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Rodeo FX

Award-winning visual effects studio for film

Junior Talent Acquisition Specialist

Generalist RecruitingConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeMontreal, QC, CanadaNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • Three years of experience in talent acquisition or recruiting; experience in a creative industry is ideal.
  • Hands-on experience managing the full recruitment cycle from start to finish.
  • Proficiency with SmartRecruiter or a comparable applicant tracking system, and LinkedIn Recruiter for structured sourcing.
  • Strong active-sourcing skills, including direct outreach, Boolean search, building and maintaining passive talent communities, and systematic follow-up.
  • Strong written and oral communication, rigorous evaluation-note writing, excellent organization, and the ability to manage priorities under pressure.
  • Sound judgment, discretion, autonomy, and the ability to maintain quality under tight deadlines.
  • Professional-level bilingual fluency in French and English, spoken and written.
  • Ability to collaborate daily with teams outside Quebec, particularly where English is the primary working language, and communicate regularly with non-French-speaking international contacts.

Responsibilities

  • Manage full-cycle recruitment assignments, including intake, posting, screening, interview coordination, reference checks, offers, negotiation, and signing.
  • Conduct structured intake meetings to clarify hiring needs, calibrate expected level, confirm success criteria, validate production constraints, and define an effective interview process.
  • Assess candidates’ levels, document key positive and risk signals, and make recommendations.
  • Support department heads in interview preparation as needed by developing targeted questions and consistent evaluation rubrics, coordinating logistics, and facilitating structured debriefs.
  • Maintain active momentum on each assignment through proactive follow-ups, regular file progress, and continued advancement toward a decision.
  • Deploy targeted sourcing strategies suited to each profile, using direct outreach, specialized networks, referrals, academic partnerships, and VFX/animation communities aligned with immediate needs.
  • Build and maintain passive talent communities by discipline through segmentation, planned follow-ups, relevant outreach, and updated profiles.
  • Write and publish accurate, clear, credible job postings calibrated to the market and Rodeo FX’s culture, in French and English as needed.
  • Adapt messaging and outreach to assignment context, including production urgency, talent scarcity, and seniority level.
  • Share useful market observations with the team, including candidate availability, salary expectations, emerging trends, and anticipated risks.
  • Conduct structured screening interviews using relevant questions and validating essential criteria.
  • Produce complete, consistent, and immediately actionable interview assessments.
  • Participate in final interviews when required and contribute to timely, well-structured, documented hiring decisions.
  • Identify gaps, ambiguities, and risk signals early, and escalate them with the context and options needed for action.
  • Maintain high standards of judgment, confidentiality, and professionalism.
  • Provide a strong candidate experience through clear and timely communications, well-defined expectations, and respectful follow-up at every stage, including refusals.
  • Maintain accurate applicant tracking system records, including statuses, next steps, notes, documents, and decision histories, so any team member can resume a file without information loss.
  • Coordinate process steps precisely, including invitations, confirmations, references, internal validations, and hiring-manager feedback.
  • Prepare complete, well-structured offer approvals with key information, availability, terms, and items required for internal approvals.
  • Maintain professional, inclusive, candidate-centered follow-up through offer acceptance and signing.
  • Consistently apply the Talent Acquisition team’s standards, processes, and tools, and contribute to their adoption and continuous improvement.
  • Participate in team meetings with a solution-oriented approach by identifying operational friction, proposing practical improvements, testing adjustments, and sharing effective practices.
  • Contribute to attraction initiatives as priorities require, including school partnerships, event participation, and local and international employer-brand projects.
  • Participate in special projects that advance the function, including training, tool optimization, process improvements, and high-impact initiatives.
  • Represent Rodeo FX professionally in the VFX community and related industries in Montreal and internationally.

Desired Qualifications

  • Knowledge of the VFX, animation, or video game industry, or practical understanding of roles in a creative production pipeline.
  • Experience managing coordination tools such as Monday, Flow, Ninety, or equivalent tools for organizing processes involving multiple stakeholders.
  • Participation in attraction projects, including academic partnerships, event presence, and employer-brand initiatives.
  • Experience in international recruiting or talent mobility contexts.
  • Experience in a creative industry.

About the Company

Rodeo FX

Award-winning visual effects studio for film

Rodeo FX is a full-service visual effects studio with teams in Montreal, Quebec City, Toronto, Los Angeles, Paris and Bengaluru. It creates moving image work for film and television by handling the entire VFX pipeline—from concept and design through animation, simulation, and compositing to final rendering. The company emphasizes craftsmanship and technological creativity to deliver high-quality visual effects that resonate with audiences. It differentiates itself through its global, multi-location production capability, award-winning track record, and end-to-end services that allow projects to move from initial concept to finished, seamless visuals within one studio. Its goal is to produce compelling, believable visual effects that enhance storytelling and connect with viewers.

Company size
501-1,000
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
Montreal, Canada
Founded
2006

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