this stuff – it’s part of our cul-
ture and when we’re recruiting
we consider how we feel candi-
dates will fit with our culture as
well as our values.
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audience
Solve problems & come up
with new ideas
Think outside the box
DON’T
HOW DO I BUILD THE
PERFECT PORTFOLIO? •
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We like to see good ideas exe-
cuted well. Everything should
come together as an aestheti-
cally appealing whole, but it’s
the subtle details, the deliberate
imperfections and the nuanc-
es that create authenticity and
engage your audience emotion-
ally. A good artist follows the
brief. A great artist brews up a
perfect storm with their intent,
concept, design and creative
flair linking together perfectly.
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Strive for realism when
needed
Keep an eye on those
details!
Show your imagination/flare
Tailor your examples to your
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Use effects for the sake of it
Ignore the physics of light
or perspective
Give no context to your
work
Show only technical ability
without imagination
DO I NEED TO KNOW MY
WAY AROUND ANY
PARTICULAR SOFTWARE?
We use a wide (and growing)
range of software in the studio
and as part of our pipeline, but
specific box tickers are experi-
ence in Maya, Houdini, Nuke and
the Adobe suite. Newcomers
tend to arrive with experience
of some, if not all, of these soft-
ware packages.
But there’s ALWAYS scope
to improve and develop new
technical skills! None of our
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creatives ever stop learning.
Newcomers tend to arrive with
experience of some or all of the
softwares described above, but
there’s scope over and above
that to develop further skills.
Our artists never stop learn-
ing, both on the job on live as
well as in R&D projects and via
the various online tutorials and
training courses available. Self
initiated learning is encouraged
and expected here; our artists
are very much in control of how
fast and how far they grow and
develop.
HOW MUCH TIME WILL
I NEED TO COMMIT
TO THE JOB?
We start a little later to accom-
modate for London’s heav-
ing transport systems – our
standard hours are 9:30am to
6:00pm, Monday to Friday. But
you never know what’s around
the corner. We get a wide vari-
ety of work, thanks in part to the
diversity of our clients, which
keeps us on our toes. There’s