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Welcome to the Animation | VFX | Gaming Virtual Job Fair!

May 7th 10am - 4pm EDT

Register Now!

It's back, but virtually!

  • Are you graduating soon from an animation based college?
  • Are you an industry professional looking to see what else is out there?
  • Are you currently in college looking to have your portfolio reviewed by industry professionals?
  • Are you a studio looking to grab the latest and greatest worker-bees?

You've come to the right place. Jobs for everyone, let's do this!

Do you have questions or concerns? Check out our FAQ! or email us at jobfair@taafi.com

Featured Studio Booths

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⭐ 2D Layout

⭐ 2D Harmony Animators

⭐ 2D Posers

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🌊 CG Animator

🌊 2D Animator

🌊 3D Modeler

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🌴 2D Animators (+FX)

🌴 2D Riggers

🌴 2D Layout Artists

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❗ Location Designer

❗ BG Painter/Colour Stylist

❗ 2D Rigger

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🐲Rigger

🐲Senior Animator

🐲Senior Lighter

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💼Riggers

💼Animators

💼Production Manager

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⚡LookDEV Artists

⚡CG Leads

⚡Rigging Artists

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💥Senior Technical Artist

💥Lead UX Designer

💥Lead & Senior Animator

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🦘Animators

🦘Creators

🦘All positions!

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🐸 Storyboards

🐸 2D Harmony Animators

🐸 2D Harmony Compositors.

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Studio Booths

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🥧 Head of Story

🥧 Story Artists

🥧 Story Revision Artists

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👑 3D Animator

👑 3D Rigger

👑 Lighting/Comp Artist

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💾2D

💾3D

💾roles in nearly all departments open

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🎨3D Compositor

🎨3D Character Designer

🎨3D Location Designer

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🤖Storyboard Revisionist

🤖Art Director

🤖CG Animator


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Design 10-12, Comp 1-2:30, Boards

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🚀Designer/Animator

🚀Editor/Compositor

🚀Storyboard Artist

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🍰2D Builders/Animators

🍰3D Lighters/Compositing

🍰3D Animators

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🌞 2D Flash Animator

🌞 Harmony Animator

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🏃 Senior 2D Animation

🏃 FX Animators

🏃 Senior Character Design

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Livestream Schedule

Fri, May 7th

10:00AM - 10:10AM

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Opening Welcome by Program Manager of the Film Sector Development at City of Toronto Magali Simard 👋

Welcome one and all to the Toronto Animation / VFX Job Fair 2021. Join our opening speaker, Magali Simard as she toasts the incredible work we all do here in Toronto and wishes the best of luck to all the Job Seekers and Studios!

With Magali Simard Program Manager, Film Sector Development, City of Toronto

10:10AM - 10:20AM

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Meet the Mayor 😎

Meet our wonderful Mayor John Tory, and hear a bit of why he's so proud of the film and TV sector in Toronto, what makes us strong, and what makes us unique.

With Mayor John Tory Mayor of Toronto, City of Toronto

10:25AM - 10:35AM

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Pipeline Studios 🌊

Pipeline Studios is a creative & innovation driven studio, with a focus on development, production, and distribution of award-winning kids and family content, for a global audience. Let’s create something great together.

With Lindsey Weeks HR & Studio Coordinator, Pipeline Studios Darin Bristow Executive Creative Director / Supervising Producer, Pipeline Studios

10:45AM - 10:55AM

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Oasis Animation 🌴

Animation studio specialized in 2D Harmony animated series, we are known for our variety of styles and projects! If you are looking for a company where you want to grow, we are your match!

With Laura Lamoly Talent Acquisition Advisor, Oasis Animation

11:05AM - 11:15AM

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Yowza Animation ❗

Since 1996, Yowza! has committed the best quality to every project, ensuring that every frame carries our extensive expertise, originality and skill.

With Sally Walker Business Development Manager, Yowza Animation!

11:25AM - 11:35AM

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9 Story Media Group / Brownbag Films 💼

Brown Bag Films is one of the world’s most exciting, original and successful creative-led animation studios. The studio’s much-loved TV shows are viewed by millions of children worldwide and include Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, Blue's Clues & You!, Peg + Cat, Wild Kratts, Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum, and Clifford the Big Red Dog.

With Cory Bobiak Director, Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum, Brown Bag Films

11:45AM - 11:55AM

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Big Jump Entertainment 🦘

Meet BIG JUMP Entertainment! It's a privately owned, independent, 2D hybrid animation production facility that specializes in the seamless combination of traditional and digital techniques. High fives for us.

With Jennifer Griffiths Executive Director, Big Jump Entertainment

12:05PM - 12:50PM

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Livin' the American Stream 💜

Join Twitch streamer and storyboard artist Nic Parris aka 'Nicmundo' as he tells his tale of how he got into streaming and why you should too.

With Nic Parris Storyboard Artist, Nickelodeon Animation

1:00PM - 1:10PM

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Kabam Games 💥

Kabam is an interactive entertainment company founded in 2006 and headquartered in Vancouver, BC. with offices in San Francisco, CA and Austin, Texas. The company creates, develops and publishes massively multiplayer social games such as Marvel Contest of Champions and Transformers: Forged to Fight for mobile devices.

With Joshua Juni Talent Acquisition Associate, Kabam Games

1:20PM - 1:30PM

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Nelvana / Corus Entertainment ⭐

Entertaining kids for nearly 50 years, Nelvana is a world-leading international producer and distributor of children’s animated and live-action content. Nelvana produces award-winning and globally renowned brands including comedies, preschool, and boys action programs. Nelvana’s content airs in over 180 countries and on Corus Entertainment’s kids channels in Canada. The Nelvana library has well over 4,700 episodes of programming and has received over 70 major international program awards including Emmys® and Canadian Screen Awards.

With Ross Maudsley Head of Operations and Technology, Nelvana Limited

1:40PM - 1:50PM

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Pixomondo 🐲

Pixomondo is an international visual effects company with a global network of studios in Los Angeles, Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, Stuttgart, Frankfurt, Beijing and Shanghai. We are driven by a passion for creativity and quality. For us, the real magic begins when extraordinary talent is given the freedom to explore the challenge of the new with a keen focus on extraordinary efficiency.

With Goran Backman VFX Supervisor, PIXOMONDO

2:00PM - 2:10PM

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Atomic Cartoons 🚀

Atomic Cartoons Inc. is an award-winning animation studio with locations in Vancouver's Mt. Pleasant Animation District, Ottawa's Hintonburg neighborhood, and LA. Since its inception over 20 years ago, Atomic Cartoons has created and produced numerous 2D and CG animation productions including Last Kids on Earth and Hello Ninja. Atomic is well known for its artist-friendly culture and flexible work environment. We are always looking for artists of all levels to join our team!

With Mark Hansen Talent Acquisition Manager, Atomic Cartoons

2:40PM - 2:50PM

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The Focus ⚡

The Focus is a global community of creative professionals providing industry news, virtual learning, and career opportunities tailored to your interests. We hire and develop talent for Technicolor’s award-winning film and episodic visual effects studios MPC Film, MPC Episodic, Technicolor Pre-Production and MR. X, as well as advertising studios The Mill and MPC Advertising, plus Mikros Animation.

With heidi cardyn Admissions Manager, The Focus

3:20PM - 4:05PM

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How I Got my First Animation Job 😁

Join this diverse group of animation grads from 2020 as they share the secrets of their success (or at least how they landed their first studio job during the first wave of Covid). Stories and portfolio advice from last years grads.

With Brianne Whinfield Animator, Mercury Sabrina Zaczek Production Assistant, Big Jump Entertainment Julia Théberge 2D Rigger, Look Mom! Productions Barnabas Wornoff Chair, TAAFI

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2D ANIMATION / VFX (A)

Reviewer/Specialty

Diane Aarts

Animation & Directing

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Chris Cherkas

2D Animation Supervisor

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Justine Howard

Senior 2D Visual FX

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Lisa Whittick

Series Director - Nature Cat

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Igor Mesh

Visual FX Supervisor

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Ayan Sengupta

Senior Compositor / VFX / BG Painter

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STAAFI needs you!

We need some saavy Discord peeps to help out during either the Morning or Afternoon of Friday May 7th. It will be so fun. Meet other hive-minded animation loving weirdos.

Click HERE to submit your deets, and we'll get back to you so fast it will knock you right out of your chair. *note: it probably won't be that fast.*

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TAAFI is a non-profit volunteer organization, supported by many of the leading animation studios and industry organizations throughout the year as well as at each of the events. Without them we couldn't bring our programs to you, our audience.

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