Careers
Visual effects are employed whenever filmmakers need images that are either impossible or impractical to shoot in the real world. Visual effects artists at studios both large and small help filmmakers achieve their vision. Visual effects are also a commonplace tool for television programs and commercials.
- Compositing supervisor
- Computer graphics supervisor
- Digital compositor
- Digital effects animator
- Digital environment artist
- Digital matte painter
- Lighting artist
- Location/stage supervisor
- Look development artist
- Matchmover
- Modeler
- Pipeline/workflow technician
- Previsualization artist
- Shader writer
- Surfacing artist
- Technical animator
- Technical director
- Texture artist
- Visual effects cinematographer
- Visual effects producer
- Visual effects/animation art 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 visual effects alumni
Some employers of SCAD visual effects alumni
- Activision
- Blizzard Entertainment
- Blue Sky Studios
- CafeFX
- Charlex
- Curious Pictures
- Digital Domain
- Electronic Arts
- Industrial Light & Magic
- LAIKA
- LucasArts
- Midway Games
- Motion Theory
- PDI/DreamWorks
- Pixar Animation Studios
- Reel FX
- Rhythm & Hues Studios
- Sony Pictures Imageworks
- Tippett Studios
- Walt Disney Feature Animation
Contact Visual Effects
- vsfx@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 - Sep. 17, 2009
SCAD Cinema Circle announces 2009-10 season - Feb. 06, 2009
Pursuing creative careers at SCAD Career Fair - Feb. 03, 2009
INSPIRE 09 tackles motion-media "storm"
Recognition
- SCAD receives iDMAa Innovative Program Award
- Ginther interns on 'Blue Valentine'
- Rodic interns with SCAD, EA
- Inagaki accepted into Dreamworks program
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