Concept Artists, Characters and Environment Designers

1 week ago

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia KAPWA Full time $90,000 - $120,000 per year

In-house (Sydney, Australia) or Remote. Approximately September to December 2025

Oscar-shortlisted Sydney animation studio, Kapwa Studioworks is assembling an art department team for our new original animated adult series, a hypebeasty comedic drama set in the late 90's. We're seeking highly skilled and passionate artists to help bring this world to life.

  • Senior Concept Artist Generalists
     – You are flexible concept generalists and can paint/build concepts to depict key scenes from a script, as well as urban and suburban interiors and exteriors, colour scripts, including surreal dream scenes from our script. Strong sense of volume, lighting and mood is preferred. Matte painting skills will be highly valued.
  • Senior Character Designers
     – Craft bold, expressive characters with a balance of grounded realism, 90's hip hop flair, and stylized exaggeration.
  • Senior Environment/Background Designers
     – Help us design an authentic slightly OTT depiction of Blacktown and Western Sydney in the late 90's. Attention to detail and research when it comes to designing location and period-specific locations and costumes.
  • We are also open to submissions for Junior to Mid-weight support roles.

What We're Looking For

  • 5+ years experience in animation production pipelines (TV/streaming preferred)
  • Ability to collaborate closely with our show's director and writer, and other artists, taking feedback and direction and offering creative initiative.
  • You are flexible and resourceful in your work process and are able to work quickly in fast-moving environment
  • An eye for the strange, humorous, and emotionally resonant.

Filipino-Australian, POC & Western Sydney Artists: We Want You

We are especially seeking concept designers from the Filipino-Australian community and/or Western Sydney, who can most authentically relate to the subject matter of our show. We are especially looking for those with a strong familiarity and experience with Filipino-Australian or Asian migrant culture, fashion, iconography, religion and general cultural visual language; and/or familiarity with the Blacktown City area and surrounds.

APPLY NOW

Message us with the subject 
'LINKEDIN ARTIST CALLOUT'
 with your role(s), experience level, CV and Portfolio/Link, rates, availabilities over the next 6 months, and your location and/or Australian working visa status.

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