Production

Unannounced Book-Based Animated Series

Format

Short-form digital animated series

Position Type

Contract

Work Arrangement

On-Site, Kingston, Ontario

Send Applications to:

[email protected]

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced Pipeline & Technical Supervisor / Senior Harmony & Workflow TD to support an upcoming book-based animated production based at our studio in Kingston, Ontario.

This is a senior, hands-on technical role responsible for the production pipeline and the core studio technology environment supporting a primarily 2D Toon Boom Harmony workflow. The successful candidate will act as the principal technical resource for the production, supporting Harmony, rigging, animation, FX/compositing, production tracking, storage, workstations and day-to-day production technology.

The role requires someone who can both design and maintain production systems and provide practical artist-facing support when technical issues arise.

What You'll Do

- Own and maintain the production’s Toon Boom Harmony pipeline, including project structure, scene standards, libraries, palettes, templates, naming conventions and technical workflow.
- Establish and maintain production file structures, storage conventions, versioning and publish practices across the Kingston studio.
- Configure and administer ShotGrid / Autodesk Flow Production Tracking, including user accounts, permissions, statuses, project structure and technical workflow.
- Set up, maintain and troubleshoot the local production server, shared storage and production access required by the team.
- Configure and support production workstations, software installs, user accounts, permissions and other production technology required by artists and production staff.
- Support Toon Boom Harmony licensing, Adobe Creative Cloud applications and other production software used by the project.
- Establish and document reliable backup, archive and recovery procedures for production data.
- Maintain transparent technical documentation for systems, workflows, credentials, configurations and production standards.
- Provide direct technical support to artists working in Harmony, including scene troubleshooting, asset issues, palettes, libraries, exports and workflow problems.
- Support rigging and asset-build workflows, including rig architecture, technical standards, troubleshooting and animation-facing rig fixes.
- Work with riggers and animators to resolve technical issues that affect performance, usability or production efficiency.
- Support technical solutions for special poses, drawing substitutions, character variants and other animation requirements that fall outside standard rig functionality.
- Establish and maintain the technical handoff between Harmony, FX/compositing and editorial.
- Define render, export, naming, versioning, alpha,



image-sequence and delivery standards for downstream compositing and post-production.
- Support integration between Toon Boom Harmony, Adobe After Effects, Photoshop and Premiere Pro.
- Help establish reusable technical approaches for FX, compositing and production finishing.
- Explore, test and implement approved AI-assisted tools and workflows that can accelerate visual development, design iteration, FX development and other production tasks without compromising downstream production requirements.
- Support rapid iteration of props, locations, character concepts, graphic elements and FX treatments using a combination of traditional and approved AI-assisted workflows.
- Evaluate emerging AI and production tools and recommend practical applications that improve speed, consistency or production efficiency.
- Develop and document clear workflows for converting exploratory or AI-assisted outputs into controlled, artist-directed and production-ready assets for Harmony, Photoshop, After Effects and other downstream production use.
- Work with the Director, production team, riggers, animators and FX/compositing artists to resolve cross-department technical issues.
- Identify technical risks early and recommend practical solutions appropriate to the production schedule and budget.
- Provide technical onboarding and workflow guidance to new artists joining the production.
- Serve as the primary technical escalation point for production technology and pipeline issues at the Kingston studio.

What We're Looking For

- Senior-level professional experience with Toon Boom Harmony in an animated television or comparable production environment.
- Strong practical knowledge of Harmony production pipelines, scene structure, libraries, palettes, asset management and troubleshooting.
- Experience with character rigging and Harmony rig architecture.
- Experience supporting animators and resolving rig, scene and workflow issues during active production.
- Experience designing or maintaining animation production pipelines across multiple departments.
- Experience with ShotGrid / Autodesk Flow Production Tracking administration or comparable production-tracking systems.
- Experience configuring and maintaining shared production storage, file structures, user access and production workstations.
- Working knowledge of Adobe After Effects, Photoshop and Premiere Pro within an animation production workflow.
- Understanding of 2D compositing, FX, render/export workflows and downstream post-production requirements.
- Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.




- Ability to diagnose whether an issue belongs to pipeline, rigging, animation, FX, compositing or production workflow and determine an efficient solution.
- Ability to document technical systems and workflows clearly for artists and production staff.
- Ability to work independently and take ownership of a studio production environment without relying on a separate internal IT department.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to support artists with varying levels of technical knowledge.
- Experience evaluating and integrating AI-assisted visual-development or production tools into a professional animation workflow.
- Solid understanding of how exploratory and AI-assisted outputs can be refined, controlled and prepared for professional downstream production use.
- Ability to assess emerging tools critically and distinguish useful production efficiencies from workflows that create unnecessary downstream cleanup or risk.
- Experience with anime-influenced, stylized or hybrid 2D production is considered an asset.
- Experience with scripting, automation or pipeline tools is considered an asset.

Portfolio / Experience Required

Applicants should include a résumé and a brief summary of relevant production pipeline and technical experience.

Please identify productions where you have been responsible for some combination of:

- Toon Boom Harmony pipeline setup or supervision
- Harmony rigging or rigging support
- Artist-facing technical support
- ShotGrid / Flow configuration or administration
- Production server or shared-storage setup
- FX/compositing workflow
- AI-assisted visual-development, design, FX or production workflow development
- Pipeline R&D;, emerging-tool evaluation or implementation of new production methods
- Render/export and post-production integration
- Animation production technology or studio technical operations

Where possible, please describe the scale of the production and the areas for which you had direct technical responsibility.

Contract Information

This is a senior contract position supporting a short-form digital animated series, with the potential to continue onto a planned long-form animated series based on the same property.

Rate: $1,750 per week based on a 40-hour work week.

The position will be primarily on-site at our studio in Kingston, Ontario . Because the role includes direct responsibility for studio infrastructure, workstations, production systems and artist support, regular on-site availability is required.

Applicants must be Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada in order to meet production tax-credit eligibility requirements.

Application

Please send your résumé and relevant technical or production experience to [email protected] .

We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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