Function

Production

Office Location

Toronto

Business

Brown Bag

Type of Position

Full-time Contract

Job Description

At Brown Bag Films our motto is simple: “We love animation.” In fact, we love it so much we trademarked it! ‘We Love Animation™.’ That means we put our artists at the heart of everything we do! We are looking for an artist to join our team who shares our vision and will bring with them a passion for creating high quality content.

Do you love to create characters? Want to help bring exciting characters to life? Then look no further than this amazing opportunity to be our next Designer!

Reporting to: Production Design Supervisor

Purpose: Why you’re here at Brown Bag Films

To produce Character and prop production designs for a 2D animated property, created in the correct style and scale.

Delivery: What you produce

Characters and props that are drawn and created correctly in scale, and style for the animated production.

Measurements: How we measure it

• Meets creative requirements, within stylistic guidelines and schedule

• Production Design Supervisor and Art Director approvals.

Key Responsibilities

What you are regularly responsible for doing:

• Creating Characters and Props in Harmony, making sure that the designs stay on style of the production.

• Working closely with Design Supervisor to find the best solutions for technical challenges.

• Creating characters and props in proper style, perspective and scale; making sure the designs are ready for rigging.

• Creating character mouth charts, hand charts, blinks, turnarounds, of both characters and props. Additional poses if needed for animation.

• If required, colouring characters and props using approved reference materials and stylistic guidelines of the production.

Key Requirements

Things that help you do your job (what is essential & what is desirable)

Knowledge:

• Strong knowledge in art and design with a focus on Animation.

• Strong artistic sensibility, a strong sense of design, centered on characters and props for animated productions.

• Familiarity with the 2D pipeline.

• Knowledge of Toon Boom Harmony and Photoshop.

Experience:

• Character and Prop Design for an animated TV Series or Feature (or equivalent).

Technical skills:

• Drawing within an animation environment.

• Expert in Toon Boom Harmony with basic knowledge of Photoshop.

Behaviours (Competencies) – To be developed separately

Why work with us?

Perks! Perks! Perks! Not only is 9 Story Media Group / Brown Bag Films an amazing place full of artists, animators and creators from all corners of the industry, but we focus on helping staff grow and develop in their careers and make them long time team members. Along with a great work environment we offer first-rate health + dental benefits, summer hours, paid Health and Wellness Days, vacation periods that multiply with tenure, and more! We may love animation, but we love our employees even more!

Our Toronto office can be found in the cool and trendy Liberty Village with over 200 artists working on award winning animated children’s content. You will benefit from a competitive compensation package, interesting work and a fun/supportive work environment.

Applicants need to be legally eligible to work in Canada. Interested applicants are requested to share application with link to their portfolios.

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

9 Story Media takes diversity and inclusion seriously and we are committed to ensuring equity in the recruitment process. Candidates from diverse backgrounds, including but not limited to, Indigenous peoples, Racialized and LGBT2SQ+ communities, candidates from a range of ages and religious beliefs and people with disabilities, are encouraged to apply. Should you require accommodation throughout the recruitment process, please let us know your requirements when contacted.

As a company, we deliver high-quality kids' content, and we seek to have diverse characters so that all our audience feels represented. We also want the same for our own workforce, and 9 Story Media is committed to looking for all kinds of talent to build a diverse workforce in which all identities are represented and respected.