Jobs at Netflix

Supports animation production by owning pipeline troubleshooting, tool development, workflow optimization, and artist support across modeling, rigging, and surfacing. Leads core technology evolution, writes and reviews code, resolves production issues, validates releases, and partners with engineering and R&D teams. Provides technical guidance and mentorship while managing development scope, priorities, and deadlines. Requires extensive pipeline TD experience, OpenUSD expertise, Maya and Houdini proficiency, and strong Python development skills.

Coordinates production for a CG animated feature by scheduling artist assignments, tracking assets and workflows, preparing reviews and reports, managing timesheets, communicating cross-department needs, and escalating risks. The role supports production supervisors, managers, leads, and artists while maintaining alignment across global teams and helping train other coordinators.

Supervise character effects for an animated feature, overseeing hair, fur, cloth, garments, and secondary-motion simulations. Lead reviews, provide feedback, establish artistic and technical quality standards, and collaborate across animation, rigging, modeling, lighting, FX, and technical teams. Support CFX tools and workflows, advise production on complexity and progress, and mentor artists while ensuring simulations enhance character performance and storytelling.

Lead the matte painting team for a feature animation film, assigning work, providing creative and technical feedback, and setting visual quality standards. Collaborate with VFX, environment, production design, art direction, compositing, and pipeline teams to create digital environments and matte paintings integrated with CG renders. Establish workflows, plan schedules, review work, develop artists, recruit talent, and contribute to complex hero shots.

Supervise character surfacing for animated films or series, defining textures, materials, shaders, and visual looks for digital characters. Collaborate with design, modeling, rigging, CFX, animation, lighting, rendering, production technology, and R&D teams to ensure technically integrated assets and efficient workflows. Lead reviews, troubleshoot pipeline issues, advise on asset complexity and progress, mentor artists, and support a respectful, collaborative team culture.

Supervise rigging for characters, creatures, props, and vehicles on animated features. Lead rig development, reviews, troubleshooting, workflow improvements, and collaboration across animation, modeling, CFX, crowd, technical supervision, and R&D teams. Mentor rigging artists and technical directors while supporting production planning, scalable tools, animator-friendly controls, deformation quality, and inclusive team culture.

Manages strategic advertiser and agency accounts for Netflix Ads, driving retention, growth, campaign delivery, optimization, and post-campaign reporting. Partners with sales, campaign management, ad operations, finance, and creative teams across the full pre-to-post sale workflow. Resolves escalations, develops media plans, supports RFPs, oversees campaign performance, contributes to billing, and maintains strong client relationships while applying expertise in digital, programmatic, and offline media.

Leads crowds teams for animated feature films, overseeing character crowd simulations, background performances, and large-scale crowd sequences. Establishes artistic and technical standards, supervises shots, develops setups and cycles, collaborates across animation and VFX departments, refines tools and workflows, troubleshoots production challenges, and supports scheduling and team development.

Leads Netflix’s integrated marketing strategy across Australia and New Zealand, overseeing title marketing, publicity, social, photo and audiovisual production, events, and partnerships. Develops innovative campaigns that drive awareness, engagement, cultural relevance, and business impact. Manages local teams, collaborates with regional and global stakeholders, applies audience and market insights, and promotes operational excellence, innovation, inclusion, and effective resource allocation.

Create production-ready stylized character and creature models for animated features. Translate 2D designs into appealing 3D forms while maintaining proportion, silhouette, shape language, topology, polygon density, and artistic intent. Produce accurate UVs and optimized meshes suitable for rigging, layout, lighting, rendering, and downstream departments. Manage assigned work to quality and schedule standards, communicate with leadership, and submit turntables with wireframes.

Lead paid social media strategy, planning and execution for film and series launches across Australia and New Zealand. Act as agency liaison, develop media plans, optimize platform setups (Meta, TikTok, YouTube, X), advise on audience targeting and creative formats, and collaborate with local/global creative teams to scale awareness-driven campaigns and measure performance.

Lead and supervise character asset creation across modeling, rigging, surfacing, and CFX. Define technical and artistic approaches, translate 2D concepts into production-ready 3D, provide detailed reviews and notes, partner with technical and production teams to optimize pipelines, mentor supervisors and artists, and deliver high-quality character assets on schedule and within budget.

Call for candidates to submit portfolios and information for future Rigging department roles in Netflix Animation Studios Sydney. Submissions join a talent database for consideration when openings arise.

Create and refine composited shots for animated feature films by combining render layers, developing looks with Lighting and Production Design, building scalable look setups, troubleshooting pipelines, mentoring junior artists, and collaborating under deadlines to ensure consistent, high-quality color and visual continuity across sequences.

Invitation to submit your information and/or portfolio to Netflix Animation Studios' CFX talent database in Sydney for future feature animation roles. If a match arises, the Talent Team will contact you. Includes note on accommodations and equal-opportunity hiring.

Lead and mentor the character modeling team to create high‑quality 3D character assets that match the director and art director's vision. Ensure models meet artistic standards and technical pipeline requirements for Rigging, Surfacing, CFX, and Animation. Provide feedback, collaborate across departments, support tooling/workflows, advise production on asset complexity and schedules, and foster an inclusive team culture.

Expression of interest for Technical Directors and R&D Engineers to join Netflix Animation Studios in Sydney. Submit your information and portfolio to be considered for future roles; talent team will contact matches. The posting emphasizes inclusion, accommodations during hiring, and equal opportunity.

Provide daily production coordination for a feature 3D animation department: build and maintain floor schedules, track task statuses and ETCs, generate weekly reports, approve timesheets, coordinate reviews, flag risks, liaise across departments, and support supervisors to meet production targets.

Netflix Animation Studios invites candidates to submit their information and portfolios for future Production roles in Sydney. Submissions will be stored for consideration; successful matches will be contacted by Talent. The posting affirms inclusion, accommodation for interview needs, and equal-opportunity employment.

Lead technical strategy for an animated feature, partner with creative leadership, guide Associate Technical Supervisors and TDs, drive pipeline and tool improvements, scope technical needs and schedules, manage talent and performance, and communicate technology plans across production.