Animation Artist Remote (Canada; flexible by time zone) · · $60,000–$90,000 CAD

Staircase Studios AI; Canada; Hybrid; CAD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Flexible by time zone

Job summary

Staircase Studios AI is seeking an Animation Artist for remote collaboration on film, television, commercial, and pitch projects. The ideal candidate has a real animation background with a strong eye for composition and storytelling, and is comfortable in an AI-assisted pipeline.

Based in Canada with flexible time-zone collaboration, you will translate briefs into strong visuals, iterate on feedback, and manage multiple projects across time zones while meeting deadlines.

Qualifications

• An animation background—studio, freelance, or equivalent experience.
• Strong eye for composition, staging, movement, lighting, mood, and cinematic storytelling.
• Experience translating scripts and briefs into visual outputs.
• Comfort with AI-assisted pipelines and willingness to learn new tools.

Responsibilities

• Create images, videos, visual development, pitch materials, and production assets.
• Translate scripts, briefs, references, and creative direction into visuals.
• Iterate quickly based on feedback from leads, producers, clients, and stakeholders.
• Manage multiple projects remotely while staying organized and deadline-focused.
• Help develop characters, locations, props, moods, and shot concepts.
• Maintain visual consistency across projects, scenes, and characters.
• Collaborate with remote teams across disciplines.

Skills

Animation background

Story, staging, movement

Cinematic composition

Remote collaboration

Communication in a remote environment

Deadline-driven

Adaptability to AI-assisted pipeline

Multitasking across projects

Job description

Company: Staircase Studios AI Location: Remote (Canada; flexible by time zone) Compensation: $60,000–$90,000 CAD

Staircase Studios AI is looking for an Animation Artist to support film, television, commercial, and pitch-related projects. This role is for an artist with a real animation background — someone who understands story, staging, movement, and cinematic composition, and who is comfortable working in a modern, AI-assisted pipeline.

Staircase Studios AI is looking for an Animation Artist to support film, television, commercial, and pitch-related projects. This role is for an artist with a real animation background — someone who understands story, staging, movement, and cinematic composition, and who is comfortable working in a modern, AI-assisted pipeline.

We care most about your animation background. If you have spent time in animation — story, layout, character work, visual development, or a related discipline — and you have a strong eye for composition, style, character consistency, and storytelling, we want to hear from you. Our pipeline is AI-assisted, but the specific software is secondary; we will get you up to speed on whatever we are using.

This is a remote contract role based in Canada. We need someone who can communicate clearly, take feedback well, hit deadlines, and manage work across multiple active projects. Compensation is $60,000–$90,000 CAD, depending on experience.

What You'll Do

• Create images, videos, visual development, pitch materials, and production assets.
• Translate scripts, briefs, references, and creative direction into strong visual outputs.
• Iterate quickly based on feedback from creative leads, producers, clients, and stakeholders.
• Support multiple projects at once while staying organized and deadline-focused.
• Help develop characters, locations, props, moods, styles, and shot concepts.
• Maintain visual consistency across projects, scenes, and characters.
• Collaborate remotely with creative, production, design, and editorial teams.

What We're Looking For

• An animation background — studio, freelance, or equivalent independent experience.
• A strong understanding of composition, staging, movement, lighting, mood, style, and cinematic storytelling.
• Work samples that show your eye and your craft. We care more about how you think than about how long the reel is.
• Comfort working in an AI-assisted pipeline and an openness to picking up new tools as they change.
• Ability to take direction and apply feedback quickly.
• Ability to work on multiple projects at once without losing track of details.
• Strong communication skills in a remote work environment.
• Deadline-driven, organized, and comfortable working independently.

Nice to Have

• Experience in film, television, advertising, animation, visual development, or branded content.
• Experience creating consistent characters, locations, props, or shot sequences across a project.
• Experience working from scripts, shot lists, moodboards, or creative briefs.
• Ability to do light editing, compositing, cleanup, or image finishing.