Imageworks Reviews
Updated 13 Nov 2019
"There were long hours at times, but great people" (in 13 reviews)
"A lot of cool animated features and some vfx work" (in 10 reviews)
"Great team of people and superb place to work."
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I worked at Imageworks full-time
Pros
Good working environment with competitive salaries for Vancouver. Positive atmosphere, great team, nice projects and great location.
Cons
Sometimes long hours and weekend work
Advice to Management
Keep doing what you're doing.
Imageworks2017-03-09"Amazing place to be, just a little bit cold"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at Imageworks full-time for less than a year
Pros
At least on my experience most things were pretty nailed down in terms of the pipeline which is very robust. You get everything you need to work and most things work smoothly and if not you have a lot of support.
Cons
It{s a little bit cold because you really can be focused on your work all day and not really need anyone so you gotta go put the extra effort to make friends with other artists around you.
Imageworks2019-11-14"Very professional and awesome pipeline"
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RecommendsApproves of CEOI worked at Imageworks full-time for less than a year
Pros
The management of the project was amazing and smooth. The pipeline is versatile and strong.
Cons
Crunch time can happen but it's paid overtime. The could be more transparent of renewing your contract at the end of a project.
Imageworks2019-08-27"Great work, terrible job"
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Positive OutlookI have been working at Imageworks full-time for more than a year
Pros
Great pipeline, supervisors and leads are courteous & professional, opportunity to take on more challenging work, fun projects
Cons
Sub-par artist management, stifling of wages, corporate environment, cheap benefits, mandatory overtime
Advice to Management
If you paying peanuts, you get monkeys.
Imageworks2019-06-18- Helpful (1)
"Good place to be"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Imageworks full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
Best place to work in Vancouver if you are in vfx/anim industry
Cons
Supervisor and leads are in LA and hard to make a rapport with them
Imageworks2019-05-28 - Helpful (1)
"All right"
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RecommendsNeutral OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at Imageworks full-time for more than 5 years
Pros
Interesting projects, good people, had a decent pipeline for the time.
Cons
Some projects were not so great. Studio heads did not really know how to utilize the talent at the studio.
Imageworks2019-05-15 - Helpful (2)
"Great company"
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RecommendsNeutral OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at Imageworks full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
Pipeline, benefits,pay are all great.
Cons
Culture is the biggest negative. Unfortunately all big companies with multiple locations suffer from this.
Advice to Management
Find better ways to keep the top tallent. Too many people get pigeon holed or disregarded due to cliques and company politics.
Imageworks2019-04-03 "Compositor"
StarStarStarStarStarI worked at Imageworks full-time
Pros
good company to work for in vfx
Cons
no cons in this company
Imageworks2019-02-17"Great Work Place"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at Imageworks full-time for less than a year
Pros
Good vibe,helpful people,great management,lots of snacks!
Cons
There is some amount of overtime, but then all companies have it!
Imageworks2019-02-08"Good pipeline"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI worked at Imageworks full-time for more than a year
Pros
- great pipeline to work with - site license for houdini and katana - love how you can do dailies from your desktop and continue working - really good at doing animated movies
Cons
- inept at feature film vfx - senior management is located in LA
Advice to Management
- doing fine, as indicated by the success of Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse - keep making quality animated features - proceed with caution if you want to continue into vfx
Imageworks2019-02-05