Hasta La Motion!

The company was founded in 1994 and is one of Canada‘s leading digital visual effects and animation studios. Over a decade later, C.O.R.E. has successfully built three divisions: C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures, C.O.R.E. Toons and C.O.R.E. Feature Animation. Over the years, with the underlying philosophy that a studio designed by artists for artists fosters the best creative environment, C.O.R.E. has produced award-winning work for more than 55 Feature Films, 24 Television Series and 24 Movies of the Week.

C.O.R.E. offers an exciting work environment; our open work structure allows for creativity and fun at the same time. The continuous flow of interesting new projects that are awarded from major studios and production companies makes working at C.O.R.E. a unique and fulfilling experience.

Qualifications and Skills:

• Excellent knowledge of animating in Maya
• Excellent understanding of acting, character development and storytelling
• Must have excellent knowledge of animation principles, weight and timing
• Strong cartoon style animation showing great humour a definite plus
• Demonstrates adaptability to proprietary tools
• Ability to create so-called “shell” scripts or other automation tools/procedures would be an asset
• Understanding of typical series animation pipeline layouts, positions, and processes
• University/College degree in animation or fine arts
• 3-5 years experience as an animator
• Classical training an asset
• Must be legally authorized to work in Canada

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Review each show with the Animation Director and Series Director
• Meet a 25–40 seconds quota per week
• Work with the Animation Director and fellow animators to keep characters and animation consistent and maintain continuity between shots
• Effectively use propriety web by appropriately flagging shot statuses, reading and responding to director notes
• Create performance and motion for characters and props based on storyboard panels & Director’s vision
• Responsible for lip-sync, posing, body & facial animation; key framed, and in-betweens
• May be required to set up each assigned shot, using the layout/setup tools
• Incorporate supervisor, director and client comments, and complete revisions within deadline
• Additional duties as required

Qualified applicants can send their resumes, demo reels in DVD-R format including shot breakdown to:

C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures Recruiting
461 King St. West
Toronto, Ontario
M5V 1K7

We would like to thank all applicants for their interest however only those under consideration will be contacted. No phone calls please.