Hi, I'm Danielle Whittall, an experienced animator with over 15 years in the industry, specializing in 2D animation using Toon Boom Harmony. I love collaborating with creative teams to bring characters to life and deliver top-tier animation across a variety of styles. Throughout my career at studios like Mercury Filmworks and Jam Filled Entertainment, I've led animation teams, mentored junior artists, and helped optimize pipelines to hit tight deadlines without compromising quality. I'm excited to continue crafting expressive character performance and contribute to engaging storytelling.…

Danielle Whittall

Hi, I'm Danielle Whittall, an experienced animator with over 15 years in the industry, specializing in 2D animation using Toon Boom Harmony. I love collaborating with creative teams to bring characters to life and deliver top-tier animation across a variety of styles. Throughout my career at studios like Mercury Filmworks and Jam Filled Entertainment, I've led animation teams, mentored junior artists, and helped optimize pipelines to hit tight deadlines without compromising quality. I'm excited to continue crafting expressive character performance and contribute to engaging storytelling.…

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Hi, I’m Danielle Whittall, an experienced animator with over 15 years in the industry, specializing in 2D animation using Toon Boom Harmony. I love collaborating with creative teams to bring characters to life and deliver top-tier animation across a variety of styles.

Throughout my career at studios like Mercury Filmworks and Jam Filled Entertainment, I’ve led animation teams, mentored junior artists, and helped optimize pipelines to hit tight deadlines without compromising quality. I’m excited to continue crafting expressive character performance and contribute to engaging storytelling.

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Work Experience

Senior Animator- Animation Fixer at Jam Filled Entertainment
July 1, 2024 - October 1, 2025
Created high quality character animation for Nickelodeon and Spin Master. Updated critical scenes under tight deadlines to ensure consistently high quality animation. Collaboratively developed action plans for upcoming episodes to efficiently complete work. Accurately tracked all assigned work and time spent to facilitate timeline projection and cost monitoring.
Senior Animator- Animation Fixer at Jam Filled Entertainment
February 1, 2023 - September 1, 2023
Created high quality character animation on 'Exploding Kittens' for Netflix. Updated critical scenes under tight deadlines to ensure consistently high quality animation. Collaboratively developed action plans for upcoming episodes to efficiently complete work. Accurately tracked all assigned work and time spent to facilitate timeline projection and cost monitoring.
Senior Animator (Freelance) at Big Jump Entertainment
April 1, 2023 - May 1, 2023
Developed high quality animation sequences for the movie "Glisten and the Merry Mission". Contributed to the animation on a demo for an upcoming series called Griffin and Turner. Utilized an online tracking system to receive assigned work and submit completed tasks. Promptly submitted accurate timesheets documenting assigned tasks and their completion for payroll processing.
Senior Animator at Mercury Filmworks
June 1, 2010 - February 1, 2023
Supervised a specialized team of animators to improve overall production quality for lip-sync and secondary action. Produced animations for a variety of high profile clients, including Disney, Marvel and Netflix. Enhanced completed scenes to maintain consistently high standards of animation quality. Delivered training sessions to expand and refine employees' skill sets. Mentored new animators to set them up for success in a studio setting. Enhanced studio culture and increased team spirit as a member of the Culture Committee through organizing communal activities while staying within a set budget.

Education

Advanced Diploma in Animation at Algonquin College
January 11, 2030 - March 8, 2026
Advanced Diploma in Animation at Algonquin College
January 11, 2030 - March 8, 2026

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Industry Experience

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    examples of a portion of the work I have contributed to. Many of my later works involved being a fixer for those shows which I can go into more detail about in an interview.