Jobs at Stellar Creative Lab

Create high-quality, painterly textures for characters, environments, and props. Develop and optimize shader networks and reusable materials, collaborate with modeling, lighting, and look-dev teams, meet production deadlines, mentor junior artists (senior), and contribute to tooling and workflow improvements.

Coordinate production schedules, track assignments, manage reviews/dailies, support artists and supervisors, troubleshoot playback issues, prepare status reports, and monitor outsourced deliveries to keep a CG animation pipeline on schedule.

Manage scheduling and production tracking for a 2.5D/3D episodic animation series: map realistic schedules, track artist progress, flag and solve bottlenecks, supervise coordinators, run efficient dailies, maintain ShotGrid data, and manage client deliveries and reviews while protecting crew well-being.

Serve as an empathetic HR partner handling employee relations, performance management, full-cycle recruitment and onboarding. Maintain HRIS records and compliance (Payworks), run ATS pipelines (JazzHR), support studio facilities and security access, and ensure a safe, welcoming hybrid Vancouver studio environment.

Build and maintain an efficient crowd pipeline integrating Maya, Atoms Crowd, and Houdini. Develop tools and Python scripts, prototype shot pipelines, troubleshoot production issues, and coach artists. Serve as liaison between Asset, FX, and Animation teams to ensure smooth downstream integration and reliable delivery under tight deadlines.

Support production coordinators and managers on a Marvel Animation streaming series by taking and distributing meeting notes, maintaining shot and production data in Flow (ShotGrid), organizing digital assets, assisting scheduling and review playlists, and acting as an approachable point of contact for artists. Gain broad exposure to multiple departments across the CG pipeline while developing organizational, communication, and production fundamentals.

Architect and build a scalable, containerized backend for GenAI workflows: migrate prototype to cloud, optimize GPU worker nodes, implement monitoring, multi-tenant security, billing, immutable audit trails, and high-performance REST APIs integrated with DCC tools like Maya and Blender.

Create and optimize 3D assets (characters, sets, props, vehicles) from production designs using Maya. Collaborate with rigging and surfacing to solve pipeline issues, meet production deadlines, elevate modeling standards, and (for seniors) mentor junior artists.

Create production-ready 2D environment layouts that support storyboards, camera staging, and character action. Collaborate with production and animation teams, apply strong perspective, composition, and silhouette design, iterate on revisions, manage files, and meet steady production deadlines.

Create production-ready digitally painted backgrounds that match approved style and visual language. Work from layouts and references to deliver consistent, readable environments, collaborate with production leads, handle revisions, and maintain organized Photoshop files and production workflows to meet episodic deadlines.

Lead and own the studio IT function: define strategy, manage vendors and budgets, ensure client security compliance, and supervise a small IT team. Architect and automate infrastructure across Rocky9 Linux and Windows, manage high-performance storage and hybrid cloud, maintain networking and data center hardware, and provide senior escalation for infrastructure and artist workstation issues.