Freelance Animation Artist

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🇨🇦 Canada – Remote

⏳ Contract/Temporary

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

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Rodeo FX

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501 - 1000 employees

📱 Media

🎮 Gaming

Media • Gaming

Rodeo FX is a full-service, award-winning creative company that specializes in bringing innovative projects to life across multiple mediums, including films, advertising, and visual effects. With teams located in major cities like Montreal, Quebec City, Toronto, Vancouver, Los Angeles, and Munich, Rodeo FX is committed to crafting work that resonates with audiences through its passion for artistry and technological creativity in areas like 3D animation, compositing, and motion design.

📋 Description

• Deliver high-end, hyper-realistic animation performances for creatures, characters, and animated objects • Deliver polished animation work meeting creative intent and production specifications • Apply animation principles including timing, weight, arcs, and posing across performance styles • Adapt to realistic creatures, mechanical objects, and stylized characters • Interpret creative direction and reference materials to create nuanced, expressive performances • Propose original ideas and motion choices that enhance storytelling and shot impact • Integrate feedback to improve animation quality • Ensure animation is clean, functional, and export-ready for downstream departments • Troubleshoot rigging or scene-related issues with technical teams • Maintain naming conventions, file structures, and pipeline technical requirements • Provide time estimates and communicate issues or delays promptly • Collaborate with production, leads, and adjacent departments to support handoffs and problem-solving • Proactively flag roadblocks and propose solutions • Participate in dailies and reviews, present work, and respond to notes • Share tools, tips, and approaches with peers • Stay current with software, animation trends, and methodologies

🎯 Requirements

• Minimum 6 years of experience in a VFX or animation studio environment • Strong proficiency in Maya; experience with other animation tools is a plus • Solid understanding of body mechanics and facial animation • Ability to animate from reference and build compelling acting performances • High attention to detail, autonomy, and ability to manage deadlines effectively • Positive, collaborative mindset and strong communication skills • Experience with ShotGrid or other production tracking tools is an asset • Knowledge of rigging fundamentals or custom tool development is an asset

🏖️ Benefits

• Freelance contract • Immediate start • Temporary contract ending around December 18, 2026 • Opportunity to participate in learning sessions, studio initiatives, and internal mentorship programs • Inclusive and equitable workplace committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion