Animator
Aplicar ahora Aplique más tarde Job ID 10139246 Ubicación Vancouver, Canadá Business Walt Disney Animation Studios Fecha de publicación 19/12/2025Detalles del empleo:
About the Role & Team
Animators, grab your reels and prepare to do the best work of your life and join us in making timeless, inspiring films!
Be part of the longest running animation team in history. Work alongside legends. Use your animation powers for good and touch the hearts and inspire generations of audiences around the globe.
We want versatile CG Character Animators who show outstanding understanding of acting, appeal, entertainment, weight, locomotion, anatomy, and dialogue. If you're funny too, that's a plus. We want artists who will bring a distinctive point of view to every shot and bring characters to life with timing, truth, and a touch of surprise. Learn more about our filmmaking process here.
All positions are based in our Vancouver, BC studio starting in April 2026.
What You Will Do
- Effectively tell the story in a meaningful way through vibrant and compelling character acting and movement, reinforcing and pushing on the established style of the film
- Develop a solid understanding of vital digital tools (such as Presto) to create quality animation for feature films and other related projects
- Receive assigned shots in sequence review with the Directors providing general guidance
- Plan shots with an understanding of story/character context
- Block animation using audio dialog track
- Clearly show performance ideas and shot blocking in Director review (animation dailies)
- Closely collaborate with and take direction from Directors and Animation Supervisors, regularly communicating progress, issues, and solutions with leadership and collaborators
- Implement changes and completely finish shots in accordance with production schedule
- Adapt to different stages within a production (development, production, etc)
- Maintain an open and professional demeanor regarding direction, changes, and shifting requirements, supportively and thoughtfully collaborating with others
What We’re Looking For
- The ability to instill appeal into character mechanics, posing, and motion appropriate to the character and style of film
- The ability to design contrast, texture, and rhythm into your timing and spacing
- The ability to uniquely art direct and exaggerate shapes, poses, emotions, and ideas that best suit the character, scene, and overall film
- The ability to instill inventive choices into your performances that feel sincere and believable; choices that always feel specific and true to what a character is feeling and makes them feel like they’re living and thinking. Your acting should engage and surprise the audience and elevate the entertainment value of the scene and film
- The ability to adapt and contribute new approaches, thoughtful solutions, and risk failure responsibly
Requirements
- A reel that is no longer than 2 minutes in length of character animation that illustrates visual storytelling, believable expressions, emotional states, personality, appeal, entertainment, clear timing, weight, physics, balance, and staging
- Proficiency in Presto, Maya or equivalent software required
Preferred Qualifications
- Background in traditional hand-drawn, computer, or stop-motion animation a plus
Education
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
The hiring range for this position in British Columbia, Canada is C$90,400 to C$150,500 CAD per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A full range of medical, financial, and/or other variable pay or benefits, may be offered dependent on the level and position offered.
Acerca de Walt Disney Animation Studios:
Combinando arte magistral y narración de cuentos con tecnología innovadora, Walt Disney Animation Studios es un estudio de animación dirigido por un cineasta responsable de crear algunas de las películas más queridas jamás realizadas. Disney Animation continúa construyendo sobre su rico legado de innovación y creatividad, desde el primer largometraje completamente animado, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs de 1937, a la próxima función de otoño de 2024, Moana 2. Entre las creaciones atemporales del estudio se encuentran Pinocchio, Sleeping Beauty, The Jungle Book, The Little Mermaid, The Lion King, Frozen, Big Hero 6, Zootopia y Encanto.
Acerca de The Walt Disney Company:
The Walt Disney Company, junto con sus subsidiarias y afiliadas, es una empresa internacional diversificada líder en entretenimiento familiar y medios de comunicación que incluye tres segmentos comerciales principales: Disney Entertainment, ESPN y Disney Experiences. Desde sus humildes comienzos como estudio de dibujos animados en la década de 1920 hasta su reconocido nombre en la industria del entretenimiento en la actualidad, Disney continúa con orgullo su legado de crear historias y experiencias de clase mundial para toda la familia. Las historias, los personajes y las experiencias de Disney llegan a consumidores e invitados de todos los rincones del mundo. Con operaciones en más de 40 países, nuestros empleados y miembros del elenco trabajan juntos para crear experiencias de entretenimiento que sean apreciadas a nivel local y global.
Este puesto es en Walt Disney Animation Studios Vancouver Inc. , que forma parte de una empresa comercial que denominamos Walt Disney Animation Studios.