Job Description
Cartoon Saloon, established in 1999 by Paul Young, Tomm Moore, and Nora Twomey, is a world renowned animation studio with five Academy Award and two Golden Globe nominations and many award wins including BAFTA and Emmy.
Located in Kilkenny, Ireland, the studio produces brave and beautiful shorts, feature films, and TV series.Cartoon Saloon is the founder and host of Kilkenny Animated, an annual festival of visual storytelling incorporating exhibitions, talks and performances celebrating the creativity of the animation craft.
In 2024, Cartoon Saloon will be celebrating its 25th anniversary with exciting events planned throughout the year to mark this special occasionWe are looking for an animator to join our team on a preschool TV Series.
This series is made using Moho, 2D rigged software.
Ideally, we'd love someone who has experience in Moho but we have great success training animators experienced in other rigged softwares.
Experience in other rigged 2D rigged software is essential.Webinars on our moho pipeline are available here & more info on moho here
Responsibilities
- Work with Animation Supervisor to produce 2d animation that meets the creative quality & needs of production
- Responsible for the final output of assigned animation scenes
- Take direction and respond well to notes and pitch creative/technical solutions to potential problems
- Ensure quality and style consistency with the series
- Liaise with the production department to ensure deadlines are kept and quotas are fulfilled
- Industry experience in animation on a 2D TV series production (ideally 3+ years)
- Experience in moho or another Digital 2D Animation Software such as CelAction or ToonBoom (bone animation) and/or CGI experience with Maya or 3D Max can be acceptable depending on experience
- Good team player and communicator
- Must be organised and have a good eye for continuity and detail.
- Ability to work within a team, prioritise tasks and meet tight deadlines with production
- Must be passionate about character animation and acting.
Diversity and Inclusion are core to who we are, and we recognise the great value each one of us brings to the team.
If you require an accommodation due to a disability with your application or recruitment process, please contact and we will be happy to accommodate you as best as we can.
Please note this position requires the candidate to work full time in-house in Kilkenny, Ireland.Please note that Testing can be a part of our selection process. If you reach that stage we will give you further details
We are looking for someone who can start as soon as possible and the contract will run until December 2024.