Jobs in 2D Drawn animation cover a wide variety of areas but it is worth bearing in mind that the majority of jobs in the UK in this area tend to be in development and pre-production 

Development
The Development stage broadly involves the conceiving and identifying of ideas and designing initial concepts. Pitching the product and securing funding and intellectual property rights are also important at this stage.

The Development stage very much requires a strong understanding of the target market and any commercial constraints, opportunities and competition it presents.

Jobs in Development:

Pre-Production
In broad generalised terms, the Pre-Production stage involves fleshing out the idea to make it ready for production, typically involving writing the script, drawing the storyboard, designing character turnarounds, designing layouts/backgrounds and creating an animatic.

Jobs in Pre-Production:

The Production stage is where there is most variation between the different animation forms. In 2D Drawn animation this stage involves drawing, cleaning up inking and painting drawings, scanning and digitising drawings, and positioning the images into animation sequences.

Jobs in Production

Post-Production 

Post Production for 2D Drawn animation involves collating assets e.g. drawn layers, filmed footage and digital files, into the finished film. It includes editing, scoring the music, quality checking and outputting the final product into the required formats.

Jobs in Post-Production

* entry level with appropriate qualifications

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