Color Designer

3 Months ago • All levels • Design

Job Summary

Job Description

Glitch Productions is seeking a Color Designer to join their team. The role involves creating color keys, establishing color palettes for 2D animated series, applying lighting and shadow variations, working with the art director, and providing organized color reference files. The Color Designer will also adapt color choices for different environments, moods, and special sequences, review and refine color work, and ensure color consistency across episodes. The company offers a flexible work arrangement, fun office environment, and a diverse team. If you are passionate about animation, this is a great opportunity for you.
Must have:
  • Create color keys for characters, props, and backgrounds.
  • Establish color palettes for 2D animated series.
  • Apply lighting, shadow, and time-of-day variations.
  • Work closely with the art director.
Good to have:
  • Understanding of arts, animation, gaming, and internet culture.
  • Organized with a strong work ethic.
  • Engaging personality and willingness to learn.
  • Positive, go-getter attitude.
Perks:
  • Competitive starting salary with reviews every 6 months.
  • Flexible work arrangement and schedule.
  • Relaxed and fun office environment.
  • Regular work functions and free entry to conventions.
  • Regular company breakfasts/lunches.
  • A diverse team.

Job Details

About us:

Glitch Productions is an independent animation studio based in Australia making original, long form animated shows distributed on Youtube. Our channel has over 13 million subscribers, tens of millions of views per episode and is still growing strong. Our studio is filled with incredibly talented and passionate artists that are determined to change the way animation is produced and treated in the industry. Our latest IP; Digital Circus, has amassed over 350 million views on the pilot alone and we have a lot more still to come.

Role Information:

We’re looking for a talented and detail-oriented Color Designer to join our growing team at Glitch Productions. In this role, you’ll play a key part in bringing our worlds to life through thoughtful color choices that enhance storytelling, emotion, and atmosphere. Working closely with our art director and broader creative team, you’ll help shape the visual language of our animated series and ensure consistency across every frame. If you’re passionate about color, animation, and creating unforgettable visuals for a massive global audience, we’d love to meet you!

Your duties will include:

  • Creating color keys for characters, props, and backgrounds based on line art provided by design or layout teams.

  • Establish color palettes that support story tone, emotion, and visual style of the 2D animated series.

  • Apply lighting, shadow, and time-of-day variations to color designs for consistency across scenes.

  • Work closely with the art director to ensure colors align with the show’s look and feel.

  • Provide clear and organised color reference files for background painters, animators, and compositors.

  • Adapts color choices to suit different environments, moods, or special sequences (e.g. dream, flashback, dramatic lighting).

  • Review and refine color work based on notes from the art team, director, or production.

  • Ensure color consistency across episodes by maintaining reference sheets and updating palettes as needed.

  • Prepare color materials for shipments to vendor studios.

  • Meet deadlines while balancing multiple assets or episodes.

Bonus Skills:

  • An understanding or experience with the arts, animation, gaming, and/or ‘internet nerd’ culture.

  • Be extremely organized and have a strong work ethic.

  • Engaging personality and willingness to learn.

  • Positive, go-getter attitude with a passion for making things.

What We Offer

  • A competitive starting salary with reviews every 6 months.

  • A flexible work arrangement and schedule, with options for work from home and flexi-hours.

  • A relaxed and fun office environment where individual input is valued.

  • Regular work functions and free entry to conventions and events.

  • Regular company breakfasts/lunches.

  • A diverse team that values independent input and career development.

Our values

Glitch Productions has an art-first mindset. Regardless of which team we’re in, every single team member’s core mission is to create the best art possible, and delight our audience that has given us so much. We achieve this mission through our values:

 

Passion: First and foremost, every team member has a passion for the work we do and why we do it. It’s what allows us to contribute our creative energy, pitch new concepts, and give everything we make a personal touch that resonates with our fans.

 

Innovation: From cobbling together sets in a living room, to inventing new pipelines using breakthrough technology, we have always had a focus on innovation and new ideas. We always try to push the boundaries of our industry and keep things fresh and exciting for both the team and our audience.

 

Teamwork: Animation takes a big team of incredibly talented people and everyone is always ready to pitch in and lend a hand. We believe that our diversity and range of skills are what allows us to create works none of us could do on our own.

 

Integrity: Our integrity is the heart of our core mission. It’s what allows us to do right for our projects and for each other. 

 

At Glitch Productions, we’re passionate about fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace that reflects our values as a creative studio.

 

We hire based on skills, passion and potential, and celebrate the diverse perspectives that make our team stronger. We welcome people of all races, genders, sexual orientations, gender identities, ages, educational backgrounds, abilities, and experiences.

 

Simply put, if you’re a good person and share our passion for animation, we want to hear from you!

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