Build cloth, hair, and character performance skills through Disney mentorship in Vancouver, British Columbia, beginning February 2027.

This Character Technical Animation Trainee apprenticeship develops emerging artists through production methods and technical animation learning. You will practice cloth and hair simulation, character finaling, and responses to artistic and technical feedback. The Vancouver studio programme begins with four months,



followed by a review determining subsequent assignments.

Key Responsibilities:

• Learn character technical animation and production methods
• Develop appealing cloth and hair simulations
• Create character finaling work for production
• Respond to artistic and technical feedback
• Work collaboratively within a production setting

Requirements:

• Fewer than five years of animation industry experience
• Recent bachelor’s graduate or equivalent experience
• Résumé and reel up to two minutes
• Relevant simulation, anatomy, tailoring, hair, cloth, or rigging skills
• Maya knowledge; Marvelous Designer, scripting, and Linux useful

Develop Disney character effects expertise through mentorship, focusing on cloth, hair simulation, technical animation, and finaling.