2D FX Senior Artist - TV Featurette

For more than 35 years, Bardel Entertainment has been growing and evolving, yet at our core, we remain grounded in the creative roots of the craft of animation.  Our pursuit of fresh ideas, techniques, and technologies is driven by the belief that together, through creativity and collaboration, we can accomplish anything!  If you want to be part of an environment that empowers you to experiment, learn, and contribute to exciting projects, come and join us.

We’re looking for a Senior 2D FX Artist to join our team on an exciting 3D animated TV movie! In this role, you’ll bring scenes to life by creating expressive, stylized 2D effects that complement the 3D animation and enhance the visual storytelling. The ideal candidate has a strong eye for timing, shape, and motion, with experience creating hand-drawn effects that integrate seamlessly into a 3D production.

Requirements

What You’ll Do: 

• Animate the 2D FX (e.g., water, smoke, dust, lightning, bubbles, fire, storms, shadows, blurs, explosions) to shape the overall look, mood, and style, enhancing the character, environment, or atmosphere. 

• Create and animate custom FX based on designs provided. 

• Re-purpose library FX for new scenes by changing the scale, colour, duration and intensity of existing FX. 

• Adjust effects based on notes from leads, supervisors, and directors.