Animation Workshop Leader
1927 specialises in creating exhilarating hybrid stage productions that synchronise performance and live music with handcrafted animation!
We are interested in exploring the potential animation offers as a tool to develop creative skills, digital and media literacies in schools.
The Role:
We are looking for an Animator to work with us as a Workshop Leader to design and lead school animation workshops for primary age children.
You will be responsible for planning, delivery and evaluation of a term long animation project in a Margate primary school across Autumn 2021 and supporting workshops in a London school as part of a research project in June and July 2021.
For this role, we are particularly interested in hearing from Thanet and East Kent based animators as the majority of the activity will be delivered in Margate.
Person Specification:
We are looking for someone with expertise in stop frame animation and experience of planning and running creative workshops in educational and non-education settings with and for children.
It doesn't matter if you are a trained or self-taught animator – but it is essential you have a high level of experience in stop frame animation processes and video editing experience. Additional craft and illustration skills are a bonus.
You should be creative, organised, have a natural rapport with children and be interested in teaching children how to animate, tell tales, and make something they are really proud of!
Duties:
Co-Designing all activities in collaboration with school staff and 1927’s Co-Artistic Director and Animator Paul Barritt and producing team.
Planning, delivering and evaluating practical stop frame animation process workshop sessions for 7-11 year olds.
Editing together content created by participants into animated shorts.
There will be 2-3 workshop days in London and 2-3 days editing in June-July 2021. The school Animation project will run September – December initially and subject to confirmation be delivered weekly or bi-weekly 1-2 hour long sessions across the term.
Safeguarding and Child Protection:
1927 is fully committed to ensuring that all children, young people, and adults are kept safe while they are working with us. Successful candidates will be required to undergo an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Criminal Records Check and adhere to all regulations and codes of practice set down in the 1927’s Safeguarding and Child Protection policy.
Terms:
This is a freelance role.
Workshop fees are £150 per session (prep & delivery). Project Planning and editing day fees £125 per day.
To apply:
It is It is essential all applicants have an understanding of 1927's work before applying!
You don't need to have seen our shows, but please do visit our website, watch some trailers of our past shows here and a short trailer for some films created by participants of previous 1927 schools workshop activities here.
To apply, please send us a brief summary of your experience in animation and delivering animation workshops and editing plus links of up to 3 examples of your work.
You are welcome to submit the summary of your experience in writing or via an audio recording or video presentation.
Applications should be submitted by email to 1927recruitment@gmail.com with the subject title Animation Workshop Leader.
The closing date for applications is midday on 31 May 2021.
Equal Opportunities
1927 is committed to promoting Equality and Diversity across all its activities. We are interested in working with staff, collaborating with artists and participants and reaching audiences who are underrepresented in the arts sector due to their socio-economic status, ethnic background or disability and we positively welcome applications for participation from these groups.
In order to help us ensure our commitment is being properly implemented, we ask all applicants to complete an Equality and Diversity Monitoring Survey here. This is for monitoring purposes only and will be detached from your application.