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Animation
Offered in:
ATLANTA
SAVANNAH

Careers

In the professional field, animators convey storytelling through the illusion of animated character motion. Animators combine technical craft with observational and intuitive expression. They are knowledgeable about the theories associated with the medium as well as its contemporary context and history.

2-D animator
2-D layout and background artist
3-D animator
3-D previz artist
Animation producer
Art director

Character designer
Character technical director/rigger
Digital cel (paperless) animator
Digital modeler
Mixed-media animator

Animation student working with professor

Stop motion animator
Stop motion fabricator
Storyboard and concept artist
Teacher/demo artist
Texture/lighting technical director

SCAD graduates are in demand at the United States' most recognized companies. Each year, more than 175 companies and organizations visit SCAD to meet and recruit our students and alumni. More than eight out of 10 SCAD 2008 alumni surveyed had been placed in jobs in their fields or had been admitted to graduate school within six months of graduation.

Some employers of SCAD animation alumni

Activision
Blizzard Entertainment
Blue Sky Studios
Cartoon Network
Charlex
Digital Domain
DreamWorks
Electronic Arts
Fisher-Price
Kiz Toys

Lucasfilm Animation
Macquarium
Nickelodeon
Pixar Animation Studios
Radical Axis
Raven Software
Rhythm & Hues Studios
Sony Pictures Imageworks
Turner Studios
Walt Disney Feature Animation

Contact Animation

anim@scad.edu
admission@scad.edu
Hong Kong/Savannah/eLearning: 800.869.7223 or 912.525.5100
Atlanta: 877.722.3285 or 404.253.2700

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Events

Winter Quarter Begins
Jan. 04, 2010

News

Sep. 21, 2009
2009 Film Festival competition lineup, jurors
Jun. 30, 2009
Don Bluth animation collection at Gallery See
Feb. 03, 2009
INSPIRE 09 tackles motion-media "storm"

Recognition

Jason Walling interns with Radical Axis
Jason Walling (B.F.A., animation, 2009) landed a digital media internship with Radical Axis in Atlanta.
Becki Tower film selected for Kino Fest
“Bottled Up” by alumna Becki Tower (B.F.A., computer art, 2004; M.F.A., animation, 2009) was a micromovie selection at the Kino Fest 09 film festival.
Rodgers Dameron film selected for Kino Fest
“The Discovery” by animation alumnus Rodgers Dameron (M.F.A., 2008) was an animation selection at the Kino Fest 09 film festival.
Shani Vargo film selected for Kino Fest
“Melting Pot” by animation alumna Shani Vargo (B.F.A., 2009) was an animation selection at the Kino Fest 09 film festival.

Animation Offered in:ATLANTASAVANNAH