Hi, I’m Jay Toniutti, a creative character designer and illustrator focused on pre-production for animated films, video games, children's books, etc. I’m efficient, conscientious, and on-time, with a flexible, collaborative approach. I’m eager to bring my skills to your project.…

Jay Toniutti

Hi, I’m Jay Toniutti, a creative character designer and illustrator focused on pre-production for animated films, video games, children's books, etc. I’m efficient, conscientious, and on-time, with a flexible, collaborative approach. I’m eager to bring my skills to your project.…

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Hi, I’m Jay Toniutti, a creative character designer and illustrator focused on pre-production for animated films, video games, children’s books, etc.

I’m efficient, conscientious, and on-time, with a flexible, collaborative approach. I’m eager to bring my skills to your project.

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Language

French
Fluent
English
Advanced

Work Experience

Professional internship as a Character Designer at Animalps Production
July 7, 2025 - August 29, 2025
Main character and secondary characters development for a film project : posing, turn around, expressions. Expressions model sheet, turn around and secondary characters posing for “Le sourire Kmher”
Character Designer / Layout Artist / Production Lead at Short film “Déraciné” (4'30 min) - student short film
September 11, 2024 - June 26, 2025
Character design of the main character "Guy" and a secondary character "Catherine", 2D layout and posing. Production organization and management (planning, production schedule). Other roles: background layout coloring, compositing, animation, clean animation.
Character Designer / Layout Artist / Production Lead at Short film “Boba & Keke” (2'53 min) - student short film
April 1, 2024 - May 31, 2024
Character design of the main character "Boba" (2 designs). Project manager - pre-production phase (structuring, role allocation/clarification). Other roles: storyboard support, layout support, animator, compositing. Chosen as the Jury's "favorite"

Education

Bachelor Cinéma d’Animation 2D at ECV Paris
September 1, 2020 - September 1, 2023
Mastère Cinéma d’Animation 2D at ECV Paris
September 1, 2023 - September 1, 2025

Qualifications

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Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Education, Professional Services, Other
    paper Professional internship at Animalps Production - "The Khmer Smile"

    Expressions model sheet, turn around and secondary characters posing for “Le sourire Kmher”. Only a few illustrations of the characters concept were provided to me, the goal for me then was to make the model sheets clear and useful to the animators.