Job Description
VISUAL DEVELOPMENT & GRAPHIC ARTIST
Are you a versatile mid-level designer who loves a creative challenge and is comfortable seamlessly transitioning across various project types? Do you have a passion for all things media - animation, TV, TikTok and more? You could be a fit to join Wind Sun Sky Entertainment’s in-house design team, working full-time for our Vancouver office.
We are looking for an up-beat collaborator to help us create assets for amazing IP! This role is responsible for generating creative visual and typographical assets in a variety of styles to support everything from character and environment design, branding, social media, and even marketing needs in Production and Development.
What You Will Do:
· Creative explorations around shape, tone, mood, colour palette and textures to build out the visual language of various animated projects.
· Help bring the creator/ director’s vision to life in a way that connects visuals to the show’s theme.
· Propose ideas for characters, environments, props, and vehicles across various animated projects.
· Support in creating key frame visuals that illustrate how all elements come together in a scene.
· Collaborate with project teams working in a variety of styles, including 2D, 3D and mixed media.
· Collaborate on the creation of show style guides.
· Create eye-catching graphics that encapsulate the genre, tone, and feel of various animated projects.
· Support production with original graphic or motion graphic art.
· Create custom documents and PowerPoint presentations for creative pitches.
· Create logos and other branding elements for various shows in production and development.
· Collaborate on the creation of graphic design style guides.
· Produce creative, mixed-media social media content.
What You Will Bring:
· Strong drawing/digital painting skills
· Experience designing for both 2D and 3D projects.
· Solid understanding of visual language (shape, colour, texture, scale, dimension, perspective, composition, spatial awareness).
· Experience with concept design, production art and graphic design
· Attention to detail.
· Ability to meet deadlines.
· Strong communication skills.
· Expertise in Adobe Creative Suite.
· Capacity to take on change with a solid work ethic and positive attitude.
· Ability to work independently and in a team.
· Open to and encourages feedback and new initiatives.
· Post-secondary degree in Art, Graphic Design, or related field.
· Blender skills are a bonus.
· Maya skills and/or experience creating special poses using 3D rigs are a plus!
What’s In It For You:
· Work alongside storytellers, makers, and innovators as part of one of Vancouver’s leading multi-platform entertainment studios.
· An amazing opportunity to build experience in all areas of cross-platform media and animation production.
· Includes extended health care (dental, vision, etc.).
· Enjoy a fun, dynamic, fast paced environment with a great culture.
ABOUT WIND SUN SKY ENTERTAINMENT:
Wind Sun Sky Entertainment (WSS) is a Canadian multimedia company led by former LucasFilm executive, Catherine Winder (Invincible, The Angry Birds Movie 1 & 2, Star Wars: The Clone Wars). Based in Vancouver, WSS works at the intersection of storytelling and technology to build franchises for the global marketplace, producing in all mediums including interactive, film, series (live action and animation), Roblox and mobile apps. To expand its’ media footprint and content offerings, WSS partnered with Productivity Media co-producer and financier of high-quality original film and TV content for the family and the adult market.
In partnership with Skybound Entertainment, WSS produced the global hit series Invincible, an animated dramatic adaptation of Robert Kirkman's comic book for Amazon Prime. WSS recently produced the adult comedy animated series Psi Cops for Adult Swim Canada in partnership with OddFellows Entertainment with Skybound Galactic distributing. Continuing its’ legacy of producing adult animation, the studio has a diverse rich slate of comedic and dramatic shows in development. In the kids’ space, WSS is adapting the hit Roblox game Twighlight Daycare (1.5B+ Plays) into an innovative scripted series produced in the Roblox platform. It launched Camp Bonkers, an original first of its kind multi-platform property that includes a Roblox Game, an app, a kids' variety show. Pioneering, WSS adapted the musical mobile game My Singing Monsters producing the first of its kind live interactive animated show My Singing Monsters Fandemonium. For HEXBUG, WSS adapted their award winning toyline, JunkBots into a web series and Roblox game. The studio is developing a soon to be announced multi-platform metaverse for kids focused on the environment. To learn more about Wind Sun Sky Entertainment go to https://windsunsky.com.
Job Type: Full-time
Benefits:
- Dental care
- Extended health care
- Vision care
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
COVID-19 considerations:
Optional mask wearing in the office.
Work Location: In person
Expected start date: 2023-08-15
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