Story Artist

About the role

We are seeking a Storyboard Artist to join our pioneering team in developing animated shorts and specials using experimental GenAI-native production pipelines. You will be a crucial partner in visual storytelling, responsible for creating high-quality storyboards from story inception through final delivery.

What you'll do

• Collaborate with creative leadership to define and clarify staging, camera, pacing, and character acting, bringing story concepts to life and creating a visual blueprint.
• Apply a strong understanding of story principles. Use knowledge of 2D and/or CG animation to ensure that posing, staging, and cutting is both inventive and producible.
• Translate script pages and written or verbal descriptions into visual, ranging from rough thumbnail sketches to finalized storyboard panels. Pitch storyboards to the story, leadership and creative teams.
• Brainstorm inventive story beats, comedic/dramatic actions, and dialogue tweaks to elevate the story.
• Proactively engage with and help define traditional, GenAI, and hybrid workflows to achieve creative excellence, bridging 2D and 3D ideas and integration for high-quality animation and story..
• Receive and incorporate feedback quickly and thoughtfully, maintaining consistency with creative direction, production guidelines, and sprint timelines. Work closely with leadership to resolve issues and address notes.
• Drive look development and visual experimentation efforts by pioneering new approaches to blend generative imagery with traditional renders and footage.
• Build workflows, templates, and scripts as needed.

What they're looking for

• 4+ years of storyboarding experience in animation, games, or digital media (feature, episodic, or high-end short‑form); experience with stylized or non‑photoreal work is a plus OR a portfolio that demonstrates extensive...
• Storyboarding samples and/or credits demonstrating excellence and inspiration in cinematic sense, graphic storytelling, character development, composition, and editorial pacing.
• Advanced working knowledge of digital drawing tools.
• Demonstrated and genuine interest in Generative AI imagery and video, with a proactive, hands-on approach to exploring new GenAI tools to enhance storytelling capabilities.
• Strong organizational and time management skills, with the ability to deliver high-quality work on schedule in a fast-moving sprint-based environment.
• Ability to take direction positively, collaborate across disciplines, and communicate clearly with creative, technical, and production partners.
• A scrappy, builder's mindset with a high degree of independence, out-of-the-box application, and initiative as production support and workflows evolve alongside the creative process. Demonstrated experience working in...
• Comfortable taking big-picture approaches while willing to build new workflows in a fluid, evolving production environment.

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