3 months ago

Costume Designer

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Job Summary

Lead the design and execution of wardrobe for Skydance Animation, defining the film’s distinctive visual style through clothing, hairstyles, and accessories; collaborate with the Director, Production Designer, and Lead Character Designer; mentor the art team; ensure consistency from leads to crowds to elevate storytelling.

Location: Santa Monica, Los Angeles

Workplace: Hybrid

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Design (Product/UX/UI/Visual)

Key Responsibilities

•Design and develop the visual style for all costumes on a film by understanding the Director’s overall vision for the story, character development, and visual tone
•Partner with other art leadership (Production Designers, Art Directors, and Lead Character Designers) to ensure world, characters, and costumes are cohesive and elevate overall storytelling
•Drive costume research in support of the film’s vision and provide findings to the broader team
•Create multiple iterations of each main character’s costume from rough pass to final design and use these iterations to inform all other costumes from secondary, tertiary, and crowds
•Provide and share expertise on clothing styles, fabrics, fabrication techniques, and patterns to align with the narratives, character, and show designs

Key Requirements

•8+ years of experience as a visual development artist on animated projects and 1+ years working on costume design in visual development, theater, live action, or related field
•Education in Fashion Design, Costume Design, Toy Design, or Art preferred
•Self-starter and organizer with the ability to drive all production needs while keeping the pipeline and deadlines in mind
•Demonstrated ability to prepare detailed costume packets for downstream animation departments that inform final design execution
•Proficiency in drawing (including human and animal anatomy), design, perspective, composition, painting, lighting and color theory; Proficiency in Adobe Photoshop

Experience:AnimationVisual developmentFilm

Skills:LeadershipMentorshipCollaborationCreativityCommunication

Tech Stack:Adobe PhotoshopPattern makingDrapingGarment construction

Company Brief

Skydance

Skydance is a diversified media company producing and financing feature films, television series, and interactive entertainment. It partners with major studios and talent to develop global franchises and original content across multiple platforms.

Industry: Film & Television

Company Size: Large (251 to 1,000 employees)

Growth: Established Company

Funding: Private Equity Backed

Headquarters: Santa Monica, United States

Founded: 2010

Website LinkedIn

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Skydance

3 months ago

Costume Designer

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Canonical indexed version, validated from employer's careers page.

Source: Company careers pageValidated by: Fursa AI

Last checked: 4 hours agoStatus: Live

Job Summary

Location: Santa Monica, Los Angeles

Workplace: Hybrid

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Design (Product/UX/UI/Visual)

Key Responsibilities

•Design and develop the visual style for all costumes on a film by understanding the Director’s overall vision for the story, character development, and visual tone
•Partner with other art leadership (Production Designers, Art Directors, and Lead Character Designers) to ensure world, characters, and costumes are cohesive and elevate overall storytelling
•Drive costume research in support of the film’s vision and provide findings to the broader team
•Create multiple iterations of each main character’s costume from rough pass to final design and use these iterations to inform all other costumes from secondary, tertiary, and crowds
•Provide and share expertise on clothing styles, fabrics, fabrication techniques, and patterns to align with the narratives, character, and show designs

Key Requirements

•8+ years of experience as a visual development artist on animated projects and 1+ years working on costume design in visual development, theater, live action, or related field
•Education in Fashion Design, Costume Design, Toy Design, or Art preferred
•Self-starter and organizer with the ability to drive all production needs while keeping the pipeline and deadlines in mind
•Demonstrated ability to prepare detailed costume packets for downstream animation departments that inform final design execution
•Proficiency in drawing (including human and animal anatomy), design, perspective, composition, painting, lighting and color theory; Proficiency in Adobe Photoshop

Experience:AnimationVisual developmentFilm

Skills:LeadershipMentorshipCollaborationCreativityCommunication

Tech Stack:Adobe PhotoshopPattern makingDrapingGarment construction

Company Brief

Skydance

Industry: Film & Television

Company Size: Large (251 to 1,000 employees)

Growth: Established Company

Funding: Private Equity Backed

Headquarters: Santa Monica, United States

Founded: 2010

Website LinkedIn