About the company
At Azuki, you will have an opportunity to develop decentralized IPs and build innovative products that change how fans engage and experience anime. We’re building the right team to navigate and pioneer a multimedia brand for the future. Our mission is to build the future of anime by harnessing the power of community and blockchain technology. You will also have end to end ownership over your work ranging from storyboarding all the way to the final composition. Chiru Labs (Azuki) is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, and local law.
Job Summary
WHAT YOU’LL DO
📍Participate in the full production process and work with the team to maintain high standards for story, animation, editing, acting, and post-production sound, providing feedback and adjustments. 📍Participate in and guide storyboard, concept design, 2D and 3D art production, music and sound effects, and collaborate with multiple outsourced teams to direct and complete the full production. 📍Instruct on the filmmaking, continuity, and staging of animations, make notes on vendor studios' animation, build any layout, key poses, video notes necessary to guide vendor studios in completing the animation. 📍Adapt to and maintain the established Azuki IP style for content productions. 📍Review animation at all stages of production, provide feedback and direction to animators/studios. 📍Review designs and guide decisions on productions of other new or reused assets.
WHO YOU ARE
📍Passionate about anime, with a strong creative enthusiasm for world-building. 📍5+ years of experience in the film, television, animation, or gaming industry as a director. 📍Approach the best cinematic experiences creatively and independently, producing animated storyboards, and supervising their implementation within the tools. 📍Excellent storytelling techniques, and understanding of the concept of the visual hierarchy and how to lead the audience's attention to the story. Excellent sense of aesthetics, be able to create outstanding works in all ways. 📍Ability to work on a range of projects (action, comedy, and drama sequences) and in a variety of styles from comic to realistic and highly stylized. 📍Strong attention to detail and quality. Strong ability to champion and/or cinematic ideas. 📍Advanced knowledge of cinematic techniques, understanding of mis-en-scene and advanced cinematography and styles. 📍Ideally, experience in producing all formats of animations, i.e. 2D, 3D, stylized 3D, 2D/3D hybrid, etc. 📍Knowledge of software and hardware including Cintiq, Toon Boom Storyboard Pro and Photoshop. Maya is a plus. 📍Familiarity with web3 is a plus, but not required.
