Smiley Guy Studios (SGS) is an award-winning full-service production company with expertise in animation, design, writing, sound, music, and multi-media.

Smiley Guy Studios was literally born and raised in a barn. In 1997, t he founding members of SGS attended Norman Jewison's Canadian Film Centre, where they were among the first residents of the New Media Design Programme (located in Secretariat's former stable on the EP Taylor estate). They came from varied backgrounds but converged creatively and decided to explore the narrative possibilities of new media.

Smiley Guy Studios was conceived – and with it The Seen: A Night in the Life of Blake Dinken, a simple tale of one man's night out that was told using a multitude of media. Ultimately, Blake Dinken would become Jack Ryder, while The Seen would morph into Odd Job Jack. But that would take some time…

Upon graduation, the Guys decided to stick together and build up the business. Smiley Guy Services made new and old media for clients such as CTV / The Comedy Network, S&S, Alliance Atlantis, Molson Coors, AOL, Ford, Kellogg, Leo Burnett, J. Walter Thompson, and Warner Bros. The services division produces animated shows, shorts, games, greeting cards, promotional e-mails, multimedia projects, movie trailers and music videos.

Meanwhile, The Seen now known as Odd Job Jack – went through many stages of development. It began as a broadband "experience," but since (in 1997) no one had broadband yet, no one could experience it. It was soon re-made into a "mid-band" website. It was at that point that The Comedy Network entered the picture and urged the Smiley Guys to adapt the show into a television program with a significant web component. The Smiley Guys accepted the challenge. When the new media industry imploded a month later, the jump seemed prescient…