Description
ABOUT MOONBUG ENTERTAINMENT:
Moonbug is a next generation entertainment company that has cemented itself in the children’s media space. Would you like to be part of the next frontier of inspiring and engaging stories to kids around the world?
Founded in 2018, with primary offices in London and Los Angeles, Moonbug creates, produces and publishes thousands of minutes of video and audio content every month with the goal of teaching compassion, empathy and resilience. We are a fast-paced global company, and have already grown to become the largest kids’ entertainment company on digital platforms in the world. Some of our existing titles include global sensations CoComelon, Blippi, Little Baby Bum, Morphle, Supa Strikas, ARPO and many more which are available in 32 languages and can be viewed on more than 100 platforms globally.
Moonbug is part of Candle Media, an independent, creator-friendly home for cutting-edge, high-quality, category-defining brands and franchises. Candle is run by leading entertainment executives Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs, and backed by investment capital from funds managed by Blackstone’s flagship private equity business.
This role will report full-time ON-SITE at our West Hollywood Office.
The Role
Moonbug is seeking an Art Director responsible for the visual style of the series and related marketing materials. This role will directs how the characters, props, and environments are going to look. The Art Director determines the design language of the show, which requires them to have an understanding of what the final, on-screen image should look like and how to get there. Working along with the show’s artists, the Art Director is involved in the visual development that communicates the artistic vision to vendors.
Responsibilities
- Oversees and provides approvals of artwork, providing thoughtful feedback, as well as drawovers if necessary to external vendor pre-production stakeholders.
- Generates artwork in areas of specialization which may include character, environment, props, textures, mood, lighting, and story concepts, which clarifies creative intent.
- Participates in establishing key lighting for series episodes.
- Accountable for on time, on-budget execution, and delivery of all design assets.
- Communicates with senior production leadership to ensure designs fall on schedule and within scope.
- Understands the design elements of projects, inspires and leads other creative workers, and keeps projects on budget and on time.
- Determines how best to represent a concept visually.
- Develops and maintains the overall look of the series as well as related content.
- Reviews and approves designs, artwork, and additional graphics developed by other staff members for the series.
- Other duties as assigned
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience within animation and visual development/production design.
- Must have significant animation CG art direction experience in either/both short form or/and long form.
- Extensive art direction experience in the children’s media space, ideally preschool content.
- Keen eye for creating appealing designs for young audiences.
- Leadership experience and well-developed teamwork skills.
- Proven leader of teams and developer of people.
- A problem solver; able to foresee issues and strategize and execute solutions.
- Extremely organized, motivated, adaptable and personable, with a diverse skill set.
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