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Animator (Projection Mapping), 2099

  •  UK-wide
  •  Â£40k-50k
  •  Full time
  •  Closes February 5, 2026
  •  2099.arts@gmail.com
  • #Digital media

Description

Job Summary

We’re looking for 2 animators with experience in animation and projection-mapping to come on board. Each will be responsible for creating a 3-minute animation to be projected on a beautiful listed building in Staffordshire, responding to voice-notes and artwork by local community participants.

Job Description

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We're looking for 2 animators with experience in animation and projection-mapping to come on board. Each will be responsible for creating a 3-minute animation to be projected on a beautiful listed building in Staffordshire, responding to voice-notes and artwork by local community participants.

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We've been invited by Appetite in Newcastle-under-Lyme to co-create a projection piece as part of their light festival Newcastle-under-Light on March 4th. Local participants will be sharing their stories in voice-notes and, in an upcoming series of community workshops, visual assets will be created that respond to the stories shared.

We're looking for 2 animators with experience in animation and projection-mapping to come on board. They will be responsible for animating these assets to be projected on the beautiful front of the Guildhall in Newcastle-under-Lyme using these assets. Each animator will respond to two voice-notes each, with a total length of 3 minutes per animator.

The final piece will combine a range of animators work and relish in the different styles used to bring each voice-note.

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Fee: £1500 for 5 days of work.

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Timeline:

  • Application by: midnight, Thursday 5th February.
  • Brief interviews: Monday, 9th February.
  • Our workshops - where community members will share voice notes and create initial art assets - will be taking place on 7th and 10th of February.
  • Work: 5 days (flexible and remote) between 16th - 27th February, giving us time to composite the entire piece before the launch on March 4th.
  • Public event: March 4th.


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Policy on AI. We are happy for AI-based techniques to be used as part of a balanced creative toolset, and for creatives to choose their own relationship with all new media / tools, while respecting the choices of other creative collaborators as they see fit. Our decisions will be made on overall artistic quality and collaborative potential.

Job Requirements

If chosen, you'll be given a 3-minute sound design with 2 voice-notes and a range of community art assets. Our technical lead will also provide geometry corrected outlines and reference images as surface as a basis for animating in whichever 2D/3D style you bring to the table.

You'll discuss with the creative director to come up with exciting ways to create the 3-minute animation within the 5 days allotted, and with the technical director to ensure it fits the building.

Job Responsibilities

About You

  • A clear range of skills in projection and animation
  • An ability to take community-created assets and transform them into eye-catching content mapped to unique buildings
  • Ideally, a unique, fresh and versatile visual language

As 2099 expand with a range of projection installations through 2026, this call-out is one of several we'll be doing out of a designer to meet new animators, creative coders and sound designers to help us define a unique language for our immersive storytelling.

Our origin is as a theatre company, and our strength is in storytelling. Our ambition this year is to meet a range of exciting cross-disciplinary visual designers and artists and work together to push our visual language to the next level - so feel free to reach out and share your portfolio and day rates even if your schedule doesn't allow for this opportunity .

How to Apply

Please email [email protected] with:

• Subject line: NUL Projection - [Your Name]
• A short bio
• Your portfolio or reel
• Your availability in late February
• Any experience working on projection projects

We know every application takes time, so big thanks in advance!

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