Jeff Merritt

Currently working at Atomic Cartoons ( Blue Ant Company). Looking for a show to jump onto in summer 2026.

Profile

Experienced Designer / Art Director looking for new opportunities in animation. I have been in the television/gaming/visual FX industry for over 20 years and have worked in a varitey of artistic positions. A hobby of mine has always been creating shows and making them come to life and luckily that is what I get to do everyday.

Education

Graduated from Sheridan College in 2005 for Computer Animation
Graduated from Sheridan College in 2004 for Classical Animation

Work History

Atomic Cartoons (Blue Ant Company)

Aug 2015 - Present

Vancouver, BC, Canada

Layout/Background Paint Supervisor, Layout/Background Paint Artist, Concept Development Artist, Matte Painter, Prop Designer

TBD- March 2026 to July 2026
- Layout/Background Paint Supervisor
Super Team Canada (Crave) Season 2
- Location Designer
- Layout/Background Paint Supervisor
The Day You Begin (PBS)
- Layout/Background Paint Supervisor
Red Fish, Blue Fish (Netflix) Season 1
- Location Designer
- Layout/Background Paint Artist
Molly of Denali (WGBH) Season 4/5
- Layout/Background Paint Supervisor
Rocket Reads (PBS)
- Lead Concept BG Designer
- Layout/Background Paint Supervisor
Young Love (Sony Pictures Animation) Season 1
- Layout/Background Paint Supervisor
Trollstopia (Dreamworks) Season 1 and 2
- Layout/Background Paint Supervisor
101 Dalmatian Street (Disney)
- Layout/Background Paint Supervisor
Screachers Wild Shorts
- Layout/Background Paint Supervisor
Marvel Super Hero Adventures-Season 1 (Marvel)
- Concept Artist
- Location Designer
- Key Location Supervisor
Molly of Denali-Pilot (WGBH)
- Concept Artist
- Location Designer
- BG Colourist
- Layout
- BG Paint
- Prop Design
Legend Of The Three Caballeros (Disney)
- Layout/Background Paint Supervisor
Counterfeit Cat (Disney)
- Layout/Background Paint Artist
Pilots/Tests/BG Supervisor Trainer
- BG Supervisor
- Matte Painter
- Location Design
- Concept Artist
- Background Painter

Copernicus Studios

May 2025 - July 2025

Vancouver, BC, Canada (Remote)

Location Designer, Layout/Background Paint Artist

TBD-10 Shorts
- Location Designer
- Layout/Background Paint Artist

Bardel Entertainment

Sept 2014 - Aug 2105

Vancouver, BC, Canada

Layout/Background Paint Supervisor

Jake and the Neverland Pirates-Season 4 (Disney)
- Layout/Background Paint Supervisor

Atomic Cartoons

Oct 2010 - Sept 2014

Vancouver, BC, Canada

Sr. Location Designer and Sr. Background Colourist

Rocket Monkeys Season 1/2/3 and Christmas Special
- BG Colourist
Pirate Express
- Development Design Pack Location Designer/BG Colourist
Ella the Elephant
- Layout Artist/BG Colourist
Johnny Test Season 5/6
- Location Designer/BG Colourist
Transformers: Rescue Force
- Location Designer

Big Bad Boo Studios

May 2009 - October 2010

Vancouver, BC, Canada

Art Director

1001 Nights
- Art Director
- Location Designer
- Prop Designer
- Colour Stylist
Mixed Nutz
- Marketing Design
- Website Design
- Poster Creation

Studio B Productions Inc.

Dec 2006 - May 2009

Vancouver, BC, Canada

AFX Supervisor, Location Designer, BG Painter, AFX Artist, Storyboard Artist, Animation Revisionist

Badly Drawn Roy
- AFX Live Action Compositing Artist
- AFX Teacher to the studio
Packages from Planet X
- Storyboard Colourist
Cave Boy
- Scene Staging Artist
- Layout Artist
- Animation Revisionist
Boom Boys
- Colourist
- BG Painter
Side Show Christmas
- AFX Artist
Peanuts Shorts
- AFX Artist
Being Ian (Seasons 4/5)
- AFX Artist
- Fantasy Key / BG Designer
- Layout / Cleanup Artist
- Scene Staging Artist
Martha Speaks (Season I)
- Story Board Revisionist
Ricky Sprocket (Season I)
- Location Designer
- BG Colour Stylist

Electronic Arts Canada

Apr 2005 - April 2006

Burnaby, BC, Canada

Character Modeller, Texture Artist

MVP Baseball 2006
- Head production modelling/texturing
- Texturing of all accessories and equipment
World Cup Soccer 2006
- Head production
- Texturing crowd characters
NBA 2007
- Head production
- Texture development
- Applying and testing facial animation for each player’s geometry
Additional
- Helped out in hair department when needed, worked with supervisors and art directors to develop new techniques for head development (helped with the development of creating head textures from scratch, painting facial attributes)

Skills

I have been trained in and am proficient in the following Computer Programs:

Adobe Photoshop 2026
Adobe Illustrator 2026
Adobe Animate (Flash)
Adobe After Effects
Adobe Premier
Maya
Flipbook
Exel
Sketchbook
Perforce Shotgrid/Shotgun
Clip Studio Paint

Achievements

Finalist in Electronic Art’s Great Canadian Art Competition in 2005
Received 3rd place in the Teletoon Animation Station Scholarship contest in 2001
Received the Vivian Sturdee Purchase Award at Beal in 1999 and 2000