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When I was applying to Blue Zoo internship and researching the company, I found out they provide Albert training to their staff – Blue Zoo is a B Corporation and it’s very important to them to create sustainably.

Upon researching further, the training is provided online by BAFTA and available to individuals. The page states it’s aimed at those in production roles, so I reached out to see whether I could attend as an aspiring production assistant – which was absolutely okay!

It was extremely informative to know what counts towards a sustainability rating and how one can acquire sustainable production certificate.

And now I’m trained in Sustainable Production.

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last month I decided to reach out to Viktoria to better inform my decisions for job and internship hunting. I’m currently looking into production roles, given my broad experience of sculpture, prop making, stop-mo and 2d animation. I think I’m the kind of person who loves to be involved and working with a team.

Victoria got a Production Assistant job at THE LINE – an animation studio I would absolutely love to work with (if it wasn’t already obvious from my previous research).

I’ll be looking to reach out to more individuals once it’s less stressful.

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Yesterday I attended a webinar organised by Careers & Employability at UAL, presented by Patricia van den Akker from The Design Trust.

The presentation was mostly about selling to trade shows, which h might not be as relevant to animation artists – however, having looked at THE LINE Animation Studio, there’s often more than one application to animation. And what’s there to stop us from making our own merch inspired by our own animations? Perhaps someone who likes a t-shirt will find our animation work? I think it’s definitely something I could take advantage of – and with my background in mould making and casting, I can see myself mixing those skills together.

Also, Patricia did talk a lot about marketing yourself – and I think that applies to all creatives whether you’re selling a service or a product 🙂