Character Animator– Fast Food Restaurant Promotion

Job Description

Job Overview:

The client are looking for a talented 2D Animator (Character Animator) to bring their fun and quirky cheese character to life for a fast-food restaurant promotion! If you’re passionate about creating playful, expressive animations similar to SpongeBob SquarePants, this is the perfect opportunity for you. The animator will be responsible for creating short, engaging animated content that promotes the restaurant on social media platforms like Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube Shorts.

Key Responsibilities:

• Character Animation: Animate the cheese character with expressive movements, humorous facial expressions, and exaggerated actions in a 2D cartoon style similar to SpongeBob SquarePants.
• Storytelling: Work closely with the scriptwriter to bring comedic scenes and situations to life. Your animations should align with the tone, humor, and messaging of the brand.
• Visual Style Consistency: Maintain a consistent visual style and animation quality across multiple episodes or clips, ensuring the character feels dynamic and cohesive in every scene.
• Collaborate with Team: Work alongside the creative team, including the scriptwriter, storyboard artist, and sound designer, to ensure the final animation aligns with the overall vision and goals of the promotional campaign.
• Quick Turnaround: Produce high-quality animations on a quick timeline for social media content that can be shared regularly.
• Engage Audience: Create fun, entertaining, and shareable content that captivates and engages our target audience across social media platforms.

Requirements

• Proven experience as a 2D animator or character animator, preferably with a portfolio of cartoon-style animations. Familiarity with animation styles like SpongeBob SquarePants is highly desirable.
• Software Proficiency: Expertise in animation software such as Adobe Animate, Toon Boom, or similar 2D animation tools. Knowledge of other software like Photoshop, After Effects, or Blender is a plus.
• Animation Principles: Strong understanding of animation principles (squash & stretch, timing, anticipation, etc.), especially in the context of creating humorous and exaggerated movements.
• Creativity & Humor: Ability to generate unique ideas, bring a character to life, and create animation that is both fun and engaging. Understanding of comedic timing and visual storytelling.
• Attention to Detail: Ability to consistently create clean, fluid animations that maintain a high level of quality and visual appeal.
• Communication: Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with the team, particularly when integrating feedback or making revisions.
• Portfolio: A portfolio that demonstrates your animation skills, character design, and ability to create short, engaging animated clips. A focus on character-driven, cartoonish animation is preferred.
• Preferred Experience: Experience in animating content for social media platforms.
• Preferred Experience: Previous work on animated characters or branding for food-related brands.
• Preferred Experience: Understanding of trends and best practices in social media content creation.

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