About Me
Erin McLeod is an animator and story artist located in Vancouver, BC, Canada.
She is dedicated to the craft of animation and storytelling. Experienced in fast-paced work environments, she excels in high-quality character animation and visual-based story design. Qualified with a large variety of animation softwares, techniques, and styles.
Through a mentorship with members of Nickelodeon's development team, she had gained credible experience in series development, storyboarding, and animation.
Through the completion of the Classical Animation program at Vancouver Film School, she has created a 2 minute film where she carried on through all steps of the animation pipeline.
Work Experience
Character Animator and FX Artist
05/2024-06/2024
Aniboxx
Worked on a children’s educational show, active role in daily meetings with team, interpreted storyboards, extensive knowledge of the 12 principles of animation and character acting.
Social Media Manager
02/2023-05/2025
SparkCG
Placed in charge of companies social media accounts in order to showcase an engaging summary of the animation festival, increasing attention towards the events.
Character Animator
8/2024
Student Project
Worked on an intermission and closing animation for a live action student film using simple character rights, which I built.
Storyboard Artist
11/2021-06/2022
Quarter
Weekly meetings with team, interpreting given scripts to give clear storytelling, monthly meetings and pitches with director and revisions.
Administrative Assistant
08/2021-09/2021
Abundant Life Baptist Church
Coordination and managing of all events for a weeklong childcare event, curating phone calls and emails, handling all marketing and documents related to the church.
Associate and Display Organizer
01/2025-Ongoing
Front and Company
Organizes stock and item displays for local company, handling extensive customer service as well as restock, communication with management team including daily meetings.
Art Designer
10/2025-Ongoing
Independent Gaming Studio
Working alongside a startup to help flesh out animation-friendly character designs, animating character sprites, and aspects of production design
Education
02/2023-02/2024
Vancouver Film School
Vancouver Film School's Classical Animation diploma is only given to those who complete an in depth 1 year program where they must create a 2 minute long animated short film, completing each step of the animation pipeline.
09/2021-06/2022
Sisler CREATE
Students took part in a mentorship program with with members of Nickelodeon's Story Development team. She developed her series through writing two scripts, designing a pitch bible, storyboarding a 12-minute pilot episode, animating a test scene, taking part in monthly meetings and presenting a final pitch to mentors and executives alike.