Studio: Jam Filled
Job Opening: Storyboard Supervisor
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Type: Full-Time
Responsibilities:
- Review storyboard roughs as well as clean boards created by the storyboard team
- Assist in the animatic edit with the Director
- Oversee a team of storyboard artists and revisionists, and ensure assigned storyboards and revisions are completed in a timely manner
- Provide notes for revisionists to review and revise board sequences as per Director and Client feedback
- When necessary, insert rough sketches into files to further illustrate required revisions to the revisionist team
- Communicate the Director’s vision to the storyboard team in a clear and professional manner
- Review and export Storyboard cleans to edit
- Review animatic passes with an eye to improving narrative clarity and animation/comedic timing
- Contribute to group brainstorming sessions and offer creative and resourceful solutions for a storyboard or animatic-related problems
- Review Client’s animatic notes and flag any questions for the Director/Client
- Generate new panels as needed and revise sequences as per Director feedback
- Be aware of production deadlines and liaise with Production and Editorial teams to share progress updates and stay on schedule
- Mentor members of the storyboard and revisions teams to develop skills in timing, humor, and acting
Qualifications & Skills:
- Previous Storyboard Supervising or Assistant Directing experience on a 3D animated preschool series (2D experience is also an asset)
- A passion for effective storytelling, composition, and timing/pacing
- A positive attitude and proven leadership skills managing a creative team effectively
- Good understanding of the possibilities and limitations of CG animation
- Strong creative problem-solving skills and exceptional organizational skills
- The high degree of focus, with the ability to juggle multiple episodes and shifting priorities in a fast-paced production schedule
- Ability to handle feedback and constructive criticism well
- Completed post-secondary education in classical or 3D animation, art fundamentals, or another relevant area of study
- Strong drawing skills with the ability to produce visually appealing artwork
- Experience with Toon Boom Storyboard Pro and Shotgun is required
- Working knowledge of cinematography, composition, film structure, and screen direction
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