VFX Jobs at Facebook

VFX Jobs at Facebook

Finding that crucial first job can be one of the toughest parts of a career in animation. To get there, you need to keep an eye on various company websites, sign up for their Twitter feed (Aardman for example seems to recruit largely through Twitter these days), and keep you ear to the ground. One useful group is the VFX jobs Group at Facebook, a community of VFX artists to post jobs, information, and generally help one another out.


The VFX Jobs group is a place for serious animation and VFX artists to share information - Spammers and time-wastes need not apply. To find the group, follow this link.

To find out more about finding work in the animation industry, click here.  Perhaps our most useful blog post about finding work is this one here, which sets out twelve steps to finding work.

Most important of all, keep in touch with your friends and colleagues in the industry. The people working inside a company are always the first to hear about upcoming jobs.

Our Facebook Group at Animation Apprentice, which is a closed group (sorry - you have to study with us to join!) often serves this function - our graduates in current work at busy studios will let other students know when jobs are on the horizon.

To find out more about Animation Apprentice, click here for a link to Frequently Asked Questions. To sign up for our next classroom at Animation Apprentice, follow this link. For more information on finding work and surviving in the animation and visual effects business, read our post on how to find a job in the animation industry, and check out our post about what not to do at a job interview. Also see our post on starting your own small animation business, learn how to create an invoice, and see how we arehelping our students find work through our film co-operative Nano Films. Download the free Escape Studios Careers in VFX Handbook. Take a look at how awn.com can help you find a job, and read our piece about how to survive as a freelance animator. Also, find out what Cinesite look for in a student's demo reel, and read our post on setting up your own animation business. Also see our post about freelancers and taxes.