People Ops Coordinator

For more than 35 years, Bardel Entertainment has been growing and evolving, yet at our core, we remain grounded in the creative roots of the craft of animation.  Our pursuit of fresh ideas, techniques, and technologies is driven by the belief that together, through creativity and collaboration, we can accomplish anything!  If you want to be part of an environment that empowers you to experiment, learn, and contribute to exciting projects, come and join us.

At Bardel, our people are at the heart of every production. The People Ops Coordinator plays a key role in supporting our artists and production teams by helping manage crew capacity, fostering a positive day-to-day experience, and ensuring smooth people-related processes. This role bridges Production and HR, supporting both operational needs and the overall support of our teams. 

Term: Feb 2026 - Feb 2027 (subject to extension)

What You’ll Do: 

• Assess upcoming resource needs by reviewing department demand against current crew capacity, identifying gaps, and flagging when hiring requisitions may be required with recruitment. 

• Participate in weekly retention and resource meetings, bringing forward challenges, insights, and recommendations to support show and departmental needs. 

• Communicate regularly with Production and Artist teams to gather information, review resourcing opportunities to promote support artist retention. 

• Support Production teams in the HR management of artists, including tracking compliance, responding to queries, monitoring performance, overseeing time-logging accuracy, coordinating annual reviews, identifying next-show opportunities, and managing contract extensions. 

• Manage the crew onboarding/offboarding process, ensuring survey feedback is completed, documented, and shared with relevant stakeholders. 

• Anticipate and mitigate people-related issues where possible, escalating concerns to People Ops in a timely manner. 

• Conduct regular People Ops auditing including contract details, time off balances, and other employment information to ensure HRIS (Rippling) is accurate and up to date. 

• Support the People Ops Lead in employee engagement initiatives and champion the studio’s People & Culture values. 

What You’ll Bring: 

• Previous experience in HR coordination, resource coordination, production coordination, or a similar role—ideally within animation, VFX, games, or another creative production environment. 

• A solid understanding of resource planning, crew capacity management, and the employee lifecycle within a production setting. 

• Strong communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across Production, HR, and Leadership teams. 

• A high degree of professionalism, discretion, and good judgment when handling sensitive information or crew-related matters. 

• Excellent organizational and time-management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities, maintain accurate tracking, and meet production timelines. 

• Proficiency with spreadsheets, tracking tools, and production/HR systems (e.g., ShotGrid, Rippling, ATS tools, or internal platforms). 

• A proactive, solutions-oriented mindset with a focus on supporting a positive crew experience and enabling smooth day-to-day operations. 

Pay Range: CAD $60,000 - $75,000 annual   

This salary range reflects our current expectations for these roles as of this posting’s date. Your final salary offer will consider various key factors, including your education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographical location, as well as the needs and requirements of the business. 

Flexible work environment, Extended Health and Wellness from day 1, RRSP matching are just some of the benefits. For more details, check out our website. 

At Bardel, we recognize that flexibility is key to doing great work. Our hybrid work environment is a valued perk designed to support individual accountability and empower our teams to work where they’re most productive. We offer the choice to work remotely, balanced with intentional in-person time for collaboration, creativity, and team building. This role requires in-studio attendance at our Vancouver studio during onboarding and predetermined Rush Weeks. 

If this seems like a good fit, what are you waiting for, get your application in!