Does Cinesite pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Cinesite employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.5 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Cinesite. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Cinesite?

85% of Cinesite employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Cinesite 4.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.1 for culture and values and 3.8 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Cinesite?

Production Coordinator (10) , Lighting Artist (9) , 3D Animator (8) , 3D Artist (8) , Animator (8) , Production Assistant (7) , Artist (5) , Nuke Compositor (5) , CFX Artist (4) , Pipeline Technical Director (4) , Texture Artist (4) , Compositor (3) , FX Technical Director (3) , Lighting Technical Director (3) , Runner (3)

What are the pros of working at Cinesite according to real employee reviews?

"+ the people are great" ((in 38 reviews)); "It was a great team and the job was fun to do!" ((in 33 reviews)); "Good work/life balance" ((in 8 reviews)); "Great work environment and people" ((in 8 reviews)); "Cool studio, decent pay, benefits." ((in 7 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Cinesite according to real employee reviews?

"Its a bit of an ask for you to have low pay, ask people to move to montreal, and have remote work." ((in 10 reviews)); "Salary is low." ((in 7 reviews)); "Large egos with certain senior managers." ((in 4 reviews)); "Lack of a proper training" ((in 4 reviews)); "Lots of layoffs and uses of grey zones" ((in 4 reviews))

What are employees saying about Cinesite layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Cinesite layoffs and their outlook for job security at Cinesite in 2026.

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Cinesite reviews

3.9

85% would recommend to a friend

(180 total reviews)

Antony Hunt

83% approve of CEO

47% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Diversity & inclusion

4.1

Culture & values

4.0

Work/Life balance

3.8

Career opportunities

3.7

Senior management

3.5

Compensation and benefits

Cinesite has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 180 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Cinesite employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Audiovisual y medios de comunicación industry (3.7 stars).

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Reviews by job title

180 reviews

3.0

Dec 6, 2020

Good company in the meantime

Vfx coordinator

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good perks, health insurance, nice people, studio is ok

Cons

Low pay, not all OT is payed all the time, jealous “competition”, not always teamwork

5.0

Nov 15, 2020

Great

Crowd artist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great company. highly recomanded to work there

Cons

great peoples and good benefits

4.0

Nov 11, 2020

Good company

Production manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great studio to work for

Cons

Nothing bad to say really

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Jobs at Cinesite

Senior Lighting-Compositing Artist

Level 1 Systems Administrator -- Administrateur systèmes Niveau 1

Senior FX Artist - Water focus

Canada

CA$100K - CA$100K /yr

(Employer provided)

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Compositeur technique ML/IA - VFX -- ML/IA Technical Compositor - VFX

Montreal

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