Junior 2D Animator

Stash Media Inc.; Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Giant Ant is seeking a talented Junior-Level 2D Animator (After Effects) to craft dynamic, expressive animation across diverse projects. You will collaborate with a creative team, learn from peers, and push for high-quality results in a fast-paced environment.

The role emphasizes solid fundamentals, efficient workflow, and proactive communication, with a hybrid in-studio/remote setup in Vancouver, BC. Compensation reflects market rates for junior-level animators.

Qualifications

• Good knowledge of the Adobe Suite.
• Proficient knowledge of animation fundamentals.
• Understands pipeline.
• Excellent organization, communication, time management, collaboration, self-tasking and listening skills.
• Proactiveness and positivity.

Responsibilities

• Learn and develop technical skills.
• Assignments within wheelhouse, lead certain jobs as stretch tasks.
• Take direction from Animation Director and deliver beautiful animation.
• Show initiative and self-direction.
• Produce exceptional animation in varied styles.
• Accurately estimate and manage time.
• Communicate with other animators, leads, designers, producers and directors.
• Respond to feedback and revisions efficiently.
• Contribute to creative ideas.
• Provide R&D and technical support.
• Render and output client-ready reviews and masters.

Tools

Adobe After Effects

Cel animation

3D

Job description

Giant Ant

Posted September 04 / Vancouver, BC, Canada / Full time / On Site

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Job Description

Giant Ant is looking for a talented Junior-Level 2D Animator (After Effects) that adores keyframes, dreams about snappy transitions, and feels right at home in the graph editor.

At Giant Ant, the Junior 2D Animator is able to work on a variety of projects, styles and techniques. They collaborate with and learn from others to create high-level animation work for our various clients. They are efficient, proactive, communicative, curious and organized. They can transition in and out of projects smoothly and have a good knowledge of the workflow. They present a high level of professionalism, commitment, proactiveness, originality, resilience and camaraderie.

Responsibilities

• Working to learn and develop technical skills
• Assignments will be given within wheelhouse, stretch assignments given to learn, including leading certain jobs
• Expected to be able to take direction from the Animation Director and execute beautiful animation.
• Shows initiative and ability to self-direct
• Produce exceptional animation work in a variety of styles
• Accurately estimate and manage time
• Communicate productively with other animators, leads, designers, producers and directors
• Efficiently respond to feedback and revisions
• Contribute to creative ideas
• Can provide R&D and technical support
• Rendering and outputting client-ready reviews and masters

Requirements

• Good knowledge of the Adobe Suite
• Supporting software knowledge and techniques a plus (cel animation, design, illustration, 3D and so on)
• Proficient knowledge of animation fundamentals
• Understands pipeline
• Good design sensibility a plus
• Excellent organization, communication, time management, collaboration, self-tasking and listening skills
• Proactiveness and positivity

Compensation

$65,000 - $90,000 CAD

Join Us!

We’re a Vancouver-based team, and the ideal candidate will work in a hybrid setup — part in-studio, part remote — so we can collaborate face to face when it counts.

If this sounds like the right fit, we’d love to hear from you!