Work Fitness Week 10-15 October

Work Fitness Week 10-15 October 2021

Work Fitness Week is returning to Escape Studios from 10-15 October. Join Escape Studios' Work Fitness Centre for a series of events aimed at helping all our Escapees into paid employment in their chosen field.  

Meet the team from Creative Assembly, Axis director Simone Giampaolo, and many other industry leaders.  Note that WFW is exclusively for our currently enrolled students. 

Meet Kiko Animation Recruiters on 25 May

Join us at Escape Studios on Tuesday 25th May at 3pm  when we interview our special guest Megan Hester from animation recruiters "Kiko Recruitment". 

The UK animation industry is now a £1.6bn business, and recruiters like Kiko offer a well-tested route into industry for skilled animation talent - including recent graduates.  To find out how the system works,  join us at Zoom to hear Megan offer her expert advice on how to land that crucial first job in the animation industry. 

Work Fitness Week 8-12 February

Work Fitness Week Starts on 8 February.  All our currently enrolled students can scan the QR code to the left to register for industry workshops and career fair events. 

The events aim to provide our students with links to employers via talks, an industry day and 121 practice interview/CV sessions. 

Work Fitness Week Mock Interviews

Mock Interviews are something we take very seriously at Escape Studios. Last week we invited our students to register for a series of mock interviews with some of our industry partners and mentors, who kindly offered their time to give our students an idea of what a job interview is actually like.  Learning how to survive an interview is an important part of preparing our students for a career in industry.  Of course, the key to success in the animation, games and VFX industries is primarily about having a great demo reel, easy to find and well-presented.  Once a studio is interested in your demo reel, the next stage is the interview.   In the short video above I explain why we do mock interviews, and what they are for. 

Free Panel Talk with ILM 22 Oct at 5.30pm

Tomorrow Thursday October 22 at 5:30pm VFX powerhouse ILM are coming to Escape Studios (via Zoom of course). 

ILM are hosting a special panel just for our students at Escape Studios.  Do you want to become more employable as an artist in a major studio? If so, sign up for the panel discussion tomorrow.

The panel with ILM focuses on the importance of communication skills and how they form a vital part of the production process.  

Mock Interviews at Escape Studios 15 October

Today is the last chance for our students to register for a series of mock interviews with some of our industry partners and mentors, who have kindly offered their time to give our students an idea of what a job interview is actually like.

Learning how to survive an interview is an important part of preparing our students for a career in industry.

Of course, the key to success in the animation, games and VFX industries is primarily about having a great demo reel, easy to find and well-presented.  Once a studio is interested in your demo reel, the next stage is the interview.  

Once the studio has called you to interview, you know they like your reel and are interested in hiring you. Now they want to know - are you the kind of person who shows up on time and is nice to work with?

Animation Showreel Clinic 23rd July

Passion Pictures will give us industry feedback

The Demo Reel Doctor is back!  Our next Animation Showreel Clinic takes place on 23rd July at 4pm with Passion Pictures' Head of Animation, Aldo Gagliardi.

The event is all about animation demo reels: how to make them, how to perfect them, and how to use them to land your first job in the industry.

If you're working on your animation demo reel and you'd like to make your reel the best it possibly can be - join us on 23rd July for an interactive session with Q&A to follow: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Y-s6c5ZYRzKnfow0523YXA