Netflix is accepting Expressions of Interest for its Animation Inkubator artistic roles, based in Los Angeles. The Inkubator is Netflix's dedicated animation studio unit where artistic talent contributes to an original animation pipeline spanning experimental and narrative projects across the streamer's global content slate. This listing suits working animation professionals, including CG experimental artists and compositors, who want to stay on Netflix's radar for future openings as they come up.
About the Role
The Animation Inkubator artistic team sits within Netflix's broader animation studio structure, developing original animated content from early creative stages through to final output. Artists here typically work across multiple projects in varying stages of production, contributing to the visual development and compositing pipeline that defines the Inkubator's output. Submitting an Expression of Interest places your profile in Netflix's talent database for consideration when a role matching your background opens up.
Key Responsibilities
- Contributing original visual work as a CG experimental artist, pushing the aesthetic boundaries of the animation studio's current production slate.
- Executing compositing work that integrates CG elements, effects, and live-action plates within an episodic or short-form animation pipeline.
- Collaborating directly with art directors and supervisors to maintain visual consistency across scenes and sequences in active productions.
- Delivering finished frames and composites that meet the technical and creative specifications defined at the project's outset.
- Participating in review sessions where work is assessed against production benchmarks and creative direction from senior artistic leads.
- Adapting across multiple animation formats and styles as the Inkubator's project mix shifts through its development and production cycles.
What You Bring
- A portfolio demonstrating credits in animation production, whether in episodic television, short-form content, or experimental animation projects.
- Hands-on experience in CG artistry or compositing within a professional animation studio environment.
- Familiarity with industry-standard compositing and CG tools relevant to modern animation pipelines.
- Awareness of collective bargaining agreements that may apply to animation studio roles at this level.
- The ability to work on-site in Los Angeles as required by production schedules.
Why This Role
Netflix's Animation Inkubator is one of the few studio units actively developing original animated IP at scale, giving artists direct exposure to projects from concept through delivery. Benefits for this role, depending on collective bargaining agreement coverage, can include medical, dental, and vision plans, mental health support, retirement programs, family-forming benefits, and paid leave programs. Getting into the Expression of Interest database is a practical way for animation professionals to position themselves ahead of formal postings.
Submit your Expression of Interest for the Animation Inkubator artistic role at Netflix and get your profile in front of the team hiring for future creative positions.
