Frame by frame Animator / Designer Internship

What we’re looking for:

We are looking for a kick ass frame by frame animator to come and join our team for to join our internship Waste Academy.

As an intern animator you will work closely with a your mentor, creating awesome content for our instagram feed and supporting on live projects. you will learn to work within set time constraints and to hit the quality benchmark for the project whilst taking on board and implementing feedback as and when appropriate.

The successful applicant will have:

• A strong Showreel and folio of work
• Excellent frame by frame skills
• Understanding of character design
• A passion for illustration
• Ability to storyboard
• A keen eye for art direction
• Passion for story telling
• Positive, can-do attitude
• Experience with 3D art tools will be a bonus
• UK based

Your duties will be to:

• Use your original art skills to produce creative works
• Work on some of the world’s leading game and media Projects
• Produce original and exciting designs to aid company projects and tasks

About Waste

Waste is a fan-first creative agency founded in 2006. We connect entertainment brands with their fans, to drive creativity, culture and commercial success. A virtuous circle we call ‘Brands powering fans, powering brands’.

Our clients include the mobile gaming giant, Supercell (Clash of Clans, Brawl Stars) for whom we oversee player acquisition and retention, built around community listening and high-speed, high-quality content creation. We also work with the mighty Nintendo, creating TV, OOH and integrated marketing campaigns, for both hardware and software. Other notable clients include Riot Games (League of Legends), Warner Brothers Games, Sega, Verizon Media and Zynga.

We recently became part of the Keywords family, an international technical and creative services provider to the entertainment industry. We employ 75+ wasters globally, covering strategy, creative, social, content, experiential, OOH, and TV. Our HQ is in London, and we  work with brands around the world.

Our approach to everything is shaped by The Waste Way (our company values), and an entrepreneurial spirit. It’s seen us win 100+ awards, including being named Content Marketing Agency and Digital Industries (DADI) Agency of the Year by The Drum, and we now rank 10th in The Drum’s World Creative Rankings of the UK’s most awarded agencies. We’re one of Campaign’s Best Places to Work 2021 and one of the UK’s 100 Best Small Companies to Work For, as accredited by Best Companies. Our work has won us awards from shows including Art Directors Club, BIMA, D&AD, Clio, Design Week, The Drum, Marketing Week Masters, and The Webby Awards.

We brew our own craft beer, the Waste Pale Ale, a favourite with clients and fans. A couple of years ago, we started our own animation production company, This Thing of Ours, which has since won a D&AD Graphite Pencil and Motionographer Award amongst others. We also support the UK based gaming charity, SpecialEffect.

The Waste Way

At Waste, we live by 4 key cultural pillars and expect ALL Waster’s to live up to these principles. This is what Waste was founded on:     

• Be Brave – We look for fresh ways to solve problems and encourage diversity of thought.
• Own Your Shit - We value actions over words and empower Wasters to make things happen.
• Make it Better – We’re always looking for ways to improve our work, agency and ourselves.
• Be Kind – We’re a team. Win together, lose together, learn together.

How Wasters embrace Diversity & Equal Opportunity

Us Wasters are committed to diversity, equality and inclusion. For us diversity and inclusion are not just a tick-boxing activity, but a chance for us to make long-term meaningful change. A diverse workforce means that we’re able to unlock our ability to innovate, be creative, be better problem solvers and provide an inclusive environment for everyone and we encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.