OUR STORY

For more than 35 years, Bardel Entertainment has led the animation industry through unwavering commitment to quality, creativity, and innovation. We are an internationally recognized, Emmy Award®-winning studio – in two prominent Canadian cities, Vancouver and Montreal – and the creative force behind top audience hits such as The Dragon Prince, Rick and Morty, Teen Titans Go!, and Diary of a Wimpy Kid.

REQUIREMENTS

What you’ll be doing:

• Work under the Producer(s) and Project manager supervisor to deliver the project within schedule and find solutions to keep the quota aligned.
• Extensive experience in sequence-based pipelines, ensuring seamless integration of assets, camera work, and shot continuity across the project during the Rough Layout phase.
• Strong background in shot-based workflows during final layout, ensuring precise camera placement, composition, and alignment with the creative vision for each shot.
• Effective communication and collaboration with production teams, directors, and the layout team to achieve a unified creative vision.
• Attend and engage actively in meetings.
• Delegate, oversee, and assess the layout team’s assignments along with the Layout Lead.
• Participate in layout (RLO and FLO) reviews alongside the Unit and Show Director
• Clarify any required revisions to artists and ensure follow-up on these revisions in cooperation with the coordination team
• Keep the team informed of project-related updates and developments
• Collaborate with CG Supervisors and Pipeline department to enhance procedures, tools and technology for production optimization.
• Ensure that the conversion from the storyboard into a 3D scene aligns with the director’s directives regarding framing and camera movement
• Maintain close coordination with other supervisors to facilitate a seamless transition from asset production, through layout and into animation, rendering, etc., and provide ongoing support to the team during production
• Proactively identify and address potential and actual technical issues from storyboard to final layout
• When needed by production; expertise in scouting sets, identifying optimal camera angles, and ensuring environments are fully prepared for seamless integration into the layout process.
• Offer support to production and CG Supervisors to establish the layout workflow, including, references, resource requirements, methodologies, tools, schedules, and work assignments.
• Maintain up-to-date documentation and training for the team and other supervisors, on tools, pipeline and workflow.
• Serve as the primary liaison for inter-departmental communication
• Readily address inquiries from the layout team and other teams
• Provide constructive feedback to each artist regarding their performance
• Actively engage in the process of selecting new artists and provide support and facilitate the onboarding of new employees

Carry out additional tasks as assigned by management

• What you’ll bring:

• • Feature Animation experience in Layout
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• 5+ years of experience in Layout/Previs, and 3+ years of experience as a Layout/Previs Supervisor

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• A keen eye for visual composition and a solid understanding of camera techniques

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• Strong storytelling abilities are essential for this role

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• Ability to maintain visual continuity throughout a scene

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• Excellent proficiency in Maya

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• Effective communication and interpersonal skillsAbility to train and guide a team of professionals

What you’ll be doing:

• Work under the Producer(s) and Project manager supervisor to deliver the project within schedule and find solutions to keep the quota aligned.
• Extensive experience in sequence-based pipelines, ensuring seamless integration of assets, camera work, and shot continuity across the project during the Rough Layout phase.
• Strong background in shot-based workflows during final layout, ensuring precise camera placement, composition, and alignment with the creative vision for each shot.
• Effective communication and collaboration with production teams, directors, and the layout team to achieve a unified creative vision.
• Attend and engage actively in meetings.
• Delegate, oversee, and assess the layout team’s assignments along with the Layout Lead.
• Participate in layout (RLO and FLO) reviews alongside the Unit and Show Director
• Clarify any required revisions to artists and ensure follow-up on these revisions in cooperation with the coordination team
• Keep the team informed of project-related updates and developments
• Collaborate with CG Supervisors and Pipeline department to enhance procedures, tools and technology for production optimization.
• Ensure that the conversion from the storyboard into a 3D scene aligns with the director’s directives regarding framing and camera movement
• Maintain close coordination with other supervisors to facilitate a seamless transition from asset production, through layout and into animation, rendering, etc., and provide ongoing support to the team during production
• Proactively identify and address potential and actual technical issues from storyboard to final layout
• When needed by production; expertise in scouting sets, identifying optimal camera angles, and ensuring environments are fully prepared for seamless integration into the layout process.
• Offer support to production and CG Supervisors to establish the layout workflow, including, references, resource requirements, methodologies, tools, schedules, and work assignments.
• Maintain up-to-date documentation and training for the team and other supervisors, on tools, pipeline and workflow.
• Serve as the primary liaison for inter-departmental communication
• Readily address inquiries from the layout team and other teams
• Provide constructive feedback to each artist regarding their performance
• Actively engage in the process of selecting new artists and provide support and facilitate the onboarding of new employee