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 a Funpack Artist to join our team who shares our vision and will bring with them a passion for creating high quality content.

Role: Funpack Artist

Reporting to: Art Director

Purpose: Why you’re here at Brown Bag Films

• To produce Visual Development drawings of Characters, Props and Environments, in correct and approved style of the animated production

Delivery: What you produce

• Character and Prop Designs for the production, designed in correct style and ready for storyboard artists and designers to utilize.

• Environment Designs for the production, designed in correct style and ready for storyboard artists and layout department to utilize.

Measurements: How we measure it

• Meets creative requirements, within stylistic guidelines and schedule

• Art Director, Director and Client approvals

Key Responsibilities

What you are regularly responsible for doing:

Creating Funpack/Visual Development Character, Prop and Environment drawings, using scripts and direction from Art Director / Director.

• Working closely with oversight from Art Director / Director, to help further develop characters and props in the style developed for the property; providing costumes, expressions, turn arounds and various poses.

• Working closely with oversight from a Art Director / Director, to help further develop Environments in the style developed for the property; providing accurate location reference in that style.

• Creating colour styling for character and props, mindful of color keys or reference provided by Art Director / Director.

• Creating colour styling for environments /locations, mindful of color keys or reference

provided by Art Director / Director, as required.

• Creating character and prop designs, using agreed upon programs and ready for storyboard artists and production designers.

• Creating Environments/Locations, using agreed upon programs and ready for storyboard artists and layout department.

Key Requirements

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

Knowledge:

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

• Strong artistic sensibility, centered on creating characters, props and locations for animated productions.

• Ability to create expressions, poses and turnarounds of characters and props including knowledge of mouth charts and hand charts for characters.

• Ability to create Environments and Locations for animated productions using scripts and

direction from Art Director and or Director.

• Strong knowledge of colour and colour styling.

• Familiarity with the 2D pipeline.

• Knowledge of Photoshop.

Experience:

• Character and prop visual development for an animated TV Series or Feature.

• Environment /Location visual development for an animated TV Series or Feature

Technical Skills:

• Drawing within an animation environment.

• Expert in Photoshop.

• Other drawing programs such as Toon Boom Harmony (desirable).

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 and be a resident of Ontario. 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. Interviews will happen over a period of time once the applications date close.

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.