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This is an excellent opportunity for a talented CG Matte Painter to join the crew one of our new CG projects Atomic Cartoons, a Thunderbird Entertainment Group company, is an award-winning, internationally renowned animation studio with teams in Vancouver, Ottawa, and Los Angeles. Known for an artist-driven culture that attracts, retains and promotes the best talent in the business, Atomic develops and produces high-end animated content that spans preschool, comedy, action-adventure, adult and commercial genres, and everything in between. The animation studio has developed a stellar global reputation for its ability to translate big brands like LEGO, Star Wars, My Little Pony, CoComelon, and many more into top-notch animation, while also developing high-quality original Atomic productions like The Last Kids on Earth,Rocket Saves the Day, and Mermicorno: Starfall. Atomic is B Corp certified and a BC Benefit Company. WHAT YOU WILL DO: Create matte paintings for elements and visuals to match the look of the production. Share ideas, collaborate and work closely with other members of the production, including layout, modeling, lighting, compositing and design. Work with Modeling/Texturing Supervisors and the Art Director to create the aesthetic vision of the production. Work with the Matte Painting team on Art Director and Client revisions. Meet deadlines as assigned by production management. WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR: Able to communicate creative and technical thoughts and ideas. Excellent visual skills and attention to detail. Painterly skills, with stylized cartoon work. Strong understanding of 2D lighting and compositing. Strong knowledge of matte painting techniques, including digital painting, modelling, and colour space. Extensive knowledge of Nuke, Maya, and Photoshop. Knowledge of various renderers like Renderman, Vray and Arnold. Able to keep up to date with and apply new techniques, tools or other related software. Industry experience (CG and/or Visual Effects) is an asset. Ability to demonstrate knowledge of a CG Environment scene or 2.5D DMP painting in a demo reel is an asset. Knowledge of Katana, Houdini is an asset. 2.5D projections and asset-modeling with a basic understanding of UVs is an asset. Previous experience using Autodesk Flow Production Tracking, FKA Shotgrid is an asset. Currently legally eligible to work in Canada. START DATE: February 2026 - Applicants must have resided within BC as of December 31, 2025 and be able to provide the appropriate supporting documents. - All Atomic employees in this role have the opportunity to work remotely within BC, artists within Vancouver and the Lower Mainland can also choose hybrid and in-studio options.