Studio - Big Jump Entertainment

Tour
Leadership
Creative Leads
Partners & Clients
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Tour

Please leave your shoes at the door and board one of our state of the art robots who will piggy back you around the complex. If you’re more primal, you can walk through our 10,000 sq ft state of the art facility. Check with the robot at the door for tour hours…which are pretty much ALWAYS (for you).

With the capacity to accommodate 100+ staff, our studio space is bright, inviting, and oozes the creativity of its inhabitants. Except for Bart. Bart is horribly boring.

Leadership

A face to a name. BIG JUMP wouldn’t be where it is today without these do’ers, daydreamers and uber keeners.

Rick Morrison

President

Rick oversees marketing and business development at BIG JUMP. As Executive Producer, he has helmed the delivery of more than 200 hours of proprietary content.

Cory Morrison

EVP Development

As a Director, Animator, Designer and Story Artist. Cory plays an integral part in defining content, pre-school to prime time. Co-Creator of BIG JUMP’s original series, SHUTTERBUGS, Cory is in constant search of the next BIG idea.

Rod Amador

EVP Production

Rod’s unique combination of creativity and technical expertise has defined BIG JUMP’s state of the art production pipeline and tables the highest quality while maintaining schedule and budget.

Karen Swerdfeger

Director of Development

Having worked in content and talent development for almost a decade, Karen truly enjoys bringing ideas to life. With tons of experience in treatment creation, story editing and script writing, Karen thinks great concepts can come from anywhere and anyone.

Michelle Jackman

Office and Production Administrator

With extensive industry administrative experience, Michelle has helped steer various animated series to fruition with the likes of TVO, Disney Junior, and CBC.

Ram Srinivasan

CFO

Ram’s knowledge of Canada’s Federal and Provincial tax credits and funding incentives are respected by major lending facilities and government agencies across Canada. His detailed insight is conducive to any financing model.

Shannan Thomson

Senior Producer

Focused and results oriented, Shannan capitalizes on more than fifteen years of experience in both live action and animation. Her production insight and client relationships are invaluable, providing comfort and confidence.

Mark Edwards

General Council

Mark is an experienced entertainment lawyer. However, his background as a producer of animation, advergames and interactive web series combined with his business prowess makes Mark’s contribution to BIG JUMP… highly unique!

Creative Leads

Talent comes from all places and in all shapes, and sizes. And we invite everyone’s unique perspectives to join our ever growing team of innovators and imaginators.

Alex Matthews

Rigging Supervisor

Virginia Findlay

Director

Elliott Beavan

Bg Designer and Supervisor

Azalia Liu

Animation Director

Jenn Myers

Asset Manager

Jim Charalampidis

Art Director

Matt Little

Senior Director

Michael Compton

Assembly Supervisor

Mike Levere

Animation Supervisor

Ron Spooner

Technical Director

Ryan Barringer

FX Supervisor

Steven Donegani

Composite Supervisor

Partners & Clients

BIG JUMP‘s diverse team provides a collective understanding and insight into the challenges faced by our clients and partners in realizing their projects across multiple platforms and media.