Director - The Great North

Bento Box is looking for Directors for the primetime animated series, The Great North!

Primetime comedy directing experience in 2D animation required.

The ideal candidate is an efficient team leader and excellent visual storyteller with experience in both primetime and action animation episodic series. You are comfortable breaking down scripts and getting your vision across to your supervisors and your team of board artists. You are focused, communicative and hard-working. We're looking for someone who understands prime time comedy style and can effectively lead a board team while also interfacing with design and production teams. This is a demanding position that requires someone who has extensive series experience, is a solid storyteller, and able to think on their feet/brainstorm solutions with their colleagues.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as the main point of contact between the Supervising Director and the storyboard team, delivering the creative vision for each script
• Thumbnail episodes to provide a clear roadmap for your storyboard team
• Break down script and prepare for hand out to storyboard team
• Oversee and adjust storyboards as needed and give notes at milestone phases throughout the schedule
• Take on storyboard sequences to help meet deadlines/expectations
• Meet with Supervising Director and Showrunners as needed to discuss assets or story revisions
• Note rough designs submitted to ensure they fit the needs of the storyboard. 
• Interface with the multiple departments of production as needed – design, timing, etc., to answer episodic questions
• Deliver animatic checkpoints per schedule to ensure an intact delivery for editorial

Qualifications:

• 2+ years of experience directing in episodic 2D animated television, preferably in primetime comedy
• Action boarding/directing experience a plus
• Must possess strong prime time staging and storyboarding skills, and be able to board to dialogue tracks in SB Pro
• Knowledge of 2D animation and a thorough understanding of a 2D production pipeline from development to post production
• Proficient Knowledge of Storyboard Pro and Photoshop a must
• Comfortable working digitally on a Cintiq and attending meetings via Zoom
• Excellent organizational and project management skills
• Strong communicator--be prompt in relaying information, be clear with your team members about goals, be available for conversations with the Supervising Director as needed.