Character Designer

About the Role

We are looking for a talented and creative Character Designer to join our in-house animation team for an upcoming kids’ entertainment animation show being developed for Television and YouTube.

The Character Designer will be responsible for creating appealing, expressive, memorable, and age-appropriate characters that fit the show's visual style, storytelling, and overall creative direction.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and design original characters based on story, scripts, character briefs, and creative requirements.
• Create characters that are visually appealing, expressive, relatable, and suitable for a kids’ entertainment audience .
• Develop the complete visual identity of characters, including facial features, hairstyles, costumes, accessories, body proportions, and overall personality .
• Create multiple character design options and explore different visual approaches before finalizing designs.
• Prepare character turnaround sheets including front, side, back, ¾ and other required views.
• Create expression sheets and different emotional poses for characters.
• Develop pose sheets and action poses to help animators understand character movement and personality.
• Ensure characters are designed keeping 2D animation requirements and production feasibility in mind.Work closely with Storyboard Artists, Concept Artists, Background Artists, Animators, Directors, and the Production Team to ensure consistency throughout the show.
• Maintain consistency in character proportions, costumes, colours, expressions, and visual details across episodes.
• Modify and refine character designs based on feedback from the Creative Director / Director / Show Team .
• Create supporting characters, recurring characters, and background characters as required by the scripts.
• Design character props, accessories, costumes, and other visual elements wherever required.
• Ensure final character artwork is clean, organized, and production-ready for the animation pipeline.
• Maintain proper naming, layering, file organization, and artwork standards as required by the production team.
• Adapt existing character designs for different situations, costumes, festivals, episodes, and special content.Collaborate with the team to maintain a consistent visual language and style guide for the show.
• Contribute creative ideas to enhance the overall look and appeal of the characters and the series.

Experience in kids' animation, TV shows or episodic content will be preferred.