About the role
Role Overview
We are looking for an experienced Pipeline & Technical Supervisor / Senior Harmony & Workflow TD to support an upcoming book-based animated production based at our studio in Kingston, Ontario. This is a senior, hands-on technical role responsible for the production pipeline and the core studio technology environment supporting a primarily 2D Toon Boom Harmony workflow. The successful candidate will act as the principal technical resource for the production, supporting Harmony, rigging, animation, FX/compositing, production tracking, storage, workstations and day-to-day production technology.
Responsibilities
- Own and maintain the production's Toon Boom Harmony pipeline, including project structure, scene standards, libraries, palettes, templates, naming conventions and technical workflow.
- Establish and maintain production file structures, storage conventions, versioning and publish practices across the Kingston studio.
- Configure and administer ShotGrid / Autodesk Flow Production Tracking, including user accounts, permissions, statuses, project structure and technical workflow.
- Set up, maintain and troubleshoot the local production server, shared storage and production access required by the team.
- Configure and support production workstations, software installs, user accounts, permissions and other production technology required by artists and production staff.
- Support Toon Boom Harmony licensing, Adobe Creative Cloud applications and other production software used by the project.
- Establish and document reliable backup, archive and recovery procedures for production data.
- Maintain clear technical documentation for systems, workflows, credentials, configurations and production standards.
- Provide direct technical support to artists working in Harmony, including scene troubleshooting, asset issues, palettes, libraries, exports and workflow problems.
- Support rigging and asset-build workflows, including rig architecture, technical standards, troubleshooting and animation-facing rig fixes.
- Work with riggers and animators to resolve technical issues that affect performance, usability or production efficiency.
- Support technical solutions for special poses, drawing substitutions, character variants and other animation requirements that fall outside standard rig functionality.
- Establish and maintain the technical handoff between Harmony, FX/compositing and editorial.
- Define render, export, naming, versioning, alpha, image-sequence and delivery standards for downstream compositing and post-production.
- Support integration between Toon Boom Harmony, Adobe After Effects, Photoshop and Premiere Pro.
- Help establish reusable technical approaches for FX, compositing and production finishing.
- Explore, test and implement approved AI-assisted tools and workflows that can accelerate visual development, design iteration, FX development and other production tasks without compromising downstream production requirements.
- Support rapid iteration of props, locations, character concepts, graphic elements and FX treatments using a combination of traditional and approved AI-assisted workflows.
- Evaluate emerging AI and production tools and recommend practical applications that improve speed, consistency or production efficiency.
- Develop and document clear workflows for converting exploratory or AI-assisted outputs into controlled, artist-directed and production-ready assets for Harmony, Photoshop, After Effects and other downstream production use.
- Work with the Director, production team, riggers, animators and FX/compositing artists to resolve cross-department technical issues.
- Identify technical risks early and recommend practical solutions appropriate to the production schedule and budget.
- Provide technical onboarding and workflow guidance to new artists joining the production.
- Serve as the primary technical escalation point for production technology and pipeline issues at the Kingston studio.
Qualifications
- Senior-level professional experience with Toon Boom Harmony in an animated television or comparable production environment.
- Strong practical knowledge of Harmony production pipelines, scene structure, libraries, palettes, asset management and troubleshooting.
- Experience with character rigging and Harmony rig architecture.