Storyboard/Animatics Artist

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🌲 Oregon – Remote

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💵 $900 - $2.7k / month

⏳ Contract/Temporary

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

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Kong Coaching

2 - 10 employees

Founded 2013

🎯 Recruiter

📚 Education

🎮 Gaming

Recruitment • Education • Gaming

Kong Coaching is a talent and career-services brand led by Alex Kong that focuses on the animation, VFX and video‑game industries. It provides specialized headhunting/recruiting for creative studios, 1:1 career coaching and demo‑reel reviews for artists, and runs conferences and workshops to promote and support the animation industry in Mexico. The site lists extensive credits on animated films, VFX projects and AAA game work and presents a mission to connect talent with studios and empower artists.

📋 Description

• Contribute to storyboards and animatics for 12 episodes in season 1 • Complete 10 minutes of animatic per month, or 5 minutes for the Supervisor • Collaborate with the Director and Writing team to determine the storyboard look and feel • Meet regularly with the Supervisor, Director, Producer, Editor, and fellow Storyboard Artists to review, discuss, implement, and revise storyboards • Read and interpret scripts • Identify key scenes and plan their visualization • Translate script scenes into storyboard panels • Explore and pitch concepts, themes, moods, and environments • Sketch key scenes in sequence while ensuring continuity • Add technical directions for animators • Incorporate special effects into storyboard panels • Brief the animation team on key storyboard scenes • Edit and amend storyboard scenes during production • Collaborate with the Animation team • Complete all deliverables on time according to the production schedule • Work from audio tracks provided by the editing department

🎯 Requirements

• Excellent drawing skills and knowledge of anatomy • Strong figurative and perspective draftsmanship • Ability to draw characters on model and in a 3D setting • Ability to provide cleaned-up storyboards with clarity and entertainment value • Ability to take feedback and make necessary edits • Proficiency in timing, screen direction, continuity, and the language of cinema • Good verbal and written communication skills • Ability to write clear and specific directions on storyboards when requested • Strong time-management skills and ability to meet deadlines • Ability to provide status updates, troubleshoot, and review potential changes with production staff • CV and portfolio demonstrating relevant skills • Proficiency in Toon Boom Storyboard Pro 22, or willingness to be trained on the software • Passion for storytelling, particularly action-adventure and drama • Experience level ranging from junior to supervisor, depending on position

🏖️ Benefits

• Flexible hours (8 am–5 pm) • Remote work • Contract duration of 8 months • Training on Toon Boom Storyboard Pro 22 • Studio-provided software licenses if needed • Opportunity to contribute to a visionary Pan-African animated project • Collaboration with a diverse team of artists from Africa • Opportunity to share captivating African stories and reach global audiences

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