Teams at Bardel Entertainment

Create expressive 2D animation storyboards for a preschool YouTube series. Translate scripts and story beats into clear visual sequences using strong composition, character acting, poses, staging, camera choices, pacing, and continuity. Incorporate feedback from directors and supervisors, participate in dailies and team discussions, follow production pipeline requirements, maintain consistent quality, and manage schedules and communication with production staff.

Develops complex character effects in Houdini, including hair, fur, cloth, and muscle simulations. Collaborates with modeling, rigging, animation, lighting, production, and leadership teams to integrate effects into high-end television or feature projects. Creates tools and scripts, troubleshoots CFX issues, supports pipelines, meets deadlines, participates in reviews, and maintains production quality. Senior artists may mentor junior team members. Candidates must provide a Houdini-focused demo reel and demonstrate strong physics, dynamics, and procedural animation skills.

Establish CG scene staging and camera positioning for featurette animation, translating storyboards into 3D scenes. Collaborate with supervisors, directors, production, and layout artists to support cinematography, storytelling, continuity, and technical integration. Animate elements and characters for framing and story beats, identify creative or technical issues, contribute to dailies, mentor teammates, and manage shot schedules and communication.