Final Layout Artist - Hybrid Vancouver

Netflix Animation Studios Canada ULC; Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/dental/vision plans

Mental health support

Retirement programs

Family-forming benefits

Paid leave of absence

Job summary

Netflix Animation Studios Canada ULC is seeking a versatile Final Layout Artist in Vancouver with a strong eye for detail and a blend of creative and technical skills. You will finalize camera work, set dressing, and shot assembly to align with the film’s cinematic style and storytelling needs.

You’ll collaborate with multiple departments to refine camera setups, ensure continuity, and prepare layouts for Animation, CFX, FX, Lighting, and Compositing.

Qualifications

• Experience on digital feature films, VFX projects, or high-end series.
• Experience in large digital feature film production pipelines.
• A reel/portfolio showing strong camera work and layout skills.

Responsibilities

• Fine-tune cinematic staging and camera positioning for assigned shots and sequences.
• Collaborate to finalize camera setups, framing, angles, movement, and focus.
• Refine set dressing to match production design vision.
• Conform timing and casting to latest edit and approved assets.
• Maintain continuity of geography, scale, eye-lines, and screen direction.
• Assemble final layout shots with assets and settings for downstream work.
• Update shot breakdown info and QC shots for delivery.
• Provide feedback on tools and workflows and assist teams.
• Communicate progress clearly to Supervisors and Production.
• Collaborate with teams to support production objectives.

Skills

Camera work

Shot composition

Layout/final layout

Previs/layout techniques

Cinematography knowledge

Communication

Multitasking

Attention to detail

Tools

Maya

Nuke

Houdini

Unreal

Job description

Netflix Animation Studios Canada ULC is seeking a versatile Final Layout Artist in Vancouver with a strong eye for detail and a blend of creative and technical skills. You will finalize camera work, set dressing, and shot assembly to align with the film’s cinematic style and storytelling needs.

You’ll collaborate with multiple departments to refine camera setups, ensure continuity, and prepare layouts for Animation, CFX, FX, Lighting, and Compositing.