Jobs at Netflix

Supervise character effects for a feature film, leading hair, fur, cloth, garment, and secondary-motion simulations. Collaborate across art, animation, rigging, modeling, lighting, FX, and technical teams to translate creative direction into robust CFX workflows. Lead reviews, develop complex assets and shots, refine tools and presets, advise production on complexity and progress, and mentor CFX artists while maintaining quality, performance, and technical standards.

Leads the FX team for an animated feature or series, overseeing effects such as fluids, fire, smoke, destruction, atmospherics, debris, and magical FX. Collaborates across creative and technical departments to establish visual standards, supervise shots, refine complex effects, improve workflows, troubleshoot challenges, and ensure high-quality integration into final images. The role also mentors artists, supports production planning, and promotes an inclusive team culture.

Leads the matte painting team for an animated feature, overseeing digital environments, set extensions, skies, and environment projections. Collaborates with VFX, art, production, lighting, compositing, and pipeline leadership to establish visual standards and workflows. Provides creative and technical feedback, creates complex hero work, manages schedules and priorities, supports artist development and recruitment, and documents DMP processes and technology.

Final Layout Artists refine cinematic staging, camera work, set dressing, shot timing, asset assembly, and continuity for animated films. They prepare clean final layout shots for downstream Animation, CFX, FX, Lighting, and Compositing teams, maintain shot breakdowns, support quality control, troubleshoot creative and technical issues, and collaborate across production departments. The role requires strong cinematography, 3D layout, camera animation, scene setup, communication, and problem-solving skills.

Leads the Final Layout team for animated feature production, overseeing set dressing, shot finaling, camera animation, shot conform, quality control, workflow documentation, and pipeline compliance. Collaborates with cinematography, filmmakers, production, and downstream departments to deliver work aligned with creative goals. Provides feedback, mentorship, status communication, risk mitigation, and process improvement while supporting strategic planning for the Layout Department.

Manage day-to-day production for an unannounced CG animated feature film, overseeing schedules, milestones, quotas, workflows, production data, staffing, and delivery risks. Partner with producers, supervisors, department leaders, and global studio teams to optimize production, support training and staff development, resolve challenges, and maintain communication across locations while ensuring creative, schedule, and budget goals are met.

Lead the crowds team for an animated feature, supervising crowd simulations, background performances, and large-scale crowd sequences. Establish artistic and technical standards, mentor artists and TDs, create complex setups and shots, collaborate across production departments, refine tools and workflows, troubleshoot challenges, and advise leadership on scope and progress.

Create production-ready stylized character models for animated features by translating 2D designs into 3D, developing appealing proportions and forms, producing accurate UVs, and building optimized topology for rigging, layout, and lighting. The role requires strong communication, organization, quality control, and deadline management within a VFX or animated feature pipeline.

Develop and support web applications and user interfaces for Netflix Animation Studios’ production teams. Build React-based tools using TypeScript, Vite, Apollo Client, and GraphQL; integrate with Flow Production Tracking/ShotGrid; maintain existing applications; analyze root causes; and translate production workflows into technical solutions. The role involves direct collaboration with production users, requirements gathering, UI/UX implementation, white-glove support, and cross-functional teamwork.

Supports producers and directors creating animated content through experimental GenAI production pipelines. Manages leadership calendars, creative schedules, production tracking, artist and partner communications, reviews, offsites, logistics, travel arrangements, and expenses. Acts as a bridge between creative leadership and cross-functional teams, translating creative priorities into organized production tasks while maintaining alignment with milestones and project goals.

Build enterprise platforms and tools supporting AI-enabled animation production. Partner with senior engineers, artists, technical directors, infrastructure, and security teams to evaluate algorithms, prototype workflows, develop APIs, manage generated assets, maintain production tracking tools, monitor hardware and software usage, and standardize secure workflows across shows.

Compose and develop final look for animated feature shots by combining render layers, working with Lighting and Production Design, and implementing scalable look setups. Design tools and pipelines, troubleshoot technical challenges, mentor junior compositors, and maintain colour accuracy across workflows while meeting deadlines and production targets.

Oversee all CG aspects of a feature animation project: partner with director and technical leads, define workflows, review departmental CG work, solve technical/creative issues, and ensure on‑schedule, high‑quality delivery.

Lead creative and technical direction for all 3D environment, set, and prop assets on a feature production. Oversee modeling, surfacing, and matte painting teams; ensure assets meet artistic vision and pipeline technical standards. Partner with technical supervisors for workflow optimization, provide bidding and scheduling estimates, mentor supervisors and artists, and ensure on-time, on-budget deliveries while fostering cross-department collaboration and training.

Lead and maintain core modelling, rigging, and surfacing pipeline tools. Design and implement robust, maintainable code, troubleshoot workflows, validate releases, mentor TDs, and drive cross-department technical solutions to support production quality and efficiency.

Call for candidates to submit information and portfolios for future rigging roles in Netflix Animation Studios Vancouver. Applicants enter a talent database for consideration; talent team will contact matches. Emphasizes inclusion, accommodations during hiring, and equal-opportunity hiring.

Design and paint characters, environments, and sets from story through delivery. Define visual style and mood, iterate with leadership, and develop hybrid traditional/GenAI workflows. Build templates/scripts, drive look development, and ensure high-quality, on-schedule artwork while collaborating across disciplines.

Support pre-production craft groups by troubleshooting pipeline issues, developing and maintaining artist tools, writing high-quality code, driving QA/testing, resolving complex technical problems, and mentoring mid-level TDs. Contribute to scheduling, estimates, and cross-department pipeline integration while ensuring tools support creative workflows.

Submit your information and/or portfolio to Netflix Animation Studios' Vancouver Production talent database for future production roles. If there's a match, the Talent Team will contact you. Netflix values inclusion and offers interview accommodations; equal-opportunity employer.

Lead the character effects team for an animated feature, defining simulation approaches for hair, fur, cloth and more. Oversee asset and shot delivery, mentor CFX leads/artists, collaborate across departments, develop tools/workflows, solve technical challenges, and ensure artistic quality and production stability.