TAKE THAT RECESSION!

I have a job!!!

After the stint at my internship, I had some trouble trying to find work. I saw a lot of receptionist positions at production companies, but I'm done being the Pam Beesley of an office with more Dwights than Jim Halperts.

The animation studio that my friend works at ended up calling me up for an interview on Thursday. They had a production assistant's position for one of their animated shows that I applied for 3 weeks ago. I went in for my interview Friday (yesterday).

Their unassuming studio sits in a commercial business park across from some windows manufacturing company. They don't even have a sign for their company. I was early and waited for the production manager. Let's call her Sarah.

Sarah came and showed me around the building. Walked by the edit bays (where they edit the show) and onto "the floor" basically where all the animators and artists are. We talked in her office for 20 minutes. She explained the position. I'd basically be helping the animators and doing other production work. She asked me about my goals were and what I wanted to do in the future. I told her I wanted to be a script supervisor. That got her pretty excited since there might be work I could do in that direction for their company.

After the interview, she gave me the job right then!

We toured the studio. I met so many people in a short amount of time so hopefully I'll get everyone's names within the week I start! The studio is an amazing creative space. Lots of toys and games around, lol. They also have a motion capture studio.

I start on Thursday next week since I'm also working on a commercial on Tuesday and Wednesday. Unfortunately my contract with the animation studio is until February since my position is only temporary. But if they get more feature film or gaming work, they might be able to keep me on. I'm just glad to have a stable job and income for a while. YAY!