💼 Full-Time Position

Crowd Lead - Houdini (TV Featurette)

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Bardel Entertainment
📍 montreal (administrative region), qc, Canada
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Location
montreal (administrative region), Canada
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Posted
June 14, 2026
Type
Full-Time
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Full-Time Opportunity: This is a permanent, full-time position with a competitive package and real career growth potential.

Job Description

What You'll Do

  • Lead the creation, population, and management of complex crowd simulations using Houdini.
  • Define the overall approach for crowd behaviour, agent systems, and shot execution across the show.
  • Guide the development, optimisation, and maintenance of agent libraries, including animation clips, behaviour logic, and visual diversity.
  • Oversee the design and implementation of believable background character performances that support story, staging, and composition.
  • Ensure procedural animation techniques, motion cycles, and agent variation are utilised effectively for realism and efficiency.
  • Review crowd setups at both individual shot and sequence levels to maintain visual continuity and technical consistency.
  • Troubleshoot advanced simulation challenges — agent navigation, avoidance, pathing, behaviour trees, and blending issues.
  • Work closely with Lighting and FX to ensure crowd elements re...