Hard to believe that it’s been over a year since our last job mixer, held as Grimm came to a close.  Time to wind things up again as an equally large group finishes up – this time out at LAIKA on their current production, Missing Link.  This puts a sizable contingent from our ranks, all top tier talent, out on the streets and available for hire.  Our goal is connect you all with other studios/companies/productions on the rise – ladies and gentlemen, I give you Job Mixer 2!

Confirmed studios/companies attending:

Not quite what I meant when I said “stop-mo resume…” 😉

HouseSpecial
ShadowMachine
Nike
Bent Image Lab
Hinge
Deep Sky/Giant Astronaut
Sockeye
Sprocketship
Refuge VFX
The Other House
Mode Adjust
Joint Editorial
Kamp Grizzly
Funnelbox
SuperGenius
Laundry Service
9ifx
MPC (Canada opportunities)
and more to come…

Update that resume and dust off the ol’ demo reel, because this event is coming fast!  The details:

Monday, July 9th
from 5-7pm*
Art Institute of Portland
1122 NW Davis St
3rd Floor/Student Commons loft

Parking:  the “Brewery Blocks” garage directly beneath the Art Institute (under Whole Foods) is probably your best bet.  There is another (brick) garage across the street that could be a 2nd option.

LAIKA may be the catalyst, but this event is open to all – from student to supervisor.  *Important note:  After the public event, individual companies can opt to schedule private interviews with candidates that they’d like to go a bit more in-depth with.  These interviews will happen in offices down the hall from the main event from 7-9pm later that night, so you might want keep that time available in case you’re contacted or tagged for one (or more) private interviews.  Pencil in some extra time and don’t make any plans or let that babysitter go quite so early, whatever your case may be.  This facet of the event offers real job prospects and hiring potential, ratcheting up from a mere meet and greet to a serious job event!

Please help us track numbers by RSVP’ing for this event – grab your free ticket over at Eventbrite now:   https://bit.ly/2xFiqQR

LAIKA artists being rolled off – get in touch with LAIKA HR about how best to take advantage of the reverse recruting efforts and the links to submit your materials.  In addition to the above Portland based companies, there are several studios from Vancouver BC (including Sony Imageworks, Double Negative, Method, Animal Logic + others) who will be remotely recruiting the LAIKA artists who express interest.  MPC is making the trip down to recruit directly, and others may as well.

We’ll see you at the event!  Special thanks to the Art Institute for the space, and huge thanks to collaborator OMPA for overall event support and especially for helping to fold in our brothers + sisters from the stop-mo/production side who are equally impacted.  Food and beverage sponsors so far include Brew Dr. and Viso, so a big thanks to them for supporting our event.  Let’s make Portland work!

Note – if you are a studio/agency/production company who would like to participate, get in touch here.