Storyboard Artists

5 Months ago • 1 Years + • Game Story Writing/Narrative Design

Job Summary

Job Description

Kokotree is seeking a talented Storyboard Artist to bring our animated educational videos to life! You'll create storyboards, working closely with our Creative Director and Writers to visualize scripts and bring characters and world to life. Responsibilities include meeting with creative supervisors to discuss objectives, creating storyboards that implement storytelling objectives, understanding and developing scenes based on the script targeted at preschool and kindergarten-aged children, following instructions of creative supervisors, addressing any problems and asking necessary questions, communicating progress, ensuring quality and style consistency, following document management guidelines, meeting deadlines, attending and contributing to meetings and pitches. You'll also be required to pitch storyboards.
Must have:
  • Minimum 1-year storyboard experience
  • Strong staging and composition skills
  • Understanding of subtext in character performance
  • Strong drawing and mechanical skills
  • Knowledge of Photoshop, Storyboard Pro, Illustrator
  • Strong time-management skills
  • Work well under pressure
  • Related drawing experience
Good to have:
  • Background in education
  • Proficiency in the style of show
  • Knowledge of Wacom Cintiq monitor and tablet Procreate or similar software

Job Details

Storyboard Artists

Kokotree is the #1 . We’re a new early childhood development platform and educational streaming service. We offer high-quality educational videos for toddlers and preschoolers. Kokotree’s mission is to help children become lifelong learners.

Kokotree is looking for a talented Storyboard Artists to join our team and help bring our animated educational videos to life! As a Storyboard Artist, you will be responsible for creating the storyboards for our productions, working closely with our Creative Director and Writers to visualize the scripts and bring the characters and world to life. If you are a creative and passionate individual with a strong interest in animation and storytelling, we want to hear from you!

Responsibilities

  • Meet with creative supervisors to discuss the objectives of the storyboard; what is desired or to be achieved.
  • Create storyboards by implementing storytelling objectives
  • Understand and develop scenes based on the script that is targeted at preschool and kindergarten-aged children
  • Follow instructions of creative supervisors
  • Address any problems with creative supervisors and ask necessary questions
  • Communicate the progress of work to creative supervisors and appropriate production staff
  • Ensure quality and style of the show is consistently achieved in storyboard work
  • Follow accurate document management requirements according to the production’s guidelines
  • Meet all deadlines
  • Attend and contribute to meetings and pitches
  • Required to pitch Storyboards

Requirements

  • Minimum of 1-year storyboard experience and training on similar kids’ shows or animated series; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • A background in education is a plus
  • Ensure all storyboard notes are added
  • Must demonstrate proficiency in the style of show
  • Strong staging and composition skills
  • Understanding of subtext in character performance
  • Strong drawing and mechanical skills
  • Knowledge of or willingness to learn applicable design software (Photoshop, Storyboard Pro, Illustrator) and hardware (Wacom Cintiq monitor and tablet Procreate or similar software)
  • Strong time-management skills
  • Work well under pressure
  • Related drawing experience is necessary

If you are interested in joining our team and contributing to our animated series, please submit your resume and portfolio today! We look forward to hearing from you!

About Kokotree

We are a team of educators, engineers, designers, and parents. Our mission is to make kids smarter by making education more engaging and fun. We want to share our passion for creating educational content for kids, but we also want to ensure that it is done in a way that benefits them and their parents. We are developing the leading educational platform and streaming service for preschool and kindergarten-aged kids.

How to apply

Interested candidates please fill out the form below. Include a link to your LinkedIn profile and portfolio.

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