Tendril is a design, animation and digital innovation studio that is growing, evolving and always offering new challenges.  

We collaborate with agencies and clients to create rich imaginative worlds for all visual mediums.  

We work hard, we strive for excellence and we do it together as a team.  We believe in community and respecting balance.

You’re a natural problem solver who sees every challenge as an opportunity to shine.  

You enjoy working in a creative environment and aspire to support a team of 3D and 2D VFX Artists, Animators, Producers and Admin staff.  

You work independently and efficiently, but you also find satisfaction when you’re flexing your hands-on creative problem solving skills to solve a variety of technical issues for your team. 

The Opportunity

• Independently lead the execution of Animation and interactive focused productions that push technological and artistic boundaries
• Manage project milestones and deliveries in accordance with the schedule, communicating the plan to project team and driving it forward
• Conduct dailies with project teams, distributing clear client feedback and ensuring objectives are on track
• Engage with freelance roster, contracting specialists to provide additional skills to productions
• Collaborate with Executive Producers to architect production plans are realistic and achievable
• Responsible for launching projects on time and within budget established by Executive Producers
• Act as a primary point of contact for clients, leading in-person sessions, facilitating discussions to drive projects forward
• Ensure that your project teams are consistently practicing a polished process methodology (Scrum, Project Kickoff, Project Actualization etc)
• Track actuals and manage project budgets, PO’s and invoices flagging concerns to EP
• Work directly with Finance and EP to actualize projects after launch
• A passion to push creative boundaries, demonstrating a continuous pattern of acquiring new skills related to software, animation and design

Come Prepared to Talk About

• Your strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Your experience recommending process improvements in a production setting
• Trending technologies, campaigns and award winning work in the global market
• Your experiences and strategies navigating clients through successful and difficult productions
• Your understanding of standard, delivered file formats for Web and Television

The duties and responsibilities are subject to change at the discretion of management.  If you have the skills and experience required for this position, please forward your resume to careers@tendril.ca.   We thank you for your interest; however, only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted for follow-up.