Character Designer

Sony Pictures Animation•Los Angeles, CA

1d•$59 - $72•Onsite

About The Position

The Character Designer is in charge of exploring all options when crafting the look, feel, personality, and appeal of a character. Working with the Director, Art Director, and other creative leads, you will explore multiple looks for each character to bring them to life. This is a union covered position. Sony Pictures Animation is a pre-production animation studio based in Los Angeles, California, creating both feature animation and animated series with artists from around the world. We pride ourselves on empowering filmmakers to lead the creative process, and allowing the hand of the artist to be truly felt, with the goal of producing bold and innovative visual storytelling.

Requirements

Previous experience on an animated feature film, tv series, or game preferred.
Ability to articulate creative ideas.
Excellent draftsmanship.
Skilled in character pose, facial expressions and character turnarounds.
Outstanding research skills and an understanding of costume design.
Knowledge of anatomy and volumetric drawing.
We value inventiveness!
Each Sony Pictures Animation project has its own distinctive and outstanding visual language so it is helpful to have stylistic versatility.
Photoshop knowledge required.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with the creative lead throughout the pitch, design and production process to visually explore and discover the characters' look, feel, and personality.
Create multiple iterations of each character (including character poses, expressions and turnarounds) in rough pass form and approved final designs.
Propose design approaches that consider downstream departments (modeling and texturing).
Able to work independently and within a team environment.
Work closely with the Art Director to resolve design issues.