Assistant Illustration Manager for Franchise & Book Art

confidential; United States; On-site; USD 49,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

TAPP Film is seeking an Assistant Illustration Manager to support the Publishing and Global Art Development department in Emeryville, CA. The role focuses on creating and overseeing layouts, clean-up, and painted illustrations for film tie-in programs and franchise extension stories.

The position runs as a contracted assignment from November 2026 through July 2027, onsite 9:00am–5:00pm, Monday–Friday. Typical duties include collaborating with staff artists and editors and guiding freelance

Qualifications

• Assist with layouts, clean-up and painted illustrations for franchise extensions.
• Collaborate with staff artists, editors and designers to keep title development in sync.
• Support reference collection for freelance artists and manage their art direction.

Responsibilities

• Assist with the creation of layouts, clean-up and paint illustrations for various books for franchise extensions.
• Collaborate with staff artists as well as staff editors and designers to ensure all aspects of title development are in sync.
• Assist with reference collection for freelance artists.
• Assist with management and art direction of freelance artists.

Skills

Layout creation

Illustration supervision

Team collaboration

Tools

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

Art direction

Job description

TAPP Film is seeking an Assistant Illustration Manager to support the Publishing and Global Art Development department in Emeryville, CA. The role focuses on creating and overseeing layouts, clean-up, and painted illustrations for film tie-in programs and franchise extension stories.

The position runs as a contracted assignment from November 2026 through July 2027, onsite 9:00am–5:00pm, Monday–Friday. Typical duties include collaborating with staff artists and editors and guiding freelance