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?

"Nice people for the most part" ((in 42 reviews)); "It was a great team and the job was fun to do!" ((in 34 reviews)); "Decent pay and benefits" ((in 9 reviews)); "Great coworkers" ((in 8 reviews)); "Good work life balance" ((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 11 reviews)); "Salary is low." ((in 8 reviews)); "Large egos with certain senior managers." ((in 4 reviews)); "It's hard to feel valued in the company, and upper management does not encourage internal learning or growth" ((in 3 reviews)); "Lots of layoffs and uses of grey zones" ((in 3 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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Race / Ethnicity

Gender

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Reviews by job title

180 reviews

4.0

Feb 20, 2025

Great Projects, Difficult Management

Administration

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Great movies, projects and series - Flexible

Cons

- Management isn't transparent - Lots of layoffs and uses of grey zones

3.0

Feb 17, 2025

Great company with amazing, friendly and talented Teams

Artist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

-Great bosses, team members, friendly environment -Remote work -Benefits

Cons

-Not a very stable company. They either have a lot of work or nothing. Artists are either doing a lot of overtime or get laid off

3.0

Jan 13, 2025

Good colpany

Pipeline technical director

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good company culture Good work/life balance

Cons

HR department used to make false promises regarding raises and potential promotions while still asking people to fullfill associated responsibilities. Doesn't retains enough talented candidate by proposing competitive pay which impact the company average competence level on the long term.

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Jobs at Cinesite

Senior Lighting-Compositing Artist

Coordonnateur.trice de production - Animation -- Production Coordinator - Animation

Level 1 Systems Administrator -- Administrateur systèmes Niveau 1

Senior FX Artist - Water focus

Canadá

CA$100K - CA$100K /yr

(Employer provided)

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