Visual Designer

TrueShort; California (MO); On-site; USD 46,000 - 91,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

In-person Culver City, CA

AI tools access

Full-time opportunities

Job summary

TrueShort is seeking a Visual Designer to establish the visual foundation for original animated series, across a wide range of styles and audiences.

You will create character reference sheets, props, and environments to guide AI filmmakers, editors, and animators, ensuring a cohesive visual language throughout production.

Qualifications

• Strong background in visual development, character design, concept art, animation, illustration, or related fields.
• Strong understanding of composition, color, silhouette, shape language, and visual storytelling.
• Experience designing characters, props, and environments.
• Portfolio demonstrating strong visual design and ability to work across different styles.
• Comfortable adapting to a wide range of animation aesthetics and creative directions.
• Experience with AI image-generation tools such as Midjourney, Nano Banana, Seedream, Flux, etc.
• Familiarity with AI video-generation tools such as Kling, Veo, Seedance, Runway, etc. is a plus.
• Strong proficiency in Photoshop or other traditional design and compositing tools.
• Ability to work quickly, take feedback, and independently execute against a creative brief.
• Passion for animation, filmmaking, visual storytelling, and emerging creative technology.

Responsibilities

• Create character reference sheets, including poses, expressions, turnarounds, and key design details.
• Design props, environments, and other visual assets that establish the world of each series.
• Develop and maintain cohesive visual languages across individual shows.
• Establish visual rules around character design, proportions, color, shape language, environments, and overall consistency.
• Collaborate closely with Showrunners, writers, animators, AI filmmakers, and other creative team members.
• Translate scripts, concepts, and creative direction into clear visual references.
• Iterate quickly based on feedback and evolving production needs.
• Prepare assets optimized for AI image and video-generation workflows.

Skills

Visual development

Character design

Composition & color

Prop design

Environment design

AI tools (image gen)

Photoshop

Tools

Midjourney

Seedream

Flux

Runway

Job description

About TrueShort

TrueShort is one of the fastest-growing streaming apps in the United States. An AI studio and streaming platform where we experiment, develop, and release original series and films constantly. No development purgatory.

Built for mobile-first viewing, TrueShort delivers premium, bingeable storytelling across an expanding slate of genres, reimagining how modern audiences discover and experience great stories.

Our team is experimenting at the frontier of AI-powered entertainment production across animation and emerging storytelling formats.

Backed by Jeffrey Katzenberg (Founder of DreamWorks), Scott Belsky, Ravi Nandan (A24), Khosla Ventures, and others.

Role Overview

We’re looking for Visual Designers to help establish the visual foundation of original animated series across a wide range of styles, genres, and audiences.

Visual Designers will create the core assets used to guide production, with a primary focus on character reference sheets, props, and environments. These assets will help AI filmmakers, animators, editors, and creative leads maintain a consistent visual language throughout production.

The role sits at the intersection of visual development, animation design, and AI-native production. We’re looking for designers with strong visual taste and the ability to translate creative direction into clear, cohesive visual references.

Our projects span a wide range of animation styles, so the ability to adapt across different aesthetics and visual worlds is highly valued.

Responsibilities

• Create character reference sheets, including poses, expressions, turnarounds, and key design details

• Design props, environments, and other visual assets that establish the world of each series

• Develop and maintain cohesive visual languages across individual shows

• Establish visual rules around character design, proportions, color, shape language, environments, and overall consistency

• Collaborate closely with Showrunners, writers, animators, AI filmmakers, and other creative team members

• Translate scripts, concepts, and creative direction into clear visual references

• Iterate quickly based on feedback and evolving production needs

• Prepare assets optimized for AI image and video-generation workflows

Preferred Skills & Experience

• Strong background in visual development, character design, concept art, animation, illustration, or related fields

• Strong understanding of composition, color, silhouette, shape language, and visual storytelling

• Experience designing characters, props, and environments

• Portfolio demonstrating strong visual design and the ability to work across different styles

• Comfortable adapting to a wide range of animation aesthetics and creative directions

• Experience with AI image-generation tools such as Midjourney, Nano Banana, Seedream, Flux, etc.

• Familiarity with AI video-generation tools such as Kling, Veo, Seedance, Runway, etc. is a plus

• Strong proficiency in Photoshop or other traditional design and compositing tools

• Ability to work quickly, take feedback, and independently execute against a creative brief

• Passion for animation, filmmaking, visual storytelling, and emerging creative technology

What We Offer

• $1,000–$2,000 per week

• In-person role in Culver City, CA

• Potential for full-time opportunities

• Access to state-of-the- art AI creative tools and traditional design software