StanleyVision continues their global talent scouting work, seeking top talent for creative, technical, executive, production management, and facility management for opportunities with our games, tech, VFX, Animation and digital media production clients:- PlayStation- Pixel Opus- Double Negative Animation- Madison Square Garden Company (MSG Sphere Studios)- Alkemy X- Ghost VFX- Rocket Science VFX- Crafty Apes- Sony Interactive Entertainment (Art Service Groups)- Sony Pictures Entertainment (Sony Innovation Studios)- The Initiative @ Microsoft- Digital Fish @ Facebook- DigitalFish @ Activision- Riot Games- Shutterstock- Wayfair- TurboSquid- Sony Pictures Imageworks- Technicolor Production Services- Rodeo VFX- MPC Film & Advertising- The Mill- Mikros Animation- Blue Sky- Mr. X- Luma Pictures- Method StudiosContact recruiting@stanleyvisioninc.com if you'd like to know more about these exciting opportunities!Extensive experience in sourcing, recruiting and headhunting passive candidatesStrategic planning, consulting and recruiting services for the global visual effects, animation and media production marketInnovative design, efficient implementation and supervision of significant global recruiting efforts for technical, creative, production and professional personnel Organizational analysis and effective execution of creative solutions for production, administrative, operations and artist management problemsCareer counseling, mentoring and guidance for students, alumni and professionalsAccomplished advisor to educational institutions on industry recruiting practices and business facets of art and media productionTeaches and lectures internationally on film history, visual effects & animation production, career maintenance and the business aspects of digital media production

Lecturer and Instructor working with graduating class of motion designers, VFX artists, editors, concept artists and graphic designers to produce senior thesis projects. Digital media production expert guiding the creation of presentation materials and advising on industry recruiting practices.

Provide oversight and strategic guidance on all global recruiting and staffing activities for Technicolor's Production Services divisions. These divisions and brands which are located all around the globe, include MPC Film, MPC Advertising, The Mill, Mr. X, Mikros Image and Technicolor VFX.Designed and managed implementation of revised global job architecture project for Technicolor's Production Services Brand Business Units. Devised strategy to create a master look up table of industry standard titles and then map 8,000+ existing business titles from all of the businesses. This created a unified job title scheme which tied in with existing HR online data, affording rapid evaluation of employment statistics and eased interdivisional transfers of talent amongst business units.Co-managed roll out of a global ATS solution to replace existing numerous bespoke and off the shelf software solutions in use by brand business units. The new ATS would tie in with existing HR systems and afford the ability to follow an employee from recruiting through on-boarding and career management.

StanleyVision worked with the global management and recruitment teams of MPC, an Academy award winning VFX studio to recruit and hire numerous senior / executive level creative, technical, production management and facility management personnel. Our focus was on finding the best possible candidates for General Manager, CTO, Executive Producer, VFX Producers, VFX Supervisors, Animation Supervisors, CG Supervisors, Compositing Supervisors and Department Heads for opportunities on A-level, tentpole film VFX in their Montreal, Vancouver and Los Angeles studios.

StanleyVision is currently working with the executive management and recruitment teams of Lytro, a company building the world’s most powerful light field imaging platform enabling artists, scientists and product developers to pursue their goals with an unprecedented level of freedom and control. This revolutionary technology will unlock new opportunities for photography, cinematography, mixed reality, scientific and industrial applications. We're recruiting numerous technology positions including a Sr Studio Pipeline Engineer and Nuke Software Engineers for their Mountain View facility.

StanleyVision had the great opportunity to partner with Weta's global management and recruitment teams to recruit senior/executive level creative, technical, production and facility management level digital artists and management personnel for New Zealand and Los Angeles. We consulted with the executive team to analyze management organization of VFX and animation studios, with an emphasis on the integration of the executive, production management and facility management teams.

StanleyVision partnered with the Toronto based Executive Management team of this top notch, award winning VFX studio. We assisted them in their search for the best of the best VFX Producers and VFX Supervisors to join their growing team in Toronto.

Recruited and sourced senior level digital artists for Method Studios Los Angeles and Vancouver facilities. Sourced and qualified available talent for immediate assignments in numerous positions including DFX Supervisors, CG Supervisors, Animators, Compositors, FX Technical Directors, Lighters, Matte Painters, Modelers and Character Riggers.

Strategic Advisor on all things recruiting, headhunting, artist and operations management for Scarecrow VFX, a tech start-up that offers a new paradigm in visual effects production using cloud-based technology.

StanleyVision is currently working with the Los Angeles based Senior Mgt team of a global, high gloss/high volume, award winning post and VFX studio. We're assisting them in their search for the best of the best talent for a number of creative, technology, production management and studio management personnel.

Recruited top talent for numerous key creative and technical positions with expanding New Orleans based premier 3D model studio.

Headhunting, sourcing and recruiting faculty for Motion Design Department. Consulting on new curriculum initiatives and industry liaison to VFX, animation and media production industry.

Headhunting and recruiting consulting for VFX production company's Near Set Color Correction and Digital Workflow division.

Headhunting and sourcing Executive level Project Directors for exciting international opportunities with Universal Parks and Resorts Division

Supervised growth of company from 35 to 275 in less than a year and a half. Recruited and managed top, key creative, technical and production talent in VFX, animation and stereo conversion divisions.

Implemented revised recruiting procedures for London and Vancouver-based visual effects studio, The Moving Picture Company (MPC), resulting in significant increases in recruiting pace and enhanced talent skill levelComprehensive client interaction with production heads of London and Vancouver-based studios involving frequent travel to international locationsRecruiting liaison to President, Digital Production for Technicolor, the Los Angeles-based parent company of MPCSupervised all recruiting team activity to quickly engage a large number of expert talent under competitive hiring circumstancesExtensive dealings with Technicolor / MPC production management, technology and creative leads to select best candidates for numerous facility and production positionsHands-on recruiting of senior technical, creative and professional personnel for parent company and global visual effects divisions

Developed satellite office strategies, directed all recruiting, relocation and production integration for new sites in Novato, CA and Albuquerque, New MexicoDesigned and implemented all administration, operational and creative resource management systemsAssigned creative / technical resources for all VFX, animation and facility productionsEngaged in executive planning sessions for strategic and business developmentDeveloped all talent acquisition strategies for VFX, animation and media production divisionsSupervised large recruiting teams and managed all international talent acquisition operationsExpanded educational outreach programs and reduced production costs by recruiting top talent from leading VFX, animation and technology schoolsDeveloped proprietary Oracle database to track all recruiting, project scheduling, compensation history, contract dates, visa applications and performance feedbackPartnered with executive, financial, production and human resource divisions to maintain proper balance of staff costs to project revenueEvaluated employee compensation and participated in annual industry survey of job titles, core functionality and compensation for VFX, animation, games and media industrySupervised talent development and career growth of all creative / technical personnelImplemented artist development programs and provided customized training for creative / technical supervisorsCreated all performance and skills assessment evaluation procedures to capture current and relevant feedback for annual reviews, promotions, assignments and talent development

Revised structural organization and production workflow for digital post-production for VFX feature film projectsPartnered with executive, finance, production and studio teams to evaluate existing contract terms on VFX film, "Independence Day". Negotiated new agreement to reflect accurate production timetables, realistic delivery schedules and increase revenuesMaintained extensive, effective and collaborative client interaction with Directors, Producers, VFX Supervisors and Producers on film projectsPresented all work in progress, managed shot turnovers and kickoffs, facilitated all client communication and creative / technical direction on work in progress, tracked cost estimates, reported on project schedules, bid on new work and generated change orders on existing work

Digital Post Production Supervisor for Director, Brett Leonard on feature film "Virtuosity"Supervised all digital post production activity including film transfers, editing, compositing, film scanning / recording, CG integration for VFX feature film

Managed, tracked and reported on all creative / technical resource allocation for CG production facility specializing in broadcast, special venue, VFX and media production

Bid, scheduled and supervised all digital post production activity including film transfer, online editing and compositing sessions for top tier commercial film production, editorial and advertising clientele Clients included PYTKA, Wieden+Kennedy, Nike, Pepsi, McDonald's and Alamo

Supervised graphics department for film, video and audio production facilityResponsible for sales, bidding and producing all CG production and post production activity for advertising and corporate clientele

Technical Director / Digital Artist for boutique CG production company that specialized in high resolution imagery for print applicationsProvided hands-on creative / technical direction on all broadcast, corporate and print projects

Inside sales, marketing support and product demonstration for software development company with products targeting graphics and medical imaging markets