Toronto, Ontario, Canada · Hybrid
$60k–$110k/yr
Position Overview SideFX is seeking a Houdini Learning Materials Coordinator to join our Marketing team in Toronto. Reporting to the Producer, Houdini Learning Content, this role focuses on the creation, refinement, prep…
Skills: Houdini, Procedural workflows, Technical writing, Instructional design, Content creation
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The Learning Materials Coordinator creates, refines, and maintains high-quality Houdini educational content and project assets. They are responsible for ensuring technical accuracy, organizing the content library, and collaborating with internal teams to support artists across various production disciplines.
Candidates must have 3+ years of professional experience in Houdini-based production or educational content development. A strong portfolio demonstrating both high-quality Houdini work and learner-facing instructional materials is required.
Position Overview
SideFX is seeking a Houdini Learning Materials Coordinator to join our Marketing team in Toronto. Reporting to the Producer, Houdini Learning Content, this role focuses on the creation, refinement, preparation, and ongoing maintenance of high-quality Houdini learning materials for SideFX's educational ecosystem. The position is centered on building clear, engaging, and technically strong learning content, preparing production-ready project files and downloadable assets, and ensuring learning materials are accurate, polished, and accessible for artists across a range of skill levels.
The Houdini Learning Materials Coordinator will help shape how artists learn procedural workflows through learning content, course materials, learning assets, and structured educational content. This role supports the development of beginner, intermediate, and advanced resources, while helping maintain a clean, reliable, and well-organized content library that reflects SideFX's standards for learning quality and usability.
The ideal candidate combines strong hands-on Houdini knowledge with experience teaching Houdini, preparing polished learning assets, and creating clear instructional materials. They bring a strong artistic eye, experience using Houdini across games, real-time, and related production workflows, and a portfolio that demonstrates both high-quality Houdini work and learner-facing content creation.
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Company Profile
For over thirty years, SideFX has been at the forefront of providing artists with procedural 3D animation and visual effects tools designed to produce the highest-quality cinematic results. Rooted in production as both artists and pioneering technical innovators, we are passionate about supporting our customers' creative visions.
SideFX has been recognized by the Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Sciences multiple times, including with an Oscar® for our flagship software product, Houdini, and our breakthrough procedural-based technology.
Used by the world’s top film, TV, and game studios, from the largest AAA to the smallest Indie Studios, Houdini has transformed content creation workflows at hundreds of film and game studios. Contributing to blockbuster movies like Black Panther and Moana, captivating TV shows such as Game of Thrones and The Crown, and hit video games like Horizon Zero Dawn, Spiderman, and Ghost Recon. Our diverse clientele includes industry leaders like Disney Feature Animation, Pixar, Weta Digital, CD Projekt Red, and Rockstar Games, demonstrating Houdini’s transformative impact across multiple entertainment mediums.
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Why Join SideFX?
Location
This role is primarily based in our Toronto office; candidates in other locations may be considered.
SideFX is committed to inclusion and diversity. We encourage all qualified applicants to apply. Accommodation will be provided to candidates with disabilities upon request.
Our hiring process does not involve the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to screen, assess or select applicants.
For over 35 years, SideFX has been providing artists with procedural 3D animation and VFX tools in film, TV and games.
SideFX is a world leader in the development of 3D animation and visual effects software for use in film, commercials and video games. SideFX award-winning Houdini software utilizes a node-based procedural approach which provides digital artists with an unprecedented level of power, flexibility and control. Houdini’s comprehensive feature set includes modeling, rigging, animation, particle effects, dynamics, compositing, integrated rendering, and more. Houdini is available for the Mac OS X, Linux and Windows operating systems.
Offices: 123 Front Street W, Toronto, ON M5J 2M2, CA · 520 Broadway, 2nd Floor, Santa Monica, California 90401, US · 3 Church Street, 825, Downtown Core, Central Singapore Community Development Council 49483, SG
For over 35 years, SideFX has been providing artists with procedural 3D animation and VFX tools in film, TV and games.
SideFX is a world leader in the development of 3D animation and visual effects software for use in film, commercials and video games. SideFX award-winning Houdini software utilizes a node-based procedural approach which provides digital artists with an unprecedented level of power, flexibility and control. Houdini’s comprehensive feature set includes modeling, rigging, animation, particle effects, dynamics, compositing, integrated rendering, and more. Houdini is available for the Mac OS X, Linux and Windows operating systems.
Offices: 123 Front Street W, Toronto, ON M5J 2M2, CA · 520 Broadway, 2nd Floor, Santa Monica, California 90401, US · 3 Church Street, 825, Downtown Core, Central Singapore Community Development Council 49483, SG
