Archive for October, 2016

HARMONY FX ARTIST Yeti Farm Creative Kelowna, British Columbia CA From script to screen, our team delivers world class creative services. We help other studios with creative development, pre-production (design, storyboards, writing) and every other part of the animation pipeline in all three primary platforms (Flash, Harmony, Maya). Make your mark at Canada’s fastest growing… »

We got this press release a little late, but I thought it would be important to share it. Honestly, I’ve never been very excited about what happens at Nelvana, but this news is interesting. I firmly believe that the real change in our industry towards creator driven production will only occur in a place that… »

Quickdraw Animation Society announces features and visiting artist for Calgary animation festival’s 12th year   The Quickdraw Animation Society’s annual GIRAF animation festival (a.k.a. the Giant Incandescent Resonating Animation Festival) will kick off its 12th year on Thursday, November 24 with a screening of NOVA SEED, a sci-fi adventure story animated single-handedly by Canadian artist… »

Shot Finaler Guru Studio’s dedicated team is passionate about bringing inspired character driven stories to screens around the world. Our award winning and internationally renowned Toronto animated entertainment company is looking for a CG Finishing Artist who is responsible for finishing each shot in preparation for post production. This role reports directly to the CG… »

Guru Studio’s dedicated team is passionate about bringing inspired character-driven stories to screens around the world. Our award winning, and internationally renowned Toronto animated entertainment company, is looking for a 2D Compositing Artist who believes they have the artistic and technical skills to bring a feature film to life for theatrical release. Responsibilities: Generate clean,… »

Surfacing Artist Guru Studio’s dedicated team is passionate about bringing inspired character driven stories to screens around the world. Our award winning and internationally renowned Toronto animated entertainment company is looking for a Surfacing Artist for a premier international animated TV series! The Surfacing Artist is responsible for UV, texturing and developing shaders to be… »

Nelvana Limited, A CORUS Entertainment Company Producer 12 Month Contract Position The Producer is responsible for managing all physical aspects of production including; budgets, schedules and day-to-day operations. Working with the Supervising Producer they are responsible for ensuring productions deliver on time and budget meeting decided creative expectations.   RESPONSIBILITIES: Supporting creative vision and production… »

Today, from 6 to 9 pm, 364 Richmond Street West, Toronto We’re thrilled to have opened the doors to our new Toronto studio and we’d love to have you come check out the space and jam with our staff about current and upcoming job openings! We have a number of positions that we’re looking to… »

Cloth/Hair/Fur TD, Cinesite Feature Animation, Montreal Cinesite Montreal is seeking a Cloth/Hair/Fur TD to join our Feature Animation team. The ideal candidate should be motivated and well-organized, with the desire to work within a fast-paced team of highly-skilled and experienced artists. The main focus of the position will be to set up and run hair, fur and cloth… »

CG Supervisor, Cinesite VFX, Montreal Cinesite Montreal is seeking a CG Supervisor to direct and oversee the work of our VFX CG teams while providing technical and artistic leadership. The ideal candidate should be extremely organized and motivated, with the desire to work within a fast-paced team of highly-skilled and experienced artists. The Role:  You will direct… »

Background Designer, Cinesite Feature Animation, Montreal Cinesite Montreal is seeking a Background Designer to join our Feature Animation team. The ideal candidate should be motivated and well-organized, with the desire to work within a fast-paced team of highly-skilled and experienced artists. The Role:  You will be creating a unique world for a high-end, stylized Feature Animation film. We’d… »

CG TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Pipeline is looking for a skilled and passionate CG Technical Director to join its growing team. Pipeline is an industry leader and creates some of the most innovative projects currently on the market, delivering over 2000 minutes of high quality content per year; credited to our solid reputation in the global industry…. »

Picture This Studio is looking for experienced CG Series Visual Development Artists Picture This Studio – an international CG Animation studio that is part of the M2 Group – is looking for a new colleagues to help define a brand new visual style for a high performing TV Series for a big name client. Check… »

Snowball Studios Toronto is looking for an Intermediate FX Artist to work with the production team and animators to create effects and animations for our current production. Responsibilities: Collaborate with the asset TD to create FX such as dirt, splashes, waves etc. to shot using Maya and Houdini Complete assigns tasks on schedule, ensuring deadlines… »

HARMONY ANIMATOR – Yeti Farm Creative Kelowna, British Columbia CA From script to screen, our team delivers world class creative services. We help other studios with creative development, pre-production (design, storyboards, writing) and every other part of the animation pipeline in all three primary platforms (Flash, Harmony, Maya). Make your mark at Canada’s fastest growing… »

I finally saw Nova Seed at OIAF about a month ago. I missed it at TAAFI back in the spring, and have had a post in the drafts folder of the site half-written ever since. It’s amazing. The movie, not the post. The post starts by saying that Nova Seed is an important movie. And… »

Part Time Night Editor 9 Story Media Group is an industry leading creator, producer and distributor of award-winning animated and live action content for young audiences around the world. 9 Story has produced over 900 animated and live action episodes, seen on some of the world’s most respected children’s channels. Job Title: Night Editor Start… »

Lead FX TD, Cinesite VFX, Montreal Cinesite Montreal is seeking a Lead FX TD to oversee the work of our VFX FX team while providing technical and artistic leadership. The ideal candidate should be extremely organized and motivated, with the desire to work within a fast-paced team of highly-skilled and experienced artists. The Role: Work with both proprietary… »

FX TD, Cinesite VFX, Montreal Cinesite Montreal is seeking an FX TD to join our VFX team. The ideal candidate should be motivated and well-organized, with the desire to work within a fast-paced team of highly-skilled and experienced artists. The Role:  You will be working with both proprietary and commercial tools to create a range of… »

Editor, Cinesite Feature Animation, Montreal Cinesite Montreal is seeking a Feature Animation Editor. Ideal candidate is looking for an opportunity for a highly organized and motivated editor who enjoys being part of top quality and fast paced animation studio. The Role: Work closely with the Director, Head of Story, Art Director and other members of the production… »

DMP/Environment Artist, Cinesite VFX, Montreal Cinesite Montreal is seeking a DMP/Environment Artist to join our VFX team. The ideal candidate should be motivated and well-organized, with the desire to work within a fast-paced team of highly-skilled and experienced artists. The Role:  You will be to creating photo-realistic digital matte paintings and environments for feature films.   We’d like… »

Nelvana Studio, A Corus Entertainment Company 2D Location/Layout Design Supervisor – Contract Toronto Nelvana Studio has an exciting opportunity for 2D Location/Layout Design Supervisor in our Toronto office. Reporting to the Director and Producer, the successful candidate will be responsible for leading the Location and Layout team in establishing and creating the Location and Layout… »

Nelvana Studio, A Corus Entertainment Company 2D Digital Location/Layout Designers Toronto Nelvana Studio has an exciting opportunity for 2D Digital Location/ Layout Designer in our Toronto office. Reporting to the Director and Design Supervisor, the successful candidate will be responsible for the creation of Location and Character designs for production: RESPONSIBILITIES: Work with Director and… »

Company: WK5 Productions Inc. Series: Wild Kratts S5 Location:  Ottawa (Kanata), Ontario Job Title:  Animator Job Type:  Contract Start Date: Immediately WK5 Productions Inc. is seeking Animators for the fifth season of the Wild Kratts animated series. Responsibilities: Providing full character animation including posing, animation and lip sync in Toon Boom Harmony Working closely with the… »

Job Title: Pipeline Technical Director 2D Start Date: Immediate Reporting to: Head of Pipeline R&D   9 Story Media Group is looking for a Pipeline Technical Director to collaborate in the delivery of production-ready tools for its TV production pipeline. The Pipeline Technical Director provides direct and daily technical support to current TV Productions. Pipeline… »

So cool to see this making the rounds. Gizmodo picked it up. Polygon posted about it. Something called the Awesomer shared it. And so did GeekTyrant. The Nerdist was all over it. Stan Lee even shared it! (or at least, whoever runs Stan’s Facebook page did) You get the picture. A bunch of animators did… »

CTV News out of London, Ontario shared a short story featuring Feature Director Kris Pearn, who’s currently working with BC-based BRON Studios on their upcoming feature release, the Willoughbys. Pearn’s a graduate of Sheridan’s animation program, an accomplished story artist with credits like Arthur Christmas, Hotel Transylvania, and the upcoming Han Solo movie for Lucasfilm…. »

Supervising Producer 9 Story Media Group is an industry leading creator, producer and distributor of award-winning animated and live action content for young audiences around the world. 9 Story has produced over 900 animated and live action episodes, seen on some of the world’s most respected children’s channels. Job Title: Supervising Producer Start Date: TBD… »

Compositor, Cinesite VFX, Montreal The Role: You will be integrating live-action, 3D and digital matte painting elements to create the final shot. We’d like to talk to you if you have: Extensive working experience with node-based compositing systems. Nuke experience is essential A good understanding of photographic principles and CG Compositing techniques is essential Ability to… »

Cloth/Hair/Fur TD, Cinesite Feature Animation, Montreal Cinesite Montreal is seeking a Cloth/Hair/Fur TD to join our Feature Animation team. The ideal candidate should be motivated and well-organized, with the desire to work within a fast-paced team of highly-skilled and experienced artists. The main focus of the position will be to set up and run hair, fur and cloth… »

CG Supervisor, Cinesite VFX, Montreal Cinesite Montreal is seeking a CG Supervisor to direct and oversee the work of our VFX CG teams while providing technical and artistic leadership. The ideal candidate should be extremely organized and motivated, with the desire to work within a fast-paced team of highly-skilled and experienced artists. The Role:  You will direct… »

Background Designer, Cinesite Feature Animation, Montreal Cinesite Montreal is seeking a Background Designer to join our Feature Animation team. The ideal candidate should be motivated and well-organized, with the desire to work within a fast-paced team of highly-skilled and experienced artists. The Role:  You will be creating a unique world for a high-end, stylized Feature Animation film. We’d… »

JOB DESCRIPTION Animator DUTIES: Create high quality 2D Flash animation sequences by creating storytelling poses and putting them on model Animate scene from Rough to Clean and complete work by the scheduled deadline Perform one or more passes of revisions according to client/director notes Draw in Adobe Flash to create designs/poses for animation sequences and… »

Elliott Animation is hiring in Toronto! Elliott Animation is one of Canada’s few Artist owned and managed studios and is dedicated to creatively and technologically empowering our people. Our team thrives on our innovative, entrepreneurial spirit and respect for talent and ability.   We are looking for a Senior Character Designer to create character designs… »

PiP is hiring Flash Animators! Send links to your demo reel and online portfolio to info@pipanimation.com… »

We are seeking a Prop and Set Designer to join our team at BRON Animation as we embark on development of our second animated feature film, directed by Kris Pearn (Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs 2). We are looking for a talented designer to create visually stunning props and sets that both closely capture the artistic style of… »

Snowball Studios Toronto is looking for a Desktop Support Technician. The Desktop Support Technician will assist staff in a creative studio environment on technical desktop support including installation, testing and location setup of workstations and peripherals. This includes ensuring that the network and storage infrastructure is always up and running and performing regular audits of… »

Cool little film from Dylan Glynn. Loose and gentle and dynamic and full of stuff for your brain. Just how I like… »

Pipeline Studios www.pipelinestudios.com  IT ADMINISTRATOR/PRODUCTION ENGINEER Pipeline is looking for skilled and passionate IT Admin/Production Engineer to join its growing team. Pipeline is an industry leader and creates some of the most innovative projects currently on the market, delivering over 2000 minutes of high quality content per year; credited to our solid reputation in the… »

Pipeline Studios www.pipelinestudios.com HARMONY ANIMATOR Pipeline is looking for skilled and passionate Harmony Animators to join its growing team. Pipeline is an industry leader and creates some of the most innovative projects currently on the market, delivering over 2000 minutes of high quality content per year; credited to our solid reputation in the global industry…. »

Producer – Arcade Guru Studio’s dedicated team is passionate about bringing inspired character-driven stories to screens around the world. Our award winning, and internationally renowned Toronto animated entertainment company, is looking for a Producer who is responsible for implementing and managing Guru’s interactive / web-based content. This role reports directly to the President and EVP,… »