Character Modeler - Netflix Animation Studios

Netflix
Vancouver
Workplace: HybridFull timeCAD 68,000 - 145,000 annuallyFunction: Creative Production (Video/Audio/Photo)Skills: ["Attention to detail","Organizational skills","Time management","Communication"]

Create complete, production-ready character models for upcoming animated features by translating 2D designs into 3D while preserving artistic intent. Build stylized characters with strong understanding of appeal, silhouette, proportion, and scale, and deliver accurate UVs and optimized meshes for downstream teams like rigging, layout, and lighting. Work with leadership on quality and timelines, ensuring assigned work meets standards and deadlines.

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Character Modeler - Netflix Animation Studios

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Job Summary

Create complete, production-ready character models for upcoming animated features by translating 2D designs into 3D while preserving artistic intent. Build stylized characters with strong understanding of appeal, silhouette, proportion, and scale, and deliver accurate UVs and optimized meshes for downstream teams like rigging, layout, and lighting. Work with leadership on quality and timelines, ensuring assigned work meets standards and deadlines.
Location: Vancouver
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Creative Production (Video/Audio/Photo)
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Interpret 2D designs and translate them into 3D while maintaining artistic intent
  • •Produce high-quality stylized character models with strong appeal, silhouette, proportion, shape, and scale
  • •Create accurate UVs for downstream departments
  • •Develop optimized meshes with clean, production-ready topology for downstream teams like rigging, layout, and lighting
  • •Ensure assigned work meets quality standards and deadlines and maintain communication with leadership

Pay and Benefits

Salary: CAD 68,000 - 145,000 annually
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVisionPaid Leave

Key Requirements

  • •3+ years of experience modeling within a VFX or animated feature pipeline
  • •Proficiency with Maya and ZBrush
  • •Experience with Marvelous Designer
  • •Strong understanding of character appeal, silhouette, proportion, and shape language
  • •Knowledge of edge flow, polygon density, and topology for static and deforming objects
Experience:VFXAnimated feature pipeline
Skills:Attention to detailOrganizational skillsTime managementCommunication
Tech Stack:MayaZBrushMarvelous DesignerUVsTopologyMeshes

Company Brief

Netflix
Global subscription streaming service that produces and distributes movies, TV series, and games across multiple devices, operating worldwide with extensive original content and localized offerings.
Industry: Streaming Platforms
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Los Gatos, United States
Founded: 1997
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