2D FX Senior Artist - TV Featurette

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

Benefits offered by this job

Extended Health and Wellness from day

Job summary

Bardel is seeking a Senior 2D FX Artist for a 3D animated TV movie. You will create expressive 2D effects that integrate with 3D animation, with a strong emphasis on timing and motion. The role requires experience with hand-drawn FX and seamless 3D integration.

Location: BC or Quebec. Duration: November 2026 until March 2027. Pay Range: CAD $1400 - $1600 per week. Bardel offers a hybrid work environment with in-studio onboarding in Vancouver and remote options.

Qualifications

• Portfolio demonstrating 2D FX artistry in animation.
• Experience using Toon Boom Harmony for FX creation.
• Strong understanding of FX principles and animation timing.
• Excellent verbal and written communication.

Responsibilities

• Animate the 2D FX (water, smoke, dust, lightning, bubbles, fire, storms, shadows, blurs, explosions) to shape look, mood, and style.
• Create and animate custom FX based on designs provided.
• Reuse library FX for new scenes by adjusting scale, color, duration, and intensity.
• Adjust effects based on notes from leads, supervisors, and directors.
• Handle sequences of varying complexity, from simple to moderately difficult FX shots.
• Collaborate with leadership, production, and team members to solve problems and ensure FX integration.
• Engage in dailies, rounds, and team discussions to drive improvements.
• Adhere to pipeline workflows and technical requirements for production integration.
• Maintain consistency in quality while meeting production needs.
• Manage time effectively to stay on schedule.
• Keep team and production informed about progress, challenges, and solutions.

Skills

FX artistry

Toon Boom Harmony

2D FX design

communication

Tools

Toon Boom Harmony

Job description

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.

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.
• Handle sequences of varying complexity, from simple to moderately difficult FX shots.
• Collaborate with leadership, production, and team members to solve problems and ensure FX integration.
• Engage in dailies, rounds, and team discussions, contributing to creative and technical improvements.
• Adhere to pipeline workflows and technical requirements for seamless integration into the production process.
• Maintain consistency in quality while meeting production needs.
• Manage time effectively, working with production to stay on schedule.
• Keep the team and production staff informed about progress, challenges, and solutions.

What You’ll Bring:

• Previous production experience as a 2D FX Artist or similar role in animation.
• A portfolio that demonstrates:
• Extensive experience using ToonBoom Harmony for FX creation.
• Strong ability to develop a wide range of 2D FX (e.g., water, smoke, fire, destruction, transformation) that enhance character, environment, and atmosphere.
• Solid understanding of FX animation techniques and principles.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to effectively promote solutions, share knowledge, and incorporate feedback.

Location: BC or Quebec

Duration: November 2026 until March 2027

Pay Range: CAD $1400 - $1600 per week

This salary range reflects our current expectations for these roles as of this posting’s date. Your final salary offer will consider various key factors, including your education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographical location, as well as the needs and requirements of the business.

• Flexible work environment
• Extended Health and Wellness from day 1
• RRSP matching

For more details, check out our website.

At Bardel, we recognize that flexibility is key to doing great work. Our hybrid work environment is a valued perk designed to support individual accountability and empower our teams to work where they’re most productive. We offer the choice to work remotely, balanced with intentional in-person time for collaboration, creativity, and team building. This role requires in-studio attendance at our Vancouver studio during onboarding and predetermined Rush Weeks.