's The Little Mermaid, and Love, Death and Robots Volume 3, for which the company won a 2023 VES award.

Work arrangements:
As a company founded and led by an artist, creativity above all 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. While we require employees to be present in the studio at least three days a week, we maintain flexible work arrangements for the remaining days. This balance ensures that we foster collaboration, maintain our vibrant culture, and encourage in-person interaction and teamwork.

Job Description

The Talent Acquisition Specialist is responsible for recruiting the best hires and providing great experiences to our candidates. They put in place creative talent acquisition strategies for each specialty in their portfolio, so that Rodeo FX is positioned to find the best talent worldwide. Recruiting for all Rodeo offices globally, they put in place proactive methods to attract top talent that fits within the Rodeo culture. 

The Talent Acquisition Specialist completes the entire recruitment cycle, from the initial intake meeting with the Hiring Manager, to finding, attracting and selecting the best talent, and closing the deal by making the employment offer.

Main responsibilities:

• Responsible for the complete recruitment cycle for assigned positions:
  • Meet hiring managers for intake meetings: identify the specific needs of the position, team and department, finalize the job description, confirm the hiring team and process, etc. 
  • Prepare attractive job postings in English and in French and ensure the position is visible on job sites and on social media;
  • Source both active and passive candidates to identify, connect with, and recruit the best talent;
  • Assess candidate profiles, validate profiles with the hiring manager, as needed;
  • Conduct candidate pre-screening interviews and share notes of potential candidates with Hiring Manager;
  • Prepare interview grids, assist Hiring Manager in interview preparation, provide coaching as needed. May participate in interviews with candidates as needed;
  • Maintain up-to-date candidate information in the ATS, etc.;
  • Conduct reference checks and background checks as needed;
  • Prepare and extend employment offers to selected candidates. Negotiate as needed;
  • Notify all candidates who have not been retained for the position in a timely and respectful manner.
• Develop and maintain strong working relationships with hiring managers to proactively understand the requirements of each department and ensure the alignment of our practices. Regularly update the hiring manager on the status of their open positions, providing reports as needed;
• Coach managers on hiring trends and talent acquisition techniques;
• Ensure the best candidate experience throughout the recruitment cycle;
• Proactively build a pool of qualified candidates within assigned specialities by developing and maintaining ongoing relationships in social or professional networks. Attract and identify the optimal candidates in line with our current and future requirements (talent pipeline);
• Participate in organizing various recruitment or networking events, within the VFX Community and within schools. Positively represent RodeoFX at events;
• Actively participate in special projects in order to elevate the Talent Acquisition function, such as by developing training, contributing to employer branding projects, attraction strategies, creation or refinement of hiring processes, ATS optimization, etc.
• Positively represent Rodeo FX within the VFX and related communities, both locally and in the worldwide market, to further grow the company’s reputation as an industry leader.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 4 years of experience in a similar position;
• Must be bilingual in French and English.
• Must have experience in Visual effect or 3D animation industry;
• Must be based in Montreal;
• Good knowledge of MS Suite and ATS systems;
• Discretion and confidentiality;
• Strong interpersonal skills, judgement, resourcefulness, results-oriented and initiative.

The person in this role will work closely with our teams in Toronto and Los Angeles. They will also be involved in discussions with our clients worldwide to showcase RodeoFX's technical and creative capabilities.

Additional Information

• 2 months full time contract ;
• 3 days on site in our Montreal location.

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.