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About the Role
This is an Expression of Interest for a future 2D Animation Supervisor role. The position will involve supervising and leading a team of 2D animators working within rigged and traditional animation pipelines, providing clear direction and daily support. Responsibilities include reviewing shots, maintaining quality, understanding rig capabilities, collaborating with the Rigging team, partnering with the Director, managing offshore partners, mentoring animators, assigning scenes, ensuring adherence to style guides, liaising with other departments, and maintaining confidentiality.
Responsibilities
- Supervise and lead a team of 2D animators working within the rigged and traditional animation pipelines, providing clear direction and daily support
- Review and give notes on shots and sequences, maintaining a consistent performance and quality bar across the whole team
- Understand the capabilities and limitations of the show's character rigs, and guide animators on how to achieve strong, expressive performance within those constraints
- Work closely with the Rigging team to flag rig issues, request improvements, and troubleshoot problems that affect animation quality or efficiency
- Partner with the Director and Assistant Director on creative intent, tone and performance for key characters and sequences
- Manage and review work from our offshore partner animation studio
- Mentor animators who are new to rigged workflows, including those transitioning from a hand drawn animation background
- Assign scenes and manage workload across the team in line with the production schedule
- Ensure all animation aligns with the show's style guide and established performance benchmarks
- Liaise with Layout, Compositing and Editorial to ensure animation is delivered on time and to spec
- Ensure all work remains confidential per code of conduct and security forms
Requirements
- Proven experience as a 2D Animation Supervisor, Lead Animator or similar senior role in a 2D animation production
- Strong hands-on experience specifically with rigged or puppet-based 2D animation, such as Toon Boom Harmony rigging, rather than hand-drawn frame-by-frame animation alone
- Solid understanding of rig mechanics, including pegs, deformers and constraints, and how to work within them to produce natural weight, timing and appeal
- Strong leadership and communication skills, with the ability to give clear, constructive feedback
- Experience mentoring or upskilling animators, including guiding hand-drawn animators into a rigged pipeline
- A sharp eye for timing, staging, weight and character performance
- Good sense of narrative storytelling, comic timing and camera
- Comfortable working to broadcast schedules and managing competing priorities across a season
- Ability to be adaptable, flexible and responsive to changes
- Passion for animation and storytelling
Skills
- Rigged 2D animation
- Toon Boom Harmony rigging
- Traditional frame-by-frame animation
- Rig mechanics
- Leadership
- Communication
- Mentoring
- Storytelling
- Timing
- Staging
- Weight
- Character performance
- Comic timing
- Camera
- Adaptability
- Flexibility
- Responsiveness
Location
- Remote
- In-studio
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Senior
- Lead
Benefits
- Industry leading studio space
- Cinema
- Quiet room
- Zen Garden
- Games room
- State of the art animation facilities
- Breakfast served daily
- Cake days
- Movie nights
- Wrap parties
- Culture club
- Fundraising opportunities
- Dog-friendly environment
- Flexible work from home days
- Training and support opportunities
- Mental health resources
- Free counselling via Employee Assistance Provider
About the Company
- Flying Bark Productions is a renowned independent producer of family-focused animation entertainment.
- For over 50 years, our 2D and 3D production facility has created award-winning feature films and TV series.
- We work on exciting projects including a new 2D project with Disney, Netflix's Ghostbusters animated series and Stranger Things animated series, as well as an upcoming feature film, Zac Power.
Equal Opportunity
- Flying Bark Productions is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.