Trainee Storyboard Artist

Trainee Storyboard Artist: 12 Month Fixed Term, September 2025 - August 2026

Job Summary:
Job Title: Trainee Storyboard Artist
Contract Length: 12-month Company Placement, with potential extension.
Start Date: September 2025
Hours: 37.5hrs per week
Salary: Real Living Wage (currently £12.60 per hour)
Location: Holywood

Job Description:
Requirements of the role will include, but not be limited to:

• Assist in translating scripts and director notes into clear, compelling storyboards.
• Support the creation of panel-by-panel sequences, incorporating camera moves, staging, and composition.
• Collaborate with storyboard artists, directors, and other departments to maintain visual consistency and storytelling clarity.
• Participate in team meetings and reviews, receiving and implementing feedback.
• Learn and use Toon Boom Storyboard Pro to industry standards.
• Manage and organize storyboard files and maintain version control.

Who is eligible to apply?
You are eligible to apply if you can answer these four questions:

Are you eligible to work in the UK?

Do you currently reside in Northern Ireland?

Are you available to participate in the scheme from September 2025 – August 2026?

Are you over 18 and not in full-time education?

If you cannot answer YES to these FOUR questions, please do not apply. Ineligible applications will be automatically discarded.

Where is it based?
The role will be based in Holywood, Northern Ireland and participants will be expected to base themselves in Northern Ireland for the duration.

​​​​​​​Equal Opportunities Statement
“We are an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their sex; religious or similar philosophical belief; political opinion; race; age; sexual orientation; or, whether they are married or are in a civil partnership; or, whether they are disabled; or whether they have undergone, are undergoing or intend to undergo gender reassignment.”

We will monitor our programmes on an ongoing basis and target any under-represented groups as and when appropriate.

Guaranteed Interview Scheme
As part of our commitment to the employment of disabled people, we operate a Guaranteed Interview Scheme (GIS). The GIS does not guarantee a job. However, its objective is to ensure a guaranteed number of disabled applicants, who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role they have applied for, are offered an interview.

Pre-Employment Checks
To be officially appointed at Northern Ireland Screen, all candidates who successfully complete the selection process will be required to undergo an Access NI Basic Disclosure Check. Human Resources will provide further guidance once a candidate has been provisionally offered the position.