Animation Revision Supervisor

3 months ago

Toronto, Canada Brown Bag Films Full time

At Brown Bag Films, our motto is simple: “We love animation.” In fact, we love it so much we trademarked it 'We Love Animation.’ That means we put our artists at the heart of everything we do

We are looking for a Harmony Animation Revision Supervisor to lead the team of harmony animation revisionists and to ensure that the team is following the style of the existing series and maintaining the integrity of the show.

Purpose: Why you’re here at Brown Bag Films
- To manage, mentor and develop the Animation revision team to meet creative and schedule goals and bring clarity to the Animation Director, Director and Client notes and expectations.
- To create an encouraging work environment for Animators to grow and flourish.

Delivery: What you produce
- Final animation output
- Drawovers and Notes for additional clarity
- Notes for Animation Director and Team based on common issues
- Mentorship and Animator development.

Measurements: How we measure it
- Animated output meeting requirements within scope and Production schedule
- Client feedback
- Feedback from Head of Animation, and Producer(s) & Director
- Team development & sustainability.

**Key Responsibilities**

What you are regularly responsible for doing:

- Managing and developing the Animation Revision team ensuring the creative and technical process are on target for production output and scheduled delivery. Includes:

- Working one on one with the Animators to mentor, provide regular feedback, refine and find ways to bring their skills and talents to the project
- Providing clear and concise upfront expectations through the revision note vetting process with clarification notes, drawovers, adjustments, etc.
- Working with Animators to solve asset, technical or artistic challenges during day-to-day production of the episode.
- Creating an encouraging and engaging work environment within the Animation Team and advocating for the team in respect of animation quality, morale and schedule.
- Being an exemplar to the team by animating/revising an inspiring but small amount of quota.
- Alongside Animation Director and other Supervisors, collaborating with rigging to continuously sharpen the process and give Animators the best, most efficient tools possible.
- Understanding Director and Animation Director intent to maintain the animation style for the revision notes.
- Tracking progress of weekly episode goals and milestones, identifying and acting on issues (such as vacations, sick days, missing assets, etc.) and collaborating with the Animation Director or Production for larger creative or schedule considerations.
- Watching a daily every morning to ensure work is going according to Animation Director’s launch, discussions, or intention of episode, managing adjustments to anything too far outside show style or scope.
- Collaborating with the Animation Director to create a Notes vetting system for the team that determines the viability and/or alternative choices that better fit into the production schedule.

**Key Requirements**

Things that help you do your job (what is essential and what is desirable)
- Knowledge:

- Extensive knowledge in animation production pipelines and workflows.
- Strong understanding of character performance.
- Experience:

- Experience on at least 4-5 long-form Film/TV animation productions.
- Some leadership experience in managing and mentoring Teams in an animation environment and forecasting project solutions and requirements (desirable).
- Well-founded experience with asset tracking systems & workflow management software (e.g. Shotgrid).
- Technical skills:

- Forecasting workflow.
- Skills in rigging (desirable).
- Proficient in Microsoft Office, in particular Excel, MS Project and PowerPoint.

Lived experience and/or in-depth knowledge of Mexican culture and languages (particularly Spanish) would be considered an asset for this role.Why work with us?

Perks Perks Perks Not only is 9 Story Media Group / Brown Bag Films an amazing place full of artists, animators and creators from all corners of the industry, but we focus on helping staff grow and develop in their careers and make them long time team members. Along with a great work environment we offer first-rate health + dental benefits, summer hours, paid Health and Wellness Days, vacation periods that multiply with tenure, and more We may love animation, but we love our employees even more

Our Toronto office can be found in the cool and trendy Liberty Village with over 200 artists working on award winning animated children’s content. You will benefit from a competitive compensation package, interesting work and a fun/supportive work environment.

Applicants need to be legally eligible to work in Ontario.

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

As a company, we deliver high-quality kids' content, and we seek to have diverse characters so that all our audience feels represented. We al

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