FX & Comp Artist

At Brown Bag Films, our motto is simple: “We love animation.” In fact, we love it so much we trademarked it! 'We Love Animation™.’ We are one of the world’s most exciting, original and successful creative-lead animation studios with studios in Toronto, Dublin and Bali.

We are currently hiring FX & Compositing Artists to join our team where you will create stunning seamless visuals and add dynamic energy and realism to our animation projects.

Purpose: Why you’re here at Brown Bag Films

• To create FX & Comp assets based on the visual and narrative requirements from the Art Director and episodic director while working within the technical specifications of the show.
• To construct and creatively combine all the elements into the final image by ensuring that the established style of the project is respected, and continuity is maintained

Delivery: What you produce

• Artistically and technically accurate FX & Comp assets and shots in collaboration with the Art Department and Animation Department.
• Final images with combined layers of previously-created material, including computer animation, effects and backgrounds.
• Polished animated scenes (cinematic) (ex. Extra lighting, shadows, blurs glows, parallax, lens artifacts, particles, procedural fx brighter colors)

Measurements: How we measure it

• Completion of tasks within agreed schedule
• Handling of revisions and tweaks effectively
• Team cohesion, quality of work & technical capability

Key Responsibilities

What you are regularly responsible for doing:

• To create episodic list of effects based on the leica.
• Reviewing Leica with the whole show team.
• Review the daily.
• Completion of FX & Comp assets and shots within the agreed time allowed.
• Contributing to best practices and pipeline within the studio.
• Seeking to understand the intent of the scene to maintain the animation and art style.
• Review assigned shots to ensure quality meets production standards,
• Ensure completion of revisions.
• Reviewing own assets and shots with Shot-grid render.
• Collaborating with Supervisor regarding any creative or technical challenges (continuity, missing assets, scene discrepancies, layering problem, etc)
• Collaborating with Supervisor and team members to ensure quality and consistency of work
• Participate in scheduled meetings
• Seeking to be proactive in asking for help, problem-solving, creating tools, supporting team members and Supervisor

Key Requirements

Things that help you do your job (what is essential and what is desirable)

Knowledge:

• Strong understanding of elements animation principals (fire, water, air, earth and magic).
• Considerable appreciation of how animation software applications are applied to animation production.
• Strong draftsman skill and good design skills.
• Proficient in Harmony.
• Knowledge of software applications such as After Effects, Nuke, Blender, etc.

Experience:

• Experience on long-form Film/TV animation productions (desirable).
• Experience with compositing using software’s such as Toon Boom, Harmony, etc.

Technical skills:

• Solid understanding of composition, light, color, and film production concepts (ie. camera moves, lens artifacts, terminology, etc.)
• Maintenance of Compositing pipelines
• Creative skills in thinking out-of-the-box, and ability to identify efficient solutions

Applicants need to be legally eligible to work in Canada.

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

9 Story Media takes diversity and inclusion seriously and we are committed to ensuring equity in the recruitment process. Candidates from diverse backgrounds, including but not limited to, Indigenous peoples, Racialized and LGBT2SQ+ communities, candidates from a range of ages and religious beliefs and people with disabilities, are encouraged to apply.

Should you require accommodation throughout the recruitment process, please let us know your requirements when contacted.

As a company, we deliver high-quality kids' content, and we seek to have diverse characters so that all our audience feels represented. We also want the same for our own workforce, and 9 Story Media is committed to looking for all kinds of talent to build a diverse workforce in which all identities are represented and respected.