Jobs at Sony Pictures Animation

Provides administrative and production support to two animation directors by managing calendars, meetings, communications, creative materials, travel, expenses, and follow-up. Acts as a liaison among directors, producers, studio departments, and external contacts while handling confidential information. Supports creative research, meeting logistics, presentations, screenings, recording sessions, and studio events in a fast-paced filmmaking environment.

Supports social and digital campaigns for animated films, series, and studio channels. Manages content calendars, publishing, asset coordination, community engagement, trend monitoring, event coverage, and collaboration with creative teams, filmmakers, agencies, and publicity partners. Develops platform-specific copy, tracks campaign performance, maintains organized project records, and helps identify storytelling opportunities across social channels. Requires strong organization, creativity, writing skills, discretion, and flexibility to work outside standard hours for key events.

Develops and executes publicity campaigns for animated films and series, manages media relationships, drafts press materials, coordinates interviews and events, prepares talent and filmmakers, tracks coverage and trends, and collaborates with digital, social, studio, distribution, and agency partners. The role manages multiple campaigns, deadlines, calendars, and travel logistics while identifying compelling stories and publicity opportunities.

Creates storyboard panels translating scripts into visual sequences that establish action, staging, camera placement, character performance, humor, continuity, and pacing. Presents and revises storyboards based on feedback, solves narrative and structural issues, and maintains the production’s visual style. The role may supervise story staff through interviews, hiring recommendations, and feedback. Requires strong drawing, composition, cinematography, writing, storytelling, collaboration, and animation production skills.

Creates visual development artwork for animated feature films, including sets, locations, props, characters, visual effects, color schemes, and overall style. Produces sketches, explorations, refined designs, and final paintings while collaborating with production designers and art directors. Translates creative concepts into production-ready visuals, incorporates feedback, maintains organized artwork files, communicates production concerns, and meets deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

Composite shots for an animated series under the Compositing Supervisor’s direction. Responsibilities include maintaining visual consistency across sequences, integrating stock footage into 3D environments, supporting paint-overs and partner-studio direction, participating in dailies, completing retakes, and polishing shots. The role requires strong knowledge of lighting, color theory, cinematography, Nuke’s 3D environment, render workflows, layering, character and environment readability, and multi-AOV compositing.