After all this animation talk during this semester I started to think, “What kind of jobs exist for a modern animator?” I was thinking this because graduation is approaching and many of my peers are looking for jobs in their fields of study. So I started looking around jobs sites for animation work and was surprised to see many jobs available for someone looking to work in animation.
In order to have a career in animation these days, it seems that a sound knowledge in 3D animation is a must, and being computer literate is very important. In the world of animation, resumes seem to be animation shorts. Many sites encourage animators to create short films to ad into their portfolio. Also, many freelance jobs are available for a wide variety of companies.
Unfortunately, many of the jobs available seem to be pretty boring. (at least in my opinion) A majority of the jobs opportunities are for commercials, or local companies looking to make a commercial. Some of the cool and fun jobs seem to be most available in the gaming world creating 3D animation. Overall, I would say that many good opportunities are available for people who are looking to get into the business.
I commented on Mike G’s and Courtney Webbers blog.
March 31, 2010 at 9:17 pm |
Any sort of creative job, for the most part, is never as glamorous as it sounds, especially not in the beginning. The sheer amount of work and dedication required by an animator or a writer coupled with the relative anonymity initially are enough to put of anyone in it for the fame. But, animators are behind-the-scenes masterminds, so it’s better that the shallow ones get weeded out; it lets us have the quality animations we do today.