Studio: Brand New School
Job Opening: 2D/Motion Design Lead
Location: Los Angeles, California, USA
Type: Full-Time
Responsibilities:
- Lead, manage, and work closely with 2D animation teams.
- Mentor and coach younger animators while also cultivating a sense of community across departments.
- Continue improving processes and ensuring quality output.
- Work with design teams to accomplish creative goal of a project and its team.
- Balance the demands of producing exceptional work while also satisfying the needs of our clients.
- Manage multiple projects in a collaborative and creative environment.
- Collaborate with producers and creative directors to help resource jobs, plan production pipelines, manage workflow and manage deadlines.
- Be an active participant and contribute to the creative culture of the studio.
Qualifications & Skills:
- Mastery of Adobe Suite software, especially After Effects, Photoshop, and Illustrator.
- Adobe Animate, Toon Boom, TVPaint, and 3D animation skills are a plus but not a mandate.
- Ability to 2D character animate—via cel animation, character rigging, shape layers.
- Animation, Design, or related degree, along with relevant work experience.
- Minimum 8 years experience, with at least 3 years as a senior animator.
- Deep familiarity with workflow, saving and rendering best practices.
- Familiar working on projects for all major content platforms.
- Know how to take creative direction, respond to feedback in a timely manner and be respectful of project deadlines.
