Our creative digital production services
Discover our products and services for the video-games, visual-effects, animation, and digital-experiences sectors in Québec.
Whether you’re a professional, teacher, researcher, career advisor or student, SYNTHÈSE is your go-to resource for aligning training and job opportunities in the creative digital production industry, including video games, animation and visual effects, digital experiences. Every year, our initiatives and resources support thousands of people who help drive growth in Québec’s digital creativity sector.
Innovation and Research & Development (R&D)
Technology-watch activities, collaboration between academia and industry, and joint initiatives are essential to ensuring that training programs are always up to date. R&D and innovation also enable these programs to focus on the skill sets required in the job market. SYNTHÈSE fosters collaboration efforts to ensure that graduates are ready to face the ever-evolving challenges in the various creative digital production sectors.Networking and joint action
SYNTHÈSE facilitates dialogue between academia and industry to help ensure that training and employment opportunities are aligned. As a result, institutions are better able to tailor their programs to market needs. In addition, SYNTHÈSE encourages innovation and knowledge-sharing by promoting R&D projects and building closer ties among professors, researchers, students, and professionals in the creative industries.
Technology-watch platform
SYNTHÈSE offers a free technology-monitoring platform designed for creative digital production professionals. This is where you can find a curated selection of lay articles as well as case studies, reports, and scientific publications from colleges and universities by Québec researchers. Here, you can explore useful content on major industry issues and developments and engage with in-depth analysis of the forces that drive industry transformation.
Support for updating and developing training programs in creative digital production
SYNTHÈSE acts as an advisor to the Québec government department for higher education regarding updates to government specifications for college programs. We also support higher-education institutions, including colleges and universities, seeking to upgrade their current programs in creative digital production or develop new ones.
ResourcesThanks to its specialized and continuously updated directories, SYNTHÈSE is a one-stop resource containing a wealth of information on digital creativity and production in Québec. Looking for training opportunities, a company, an event or a particular research project? Be sure to visit our web site, which brings together all of the sector’s essential resources.
Educational and career guidance
Educational and career guidance plays a crucial role in the constantly evolving sectors of creative digital production. In light of the great diversity of career paths in these sectors, it is essential to provide young and mature students and their counsellors with clear guidance. SYNTHÈSE supports informed career guidance to help people realize their potential.
Career-guidance platform in creative digital production
Inspiring in-classroom workshops
SYNTHÈSE provides a resource-rich web showcase for exploring careers and training opportunities in video games, animation and visual effects, and digital experiences. Using job descriptions, videos, and testimonials, the platform helps young students, parents, mature students, and counsellors gain a better understanding of the creative digital production sectors and make informed career choices.
SYNTHÈSE provides free in-classroom workshops designed to introduce the creative digital production sector to young people and career and employment counsellors. These engaging workshops aim to support students in their academic and career guidance process.
Plateforme d'orientation en création numérique
SYNTHÈSE met à disposition une vitrine web riche en ressources pour explorer les métiers et les formations en jeux vidéo, animation, effets visuels et expériences numériques. Grâce à des fiches métiers, des vidéos et témoignages, la plateforme aide les jeunes, les adultes, les conseiller·ères et les parents à mieux comprendre les secteurs de la création numérique et à faire des choix de carrière éclairés.Ateliers inspirants offerts en classe
SYNTHÈSE offre des ateliers gratuits de découverte des secteurs de la création numérique en classe, auprès des jeunes, des conseiller·ères d’orientation et en emploi. Ces ateliers ludiques ont pour objectif de soutenir le processus d’orientation scolaire et professionnelle des élèves.Preparing for the job market
SYNTHÈSE facilitates on-the-job learning by enabling students to put their skills into practice through real-world experiences. The aim is to promote traineeship initiatives and networking opportunities between businesses and educational institutions and to implement various activities to help students find employment.
On-the-job training program
SYNTHÈSE offers a creative digital production traineeship program aimed at pairing students with companies to support on-the-job learning. The program enables students to familiarize themselves with the recruitment process and showcase their artistic and technical skills during a 4- to 16-week traineeship at one of the participating studios.
Studio tours
SYNTHÈSE provides students enrolled in a public college or university program in creative digital production with opportunities to visit studios in the video-games, digital-experiences, visual-effects, and animation sectors. These studio tours enable them to explore different career paths and bring their career goals into sharper focus. Studios are invited to participate in this rewarding experience to provide an exploratory springboard for students passionate about creative digital production.
Continuing training
Continuing training has become a must-have asset in the constantly evolving digital creativity sector. Technology advances and automation are transforming tools and work methods. As a result, skill sets must be upgraded on a regular basis. SYNTHÈSE supports professionals and teachers in their development throughout their careers.
The EXPERTS learning platform
The EXPERTS platform delivers more than 40 exclusive courses, free of charge, from beginner to advanced levels, for professionals and recent graduates working in creative digital production in Québec. With more than 300 hours of training in 2D-3D animation, design, programming, and management, each course has been developed by experts in their field in collaboration with higher-education institutions.Since 2024, lectures on various key topics, including artificial intelligence and innovation, are available on the platform.
