Local 839 Associate Director
Job Summary
Job Description
- 3+ years directing in episodic series television
- Knowledge of 2D animation and production pipeline
- Storyboard Pro and Photoshop proficiency
- Excellent communication and people skills
- Strong organizational and project management skills
- Ability to adapt to change in a dynamic environment
- Attention to detail
- Supervisory and leadership experience
- 839 union member or willing to join
- Toon Boom Harmony knowledge
- Experience with primetime comedy
3 skills required
Job Details
Responsibilities:
- Serve as one of the main points of contact between the Executive Producers and the animation production team, seeing through the creative vision for each script
- Work closely with the Supervising Director, Art Director, and Supervisors to relay notes and direction that reflect the vision of the creators as well as the notes from the network
- Attend and give feedback to Episodic Director and Design Supervisors at all hand out meetings and reviews
- With the creators' vision in mind, give storyboard notes and drawovers at milestone phases throughout the schedule
- Note rough and final designs submitted to ensure they fit the creators' vision, as well as fitting within the legal and standards parameters
- Participate in all animatic edit sessions to support the Executive Producers, hearing their notes and seeing the storyboard/animatic through to completion
- Review take 1 animation footage, call retakes, do drawovers, and provide reference as needed for retake process
- Attend all color edit sessions and give feedback while keeping the creators' notes as well as the network's notes in mind
- Communicate openly with the Production team to keep them aware of any hurdles that come up, especially those that might impact deadlines
Qualifications:
- 3+ years of experience directing in episodic series television, including directing retakes in post, preferably in primetime comedy
- Knowledge of 2D animation and a thorough understanding of a 2D production pipeline from development to post production
- Knowledge of Storyboard Pro and Photoshop a must
- Toon Boom Harmony knowledge is a plus
- Comfortable working digitally on a Cintiq
- Outstanding people skills; ability to guide a unique group of creative staff
- Excellent organizational and project management skills
- Must be able to adapt to changes easily within a highly dynamic environment
- Strong attention to detail is critical
- Previous supervisory and leadership experience, including demonstrated ability to manage and motivate a team
- Must be an 839 union member or willing to join
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About The Company
Bento Box Entertainment is an Emmy award-winning studio that develops and produces quality-animated content for all distribution platforms worldwide. Recognized as the leading producer of primetime animated comedy series for broadcast, cable and digital networks, the company works with the leading networks, studios and distribution companies including FOX Broadcasting Company, Comedy Central, MTV, Adult Swim, HBO, HULU, IFC, Disney, Twentieth Century Fox Television Studio (including Fox 21), Sony Television, Lionsgate, Tornante, and Broadway Video among others.
Bento Box is currently in production on the Emmy award winning series “Bob’s Burgers” on FOX with Twentieth Century Fox Television and creator Loren Bouchard and multiple other pilots and presentations.
Currently, Bento Box has multiple projects in development and employs over 350 artists, animators, writers, creators, post-production and production staff across its multiple studios located in Burbank, North Hollywood, and Atlanta. The company partners with animation studios around the world and intends to open additional studios in the future.
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