New Job Openings at Google Doodles, Gumball, Moonbot, Moving Colour and Nick
Are you hunting for a great animation job? The Cartoon Brew Job Board is the ideal place to look for your next gig. Below are some of the latest listings below:
Position: Doodler
Company: Google
Location: Mountain View, CA
Google is seeking Visual Designers to weave iconography, typography, color, space and texture together to help our users successfully navigate their products. Responsibilities include pitching, creating and collaborating on engaging, fun and beautiful artistic experiences on the Google homepage and beyond. Qualified candidates will have a BA/BFA degree, experience in graphic design, character animation, motion graphics or 3D modeling and a portfolio/reel of inspired creative work, spanning across styles and media. Experience with visual storytelling and creating games and other interactive experiences is preferred.
Position: CG Technical Director
Company: GMP Ltd
Location: London, United Kingdom
Great Marlborough Production Limited and Cartoon Network London is looking for a CG Technical Director for The Amazing World of Gumball. This newly created position will advise Producers and Supervisors on best technical procedures and tools, troubleshoot software issues and solve challenging shots sometimes containing particle or physics simulations. Significant demonstrable experience with Maya and Python or JavaScript programming knowledge is required. Knowledge in asset management, colour theory & linear workflow, geometry caching is desired.
Position: 3D Animation Supervisor
Company: GMP Ltd
Location: London, United Kingdom
Great Marlborough Production Ltd and Cartoon Network is looking for an experienced 3D Animation Supervisor to manage the character/prop/vehicle build for the 4th season of The Amazing World of Gumball. Responsibilities will include reviewing dailies, assigning scenes, following up on directorial comments and providing guidance to animators on staging, pacing and acting. Experience with a high level of Maya and as a 3D Animation Supervisor on long form television series is required.
Position: Concept Artist/Pixel Designer
Company: Moving Colour
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Moving Colour is seeking digital concept artists, pixel/sprite artists, and illustrators to join their team for an exciting production that’ll run through October. They are reviewing portfolios of game concept artists & pixel/sprite designers/animators that have production experience and are familiar with working as part of a collaborative team with tight deadlines. Applicants must be L.A. local and have experience with storytelling and animation production.
Position: Key Animation Supervisor (Flash)
Company: DHX Media – Vancouver
Location: Vancouver, Canada
DHX Media is searching for a Key Animation Supervisor to work with our team on an exciting new animated series for DreamWorks! Responsibilities include reviewing animatics and breaking down the board to distribute to crew, ensuring that all elements of scenes are present and maintaining show continuity before the show moves on to animation and communicating revisions required to key animators/posing artists. Qualifications include 3+ years of experience animating in a production environment, an in-depth working knowledge of Flash, experience as an animation supervisor/lead preferred as well as a degree from a recognized animation school.
Position: Broadcast Designer
Company: Nickelodeon
Location: New York, NY
Seeking motivated freelance Broadcast Designers for the Nick On-Air Promo Department. Applicants should be passionate about design and be able to work in a range of styles. Tasks will include creating campaign style guides, logo designs, custom type/alphabets and channel/show promotion. Necessary skills include employing color-theory, choosing, combining and setting type and concepting and developing ideas.
Position: Visual Development Artist
Company: Moonbot Studios
Location: Shreveport, Louisiana
A visual development artist at Moonbot is one who possesses the ability to visualize a narrative and apply their skills to all aspects of the story’s design. This individual will have excellent drawing skills, a demonstrable portfolio of traditional and digital drawing and painting, extensive experience with the Adobe Creative Suite programs and with character designs and storyboarding. Must be to multi-task, and work in a collaborative environment.
Position: Senior 3D Maya Character Animators
Company: BUCK
Location: Los Angeles, California
Buck LA is seeking talented freelance senior 3D Maya character animators to head up an exciting ongoing character-driven campaign for a high-end client. Opportunities will be available for the remainder of 2014, and for the right candidate, the potential for a perma-lance booking.
Position: Lighting and Compositing Artists
Company: Bardel Entertainment
Location: Vancouver, Canada
Seeking CG lighting/comp artist responsible for creating and conceptualizing sequences as required. Must demonstrate a broad range of lighting/comp abilities in the overall look, attitude and style of the character and set, assist supervisors in resolving technical issues and developing tools, scripts and plug-ins. Previous Film/TV production experience is needed, as well as a strong understanding of traditional lighting/comp techniques & principles, 2D EFX experience and good written and verbal communication skills.
