Finding Work at Film & TV Pro

Film and TV Pro - worth signing up for

Film and TV Pro is a great website, and one we recommend all our graduates sign up for. You can get updates on jobs, both paid and unpaid, and connect with industry professionals. Looking for that first job can be the trickiest part of launching your career in animation and visual effects, and being connected is part of the solution.

Also, once you are established in your career, the site can be a useful way of finding people to work with you on projects where multiple skills are required.

awn.com

There are lots of websites nowadays which help you to stay connected with the industry.  Others include The Animation World Network at www.awn.com, which also allows you to sign up for job alerts, and showcases jobs in animation all over the world.

www.animatedjobs.com

Other useful sites include animationjobs.com.

Finding work is about refining your skills, having a great demo reel - and staying connected. Don't wait for jobs to find you - you have to get out there and hunt them down.

---Alex

For more on the experience of studying at Bucks New University, come and visit us at one of our Open Days,  take a virtual tour of one of our animation studios, check out what our students think of our course, and see why we're ranked in the top 12 creative universities in the UK. Find out why we're giving free laptops to all our students, and why we give all our students free access to videos at Lynda.com. Also, see what financial assistance might be available to you. Learn which is better for animation, a PC or a Mac? Get hold of a copy of a map so you can find your way around campus, and learn about motion capture at Bucks.