Full-Time

Intermediate Production Coordinator

Sony Pictures Imageworks

Sony Pictures Imageworks

1,001-5,000 employees

High-end visual effects and animation services

No salary listed

Montreal, QC, Canada

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Requirements
  • A minimum of two years of experience in production of visual effects feature films, CG animation feature films, or game production.
  • At least one year of experience as a production coordinator in the domain of visual effects for feature films, CG animation feature films, or game production.
  • Excellent communication skills in both French and English for dealing with global aspects of the business.
  • Solid understanding of Shotgrid.
  • Solid understanding of the frontend/backend workflow for digital production, particularly for assets, layout, animation, effects, and lighting/compositing teams.
  • Solid understanding of visual effects and CG production or game scheduling.
Responsibilities
  • Preparing playlists for team touchbases and rounds.
  • Setting team calendar for regular meeting cadences (Google).
  • Tracking shot data and reporting into the tracking/asset management database (Shotgrid).
  • Note taking in team touchbases and rounds.
  • Potential for client communication in reviews and emails.
  • Communicating supervisor/client comments from show dailies/shot reviews to artists (a good command of technical shot analysis is a bonus).
  • Liaising between artists, leads and supervisors.
  • Facilitating artist/supervisor needs (workstations, tablets, software, meals, etc).
  • Cross-department communication of kickbacks and notes affecting other departments.
  • Tracking inventory and driving workflow to hit artist bid days and quota.
  • Problem solving with team supervisors/leads and APM to ensure artists are hitting bid days and quota.
  • Partnering with supervisors/leads and APM in evaluating artist abilities for shot assignments.
  • Dynamic problem solving and timely escalation of any potential missed targets.
  • Mentor more junior Production team members.
  • Motivating your team and ensuring morale is high (creative ideas for adding fun into the day!).
  • Being aware of all hours worked within the team to monitor wellbeing and energy levels.
  • Assisting to request Artist overtime, ensuring requested hours are appropriate.
Desired Qualifications
  • Having a good command of technical shot analysis is a bonus.
  • Experience interacting with clients regularly in a professional and timely manner could be considered desirable.
Sony Pictures Imageworks

Sony Pictures Imageworks

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Sony Pictures Imageworks is a visual effects and animation studio that creates photorealistic visuals for live-action films and full CG features. The company delivers services for projects from early concept design to final visual effects integration, working on creature and character animation as well as large-scale CG sequences. It differentiates itself with a long track record and its own developed software and tools that help solve industry challenges, which it also licenses to other studios as an additional revenue stream. The business mainly earns money by providing VFX and animation work on a project basis and by licensing technology. The studio serves major film studios and production companies worldwide and aims to help productions achieve high-quality visuals while advancing film technology through its proprietary tools and creative output.

Company Size

1,001-5,000

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Culver City, California

Founded

1992

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What believers are saying

  • KPop Demon Hunters became Netflix's most-viewed film, strengthening Imageworks' animation credibility.
  • Project Hail Mary opens March 20, 2026, giving Imageworks another visible tentpole.
  • The Post relocation and Montreal presence improve recruitment, scale, and Canada incentive capture.

What critics are saying

  • Sony shut Pixomondo in March 2026, concentrating VFX work inside Imageworks.
  • Vancouver office moves and Montreal expansion signal cost pressure, not durable demand growth.
  • Streaming and studio consolidation can re-source effects, threatening Imageworks if Sony loses franchise volume.

What makes Sony Pictures Imageworks unique

  • Michelle Grady leads Imageworks from Vancouver after the 2023 promotion.
  • Sony kept proprietary tooling competitive, earning 2026 Sci-Tech Awards for brushing, patching, Superdraw, Kismet.
  • Imageworks handled KPop Demon Hunters, Project Hail Mary, and The Fantastic Four: First Steps.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

Paid Sick Leave

Paid Vacation

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