2D Character Layout Artist: Stage Dynamic Scenes

Bardel; Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 64,000 - 73,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work environment

Extended Health

RRSP matching

Job summary

Bardel in Vancouver seeks a Character Layout Artist to bridge Storyboard and Animation on a 3-week contract, with potential extension. Translate storyboards into clear, well-staged layouts, stage characters, and ensure alignment with dialogue and performance.

You’ll collaborate with Animation Directors and Supervisors, maintain proportions, and follow production pipelines while delivering scenes on time, in a flexible environment with extended health and RRSP matching.

Qualifications

• Experience in character layout for 2D traditional animation.
• Strong understanding of posing, staging, composition, and visual storytelling.
• Ability to interpret storyboards, animatics, and dialogue.
• Attention to character proportions, positioning, and continuity.

Responsibilities

• Translate storyboards and animatics into character layouts.
• Stage and position characters within each scene.
• Create clear poses that communicate the action, emotion, and intent of the scene.
• Establish character placement, screen direction, eyelines, and interaction with props and environments.
• Block key character movements and poses to support dialogue and performance.
• Work with camera and composition to ensure characters are staged effectively.
• Maintain character proportions, scale, and continuity between scenes.
• Identify and resolve staging or continuity issues before animation.
• Work with Animation Directors, and Supervisors to address notes and make revisions.
• Follow production schedules, pipelines, and file standards.

Skills

Character layout

2D animation

Character posing

Staging & composition

Visual storytelling

Camera & composition

Job description

Bardel in Vancouver seeks a Character Layout Artist to bridge Storyboard and Animation on a 3-week contract, with potential extension. Translate storyboards into clear, well-staged layouts, stage characters, and ensure alignment with dialogue and performance.

You’ll collaborate with Animation Directors and Supervisors, maintain proportions, and follow production pipelines while delivering scenes on time, in a flexible environment with extended health and RRSP matching.