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Market evidence report — storyboard-artist
Source: 57 real job ads (JSearch API, countries: us 57), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-20. This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is reproduced (copyright / platform terms).
Seniority distribution
| Seniority | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|
| mid | 40 | 70 % |
| n/a | 9 | 16 % |
| junior | 5 | 9 % |
| senior | 3 | 5 % |
Tools — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Photoshop | 10 | 18 % |
| 2 | Adobe Photoshop | 8 | 14 % |
| 3 | Toon Boom Storyboard Pro 22 | 8 | 14 % |
| 4 | Storyboard Pro | 7 | 12 % |
| 5 | Cintiq | 6 | 11 % |
| 6 | Toon Boom Storyboard Pro | 6 | 11 % |
| 7 | Blender | 4 | 7 % |
| 8 | Cosmoquick | 3 | 5 % |
| 9 | Wacom Cintiq | 3 | 5 % |
Hard skills — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | storyboarding | 45 | 79 % |
| 2 | visual storytelling | 23 | 40 % |
| 3 | character acting | 16 | 28 % |
| 4 | perspective drawing | 12 | 21 % |
| 5 | anatomy knowledge | 10 | 18 % |
| 6 | draftsmanship | 10 | 18 % |
| 7 | drawing | 10 | 18 % |
| 8 | animatics creation | 9 | 16 % |
| 9 | cinematic timing | 8 | 14 % |
| 10 | composition | 8 | 14 % |
| 11 | continuity | 5 | 9 % |
| 12 | screen direction | 5 | 9 % |
| 13 | script interpretation | 5 | 9 % |
| 14 | illustration | 4 | 7 % |
| 15 | pacing | 4 | 7 % |
| 16 | staging | 4 | 7 % |
| 17 | acting | 3 | 5 % |
| 18 | character development | 3 | 5 % |
| 19 | cinematic composition | 3 | 5 % |
| 20 | script analysis | 3 | 5 % |
| 21 | sketching | 3 | 5 % |
Methods — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|
Responsibilities — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | storyboard creation | 18 | 32 % |
| 2 | deliverable completion | 8 | 14 % |
| 3 | scene visualization | 8 | 14 % |
| 4 | technical direction | 8 | 14 % |
| 5 | storyboard collaboration | 7 | 12 % |
| 6 | feedback incorporation | 5 | 9 % |
| 7 | sequence refinement | 5 | 9 % |
| 8 | sketch creation | 5 | 9 % |
| 9 | animation team briefing | 4 | 7 % |
| 10 | animator briefing | 4 | 7 % |
| 11 | concept exploration | 4 | 7 % |
| 12 | concept pitching | 4 | 7 % |
| 13 | script interpretation | 4 | 7 % |
| 14 | special effects integration | 4 | 7 % |
| 15 | storyboard editing | 4 | 7 % |
| 16 | continuity maintenance | 3 | 5 % |
| 17 | script translation | 3 | 5 % |
| 18 | sketching key scenes | 3 | 5 % |
| 19 | storyboard pitching | 3 | 5 % |
| 20 | storyboard revision | 3 | 5 % |
| 21 | storyboarding | 3 | 5 % |
Regional breakdown
Corpus note: 57 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.
US (us)
57 ads.
Top hard skills:
- storyboarding — 79 % (45 ads)
- visual storytelling — 40 % (23 ads)
- character acting — 28 % (16 ads)
- perspective drawing — 21 % (12 ads)
- anatomy knowledge — 18 % (10 ads)
- draftsmanship — 18 % (10 ads)
- drawing — 18 % (10 ads)
- animatics creation — 16 % (9 ads)
- cinematic timing — 14 % (8 ads)
- composition — 14 % (8 ads)
Top tools:
- Photoshop — 18 % (10 ads)
- Adobe Photoshop — 14 % (8 ads)
- Toon Boom Storyboard Pro 22 — 14 % (8 ads)
- Storyboard Pro — 12 % (7 ads)
- Cintiq — 11 % (6 ads)
- Toon Boom Storyboard Pro — 11 % (6 ads)
- Blender — 7 % (4 ads)
- Cosmoquick — 5 % (3 ads)
- Wacom Cintiq — 5 % (3 ads)
- digital drawing tools — 4 % (2 ads)
Seniority: mid 70 % · n/a 16 % · junior 9 % · senior 5 %
UK (gb)
Insufficient evidence — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)
Insufficient evidence — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
Job title variants in the market
| Title | Ads |
|---|---|
| Story Artist | 3 |
| StoryBoard Artist | 3 |
| Storyboard/Animatics Artist | 3 |
| STORYBOARD ARTIST - Animation & Games | 2 |
| Storyboard Artist - Ink | 2 |
| Storyboard Artist job at Blizzard Entertainment, 2026 | 2 |
| Animated Kids' Series - Storyboard Artist (2 openings) | 1 |
| Blizzard Entertainment is hiring: Storyboard Artist – Temp (SFD / Cinematics) in | 1 |
| Blizzard Entertainment is hiring: Storyboard Artist for Cinematics - Temp, Hybri | 1 |
| Cinematics Storyboard Artist — Hybrid, 3-Month Temp | 1 |
| Contract Storyboard Artist | 1 |
| DK Global is hiring: Medical Illustrator & Storyboard Artist: Surgical Visuals i | 1 |
| DreamWorks Animation is hiring: Feature Storyboard Artist - Visual Storyteller i | 1 |
| Feature Animation Storyboard Artist - Dynamic Storytelling Job at NBCUniversal i | 1 |
| Freelance Storyboard Artist Jobs in Springfield | 1 |
| Fresher Storyboard Artist Jobs in Raleigh | 1 |
| Full-Time Storyboard Artist Jobs in Boston | 1 |
| Full-Time Storyboard Artist Jobs in Los Angeles | 1 |
| Full-Time Storyboard Artist Jobs in Orlando | 1 |
| LA-Based Storyboard Artist for Feature Films | 1 |
| Netflix Creations, LLC is hiring: Storyboard Artist for GenAI-Driven Animation i | 1 |
| Part-Time Storyboard Artist Jobs in Chapel Hill | 1 |
| Remote Senior Storyboard Artist Action-Drama Series | 1 |
| Senior Storyboard Artist Job at Swaybox Studios in Harahan | 1 |
| Sr Storyboard Artist | 1 |
Methodology: entities extracted per ad ({hard_skills, tools, methods, responsibilities, seniority}), normalized, counted as DISTINCT ads per entity; report threshold ≥ 3 ads. Headline sections in skills.md/tools.md use the stricter ≥ 20 % threshold.