Animation Checker - Disney Television Animation
Apply Now Apply Later Job ID 10156070 Location Glendale, California, United States Business Disney Branded Television Date posted Jul. 15, 2026Job Summary:
About this Role and our Studio
Disney Television Animation (DTVA) has over forty years of legacy as a top producer of kids & family entertainment. Our work is integral to The Walt Disney Company, bringing Disney-branded characters and stories to families’ homes across the globe.
DTVA creates both long-form and short-form content spanning traditional 2D, rig-based 2D, CG (preschool), CG (premium), and stop-motion. We create shows in a broad range of unique and innovative styles, and we aim to match the right talent with the right production in terms of skill and artistic style.
By submitting an application for this Animation Checker job posting, you may be considered for any Animation Checker positions that arise until the expiration date provided.
Applications for this job posting will expire on December 31, 2026.
What You Will Do
The Animation Checker ensures consistent and complete delivery of production material to vendor studios and controls quality to reduce post-production costs. Responsibilities include:
Overall: check and confirm that all files, media, and information to be shipped are correct, complete and consistent.
Using Storyboard Pro, review storyboards prior to production for missing or incorrect scene descriptions, character actions, camera moves, effects, and special notes on each panel within each scene.
Coordinate with Director and Production to include revised storyboard panels from animatic if there is a difference and/or coordinate with Editor to adjust animatic to include any revised storyboard panels after confirming with Director.
Make sure scene numbers, action notes, camera moves, effects, character names, special notes, hook-ups, and lighting sources are all called out correctly on storyboard and X-sheets, if applicable, and that the storyboards, X-sheets and animatic all match each other.
Verify that character reactions, expressions and actions are concise and follow standard walk/run cycle sheets, where applicable
If X-sheets are required, review lip assignment to confirm the correct mouth chart is followed
Review scene cuts and confirm they match the animatic. Review with Director if scene cuts do not match. Coordinate with Timing Director to adjust scene cuts, if necessary.
Ensure there are correct camera moves, action, lip sync, character names, abbreviations, hook-ups or effects and correct scene and panel numbers on all X-sheets.
Create the final route sheet within Insight
Enter final footage and submit final checked work to Production to ship to vendor studio
Required Qualifications & Skills
Advanced Mac/PC skills
Familiarity with Storyboard Pro
Familiarity with Microsoft Excel and Insight or ability to quickly learn proprietary software
Traditional 2D, Harmony and CG Animation Pipeline experience or training preferred
Proven ability to be detail-oriented and highly organized is required.
Good written and verbal communication skills are required.
Must be able to work collaboratively, often with multiple tasks and under deadline pressure.
Must be open to direction and able to embrace change.
Education
Bachelor degree or equivalent work experience
Job Location
This is a fully onsite role based in Glendale, CA.
The pay rate for this role in California is $46.56 to $55.58 per hour, which follows the pay scale agreed upon in the Collective Bargaining Agreement. The base pay actually offered may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience, among other factors. Select benefits may be provided as part of the compensation package, such as medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered. To learn more about our benefits visit: https://jobs.disneycareers.com/benefits.
About Disney Branded Television:
About The Walt Disney Company:
The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise that includes three core business segments: Disney Entertainment, ESPN, and Disney Experiences. From humble beginnings as a cartoon studio in the 1920s to its preeminent name in the entertainment industry today, Disney proudly continues its legacy of creating world-class stories and experiences for every member of the family. Disney’s stories, characters and experiences reach consumers and guests from every corner of the globe. With operations in more than 40 countries, our employees and cast members work together to create entertainment experiences that are both universally and locally cherished.
This position is with Walt Disney Pictures, which is part of a business we call Disney Branded Television.
Walt Disney Pictures is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, military or veteran status, medical condition, genetic information or disability, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state or local law. Disney champions a business environment where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, create the best stories and be relevant in a constantly evolving world.