Role Call Roundup: Animation jobs from February 9 to 15

February 17, 2025

Ahoy, recruits! And welcome to CartoonRecruit.com’s weekly Role Call Roundup. On the main page, I monitor and curate links to job posts (updated daily) from an ever-expanding list of animation studios. This blog is where I collect job posts from the past week and reflect on hiring trends across the animation industry.

This week, we added 71 jobs to our directory — including 20 remote animation jobs. We’re also taking a closer look at Disney Television Animation, which is currently offering paid internships, and Flying Bark Productions.

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Studio highlights and analysis

Disney Television Animation is the division of The Walt Disney Company responsible for producing animated television series and direct-to-video films. This studio, based out of Glendale, is best known for their acclaimed series, Big City Greens, The Owl House, The Ghost and Molly McGee as well as Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur. The studio is currently looking for paid interns across four departments in Glendale and Burbank, California.

Creative Production Intern (Summer 2025) (Glendale)
Production Admin Intern (Summer 2025) (Glendale)
Original Movies Intern (Summer or Fall 2025) (Glendale)
Original Programming Intern (Summer or Fall 2025) (Burbank)

Flying Bark Productions is an Australian animation studio originally founded by Yoram and Sanda Gross in 1967, renamed to Flying Bark Productions in 2007. The studio is best known for their stylized 2D animation on shows like Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Lego Monkie Kid and Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur. The studio is currently hiring for five roles in Sydney.

Hybrid and on-site highlights

Want your next production to be inside an animation studio? Like, corporeally and not through a Zoom call or astral projection? The jobs in this category include listings that are either entirely on-site or require a set amount of time collaborating with peers in-person throughout the week.

USA:

Atomic Arcade is hiring a Senior Technical Artist (Durham, North Carolina): “Develop custom workflows using scripts and coded tools solutions in support of environment, level-design, VFX, and asset teams.”
Atomic Arcade is hiring a Principal Environmental Artist (Durham, North Carolina): “As a Principal Environment Artist at Atomic Arcade you will be empowered to build stunning, project defining environments that help define the look and feel of our world.”
Atomic Arcade is hiring a Creative Director (Durham, North Carolina): “We are looking for an experienced, passionate, and dedicated Creative Director to join us to lead our art, animation, and design teams to ensure the game vision comes to life at the highest level of quality.”
Wizards of the Coast is hiring an Art Director (Magic: The Gathering) (Renton, Washington): “Commission a high volume of artwork: identifying freelance illustrators for each piece, providing continuous direction on individual pieces, and maintaining solid relationships with those partners.”
Bonfire Studios is hiring an Environment Artist (Senior) (Orange County, California): “You will use your skills in modeling and sculpting, texturing, UV Layout, and material creation to develop high quality 3D environment assets that will help build out our worlds.”
Bonfire Studios is hiring a Lead Environment Artist (Orange County, California): “Bonfire Studios is seeking an exceptional Lead Environment Artist to guide our team in crafting the immersive world of our Arkheron, our latest original IP.”
Coffee & TV is hiring a Design Executive Producer (New York City, New York): “We are seeking an experienced, senior Executive Producer with a passion for motion design and a dedicated commitment to sales to help lead the growth of our Design Studio in London and New York.”
Electronic Arts is hiring an Animation Director (Apex Legends) (Los Angeles, California): “We are looking for an Animation Director to join our game team and continue to develop and evolve our signature animation and personality.”

Canada:

Brown Bag Films is hiring a Project Manager (Digital) (Toronto, Ontario): “Support the Director of Digital Content and Production and the Production team, in managing the client-facing day-to-day of projects and ensuring external stakeholders have a positive/streamlined experience.”
Larian Studios is hiring a Senior Generalist Technical Animator (Quebec City, Quebec): “Larian is seeking a Generalist Tech-Animator that is skilled in Python development, rigging and authoring blend trees for gameplay animation systems.”
Electronic Arts is hiring an Animation Director (Apex Legends) (Vancouver, British Columbia): “We are looking for an Animation Director to join our game team and continue to develop and evolve our signature animation and personality.”
Image Engine is hiring a Senior Background Prep Artist (Vancouver, British Columbia): “Creating articulated mattes through precise Rotoscopy, matching the photography for both temporal motion blur or spacial lens defocus.”
Industrial Light and Magic is hiring a Senior Digital Paint Artist (Vancouver, British Columbia): “We are looking for an outstanding teammate to join our Paint team. As a Senior Digital Paint Artist, you will be responsible for restoring background plates and crafting digital articulate mattes.”
Mainframe Studios is hiring a Senior 3D FX Artist (Vancouver, British Columbia): “The Senior FX Artist designs and generates all non-character related animation and/or applies FX animation per the shot’s requirements.”
Ripple Effect is hiring a UI Artist (Capture) (Vancouver, British Columbia): “You will help introduce the world to the next entry in our franchise through eye-catching photographs of moments only possible in Battlefield. Photo and video assets created by our UI Artist – Capture will live both in-game and marketing materials.”
Ripple Effect is hiring a Senior Weapons Artist (Outsource) (Vancouver, British Columbia): “We are looking for a Sr Weapons Artist – ExDev to oversee the quality and consistency of externally developed weapon assets. You will manage relations between our vendors, brief external artists on our needs, and provide detailed feedback on incoming assets.”
Ripple Effect is hiring a Senior Vehicle Artist (Outsource) (Vancouver, British Columbia): “We are looking for a Sr Vehicles Artist – ExDev to oversee the quality and artistic consistency of externally developed vehicle assets. You will manage relations between our vendors, brief external artists on our needs, and provide detailed feedback on incoming assets.”
Rodeo FX is hiring a 3D Pipeline Developer (Montreal, Quebec): “The 3D Software Team is looking for a 3D pipeline developer to help create and maintain our new USD based pipeline for animation and layout departments.”
WildBrain is hiring a CG Colour Key Artist (Feature) (Vancouver, British Columbia): “Working under the supervision of the Production Designer and Art Director, you will execute colour keys and style guides for the production.”

UK:

A Productions is hiring a Lighting and Render Artist (Bristol, England): “A Productions are looking for an experienced Render and Lighting Artist to work on an exciting new CG/2D/Live action mixed pre-school art series.”
Aardman is hiring a Digital Matte Painter (Bristol, England): “We have an exciting opportunity to join the Art and VFX team as Digital Matte Painter on a stop frame/ mixed medium series.”
Framestore is hiring a Technical Artist (Immersive) (London, England): “Work with the Real-time Supervisor, Lead Tech Artist or Lead Developer to design interactive experiences using (predominantly) Unreal.”
Hasbro is hiring a Graphic Designer (London, England): “The Entertainment Group at Hasbro is looking for a Graphic Designer to bring creative expertise to a wide range of content initiatives spanning Digital, SVOD, FAST platforms and more!”
Coffee & TV is hiring a Design Executive Producer (London, England): “We are seeking an experienced, senior Executive Producer with a passion for motion design and a dedicated commitment to sales to help lead the growth of our Design Studio in London and New York.”

Australia:

DNEG VFX is hiring a Crowd Technical Director (Sydney, New South Wales): “The Crowd Technical Director is responsible for producing complex crowd shots using a variety of sprite, vignette and simulation techniques, for use in DNEG’s films.”
Framestore is hiring a CG Animator (Melbourne, Victoria): “As an Animator at Framestore’s Melbourne studio, you will work closely with our Animation Leads and Supervisors to produce high-quality keyframe animation that creates compelling, story-driven, and action-packed moments that fit within the style and pacing of the show.”
Netflix Animation Studios is hiring a CG Animator (Feature Animation) (Sydney, New South Wales): “Collaborate closely with Directors and Animation Leadership to produce high quality feature animation in line with the creative vision.”

Remote work highlights

Looking for productions which offer the flexibility to work from home full-time? CartoonRecruit.com sorts remote jobs into two categories. “Remote” is for jobs that can be performed within a wide geographic area, while “Remote (Local)” only allows for remote work in a specific city or region.

These distinctions can be important, as it’s not unusual for TV and film productions to be supported by tax credits which incentivize hiring employees in a particular region.

Remote highlights:

Bento Box is hiring a Consulting Director (Los Angeles, California): “Serve as the main point of contact between the Executive Producers and the animation production team, seeing through the creative vision for each script.”
Digital Extremes is hiring a VFX Artist (London, Ontario): “You will be utilizing traditional art training and knowledge of 3D art, design and computer graphics software to build efficient, high quality special effects while keeping in mind technical specifications relating to memory usage and gameplay speed.”
Glitch Productions is hiring a Senior 3D Generalist (Sydney, New South Wales): “Glitch Productions is looking for a highly capable and diligent Senior 3D Generalist with strong experience in Maya and Unreal Engine to join our marketing production team.”
Glitch Productions is hiring a Head of Production (Sydney, New South Wales): “You would be supervising and working closely with the 3D and 2D Line Producers to plan, budget, schedule, manage and build teams to ensure all our shows are created on budget and on schedule while facilitating and leading with Glitch’s core values.”
Glitch Productions is hiring a Brand Manager (Sydney, New South Wales): “We are looking for a strategic and creative brand manager to develop and execute comprehensive global brand initiatives that will expand the reach and cultural impact of our shows, including Murder Drones and The Amazing Digital Circus.”
Marvel Animation is hiring an Executive Assistant (California): “The Executive Assistant is an administrative support role covering scheduling, expenses and other admin duties on an animated series production for the supervising producer and production leadership.”
One of Us is hiring a Project Development Assistant (London, England): “The Project Development Assistant role at One of Us provides support to the Project Development Coordinator and Head of Project Development to ensure projects run smoothly.”
Pipeworks Studios is hiring a Environment Artist (Eugene, Oregon): “The Environment Artist will work closely with the Project Art Director and Senior Environment Artist(s) support various projects on their environment design, modeling, and texturing needs with styles ranging from cartoony to realistic.”
Pipeworks Studios is hiring a Lead Environment Artist (Eugene, Oregon): “This role includes mentoring junior designers, working independently, and collaborating with stakeholders, clients, and the Project Art Director to lead or directly contribute on projects in their environment design, modeling, and texturing needs for a variety of styles and platforms.”
Pipeworks Studios is hiring a Senior Environment Artist (Eugene, Oregon): “The Senior Environment Artist will work closely with the Project Art Director to support various projects on their environment design, modeling, and texturing needs with styles ranging from cartoony to realistic.”
Skybound is hiring a Senior Manager (Brand Marketing) (Los Angeles, California) “Skybound Games is looking for a video games obsessed Senior Brand Marketing Manager who is a grandmaster at their craft to lead and support brand marketing efforts on several unannounced games.”
Skybound is hiring a Lead Visual Effects Artist (Games) (Los Angeles, California): “As a Lead Visual Effects Artist, you will guide the creation of inspiring effects that help bring one of our major properties to life.”
Spindlehorse is hiring an Illustrator & Character Layout Artist (Burbank, California): “Ability to work in the established Helluva Boss style, including full rendering skills for illustration applicants. Ability to work within and adapt to existing workflows and practices to ensure consistency of quality and efficiency.”

Remote (Local) highlights:

Barnstorm VFX is hiring a Compositing Supervisor (Montreal, Quebec): “You have demonstrated experience supervising teams in a VFX production pipeline but are comfortable working on the box.”
Guru Studio is hiring a 3D Lighting & Compositing Artist (Toronto, Ontario): “Use existing light rigs to generate a set volume of shots per week. May need to light sets from scratch using clean and efficient light setups.”
ZŌIC is hiring a Character Effects Artist (Vancouver, British Columbia): “The Character FX Artist constructs and executes simulations to animate the hair, cloth, skin, and muscles of 3D character assets, including humans, animals, creatures, etc.”
ZŌIC is hiring an Effects Artist (Stop Motion VFX Project) (Vancouver, British Columbia): “The FX Artist is responsible for effects elements for lighting and compositing to support the visual style and narrative of the film.”
ZŌIC is hiring a Senior Effects Artist (Stop Motion VFX Project) (Vancouver, British Columbia): “The Senior Effects Artist is responsible for creating effects elements for lighting and compositing, which support the visual style and narrative of the film.”

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