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Jobs in Tanzania 2023: New Job Opportunities at Ubongo Kids 2023
Production · Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam
Job Title: Storyboard Artist
Reports To: Storyboard Manager
Employment Type: Full Time Employment
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Organization Summary:
UBONGO is Africa’s leading producer of kids’
edutainment. As a non-profit social enterprise, we create fun,
localized, and multi-platform educational content that helps kids learn,
and leverage their learning to change their lives. Ubongo reaches over
27 million kids across Africa through accessible technologies like TV,
radio, and mobile phones. Our show’s Ubongo Kids and Akili and Me
currently air in 23 countries across Africa, in Swahili, English,
French, Kinyarwanda, Kikuyu, Luo, Yoruba, Hausa, Chichewa, and Juba
Arabic.
Job Position:
Working at Ubongo won’t be easy, but it will challenge and excite you
with lots of responsibilities, plenty of fun, and give you the
opportunity to impact the lives of millions of kids every day.
We’re
looking for a dynamic, creative and flexible StoryBoard Artist to
expand and improve our storyboard team. You’ll work closely with our
Storyboard Manager, Pre-production Manager and post-production team to
ensure quality of the content and products we create, turning a script
into a compelling visual story that will then be used to make our
beloved animated shows.
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RESPONSIBILITIES
Storyboarding from Script
- Create storyboard and animatic
- Create and draw new characters expressions, props, backgrounds as required
- Working
with script writers and Storyboard Manager to continuously find
innovative and simple ways to make storyboarding more efficient and fun - Embody and promote Ubongoers’ principles and comply with communications norms
- Working with Storyboard Manager and Script Writer making sure the script is understood
Storyboarding with objective
- Take
Ubongo Kids, Akili and Me and other shows scripts and turn them into a
compelling visual story: tell a great story through your drawings. - Create new and/or additional views e.g. top views, Âľ views to make visuals more compelling
- Ensure
that all products move us toward Ubongo’s vision of helping 440 million
kids in Africa learn, and leverage their learning to change their lives - Ensuring the learning objective of the story is achieved and follow up on comments to meet deadlinesÂ
Company wide responsibilities
- Exemplify Ubongoers principles and norms
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QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED
KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE and QUALIFICATIONS
Ubongo is more interested in ability to get job done than qualifications
- Natural talent or acquired skill to be able to overcome software limitations
- Minimum
education qualification: Diploma in any field Minimum 3 years’
experience in storyboarding and visual artistry. A strong ability to
interpret scripts into drawings and fill in the missing details to make a
panel or shot come alive - Strong drawing skills
- Self-motivation
and a high level of responsibility to complete tasks in a timely manner
and make significant progress without direct supervision - Ownership of projects including debriefing with team members
- Experience or ability to learn how to use Storyboard Pro, Adobe creative suite, toon boom
- Flexibility in adjusting to new work related requirements as they arise
- Good time management and adherence to deadlines set
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
UBONGO
provides equal employment opportunities to all its employees and
applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of
any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national
origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation
or any other characteristic protected by the laws of the country we are
operating in.
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ADDITIONAL NOTES:
Please
note that only online applications will be considered. Those who come
directly to the office with a CV or who email their CV to us will simply
be directed to apply online. .
So please save yourself time and effort by simply sticking to the online application. THANKS!
