Story Artist — Feature Animation (LA)

Artistsworldwide; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 7,352,000 - 11,021,000; Full time

Job summary

Sony Pictures Animation in Los Angeles is hiring a Story Artist for a feature project. The role involves turning scripts or descriptions into storyboard panels, defining action, camera placement, and character acting, across action, comedy, and drama in various styles.

The position is union-covered and based in Los Angeles, with an hourly base pay reported between $53.37 and $80. The team develops sequences from rough thumbnails to finished panels, maintaining visual consistency and clear notes

Qualifications

• Applicant can draw characters and environments on model and write clear storyboard directions.
• Ability to revise sequences after direction and maintain show vision.
• Experience with storyboard sequencing for action, comedy and drama.

Responsibilities

• Develop thumbnail and rough panels from scripts or descriptions
• Draw action, camera placement, and acting in each sequence
• Pitch storyboards and revise assigned material
• Write specific directions for dialogue, staging, and camera execution
• Maintain the show's vision and style across a sequence

Skills

Drawing on model

Storyboarding

Camera placement

Staging and composition

Time management

Independent work

Teamwork

Responding to direction

Tools

Cintiq

Toon Boom Storyboard Pro

Photoshop

Job description

Sony Pictures Animation in Los Angeles is hiring a Story Artist for a feature project. The role involves turning scripts or descriptions into storyboard panels, defining action, camera placement, and character acting, across action, comedy, and drama in various styles.

The position is union-covered and based in Los Angeles, with an hourly base pay reported between $53.37 and $80. The team develops sequences from rough thumbnails to finished panels, maintaining visual consistency and clear notes