Trainee animation production coordinator

Closing date for applications: 20 October 2025 at 12 noon

Salary: £112 a day

Expenses: Additional travel expenses will be covered

Location: Remote working, some travel to attend meetings in East Midlands/South East

Contract: Fixed term, part time, PAYE

Dates: Part time, 1 day per week, from 17 November 2025 to 18 December 2026, approx. 60 days over 13 months

Line manager: Abigail Addison, producer

Ready to grow your animation career in a supportive, creative environment? This is your chance to join the team behind award-winning shorts and gain hands-on experience throughout the entire production journey.

Animate Projects Productions Limited (APPL) is an independent animation production company. It is a new sister company to Animate Projects, an organisation that exists to support artists to experiment, collaborate and produce bold animation projects. APPL is currently producing:

• Re-Mind by Dominica Harrison, a short that mixes digital animation and printing techniques. The production is supported by the BFI, awarding funds from the National Lottery
• Hand painted animation Daughters of the Late Colonel by award-winning writer-director Elizabeth Hobbs. This production is supported by co-producers Phil Davies Films and Fabian&Fred.

Animate supports artists to experiment, collaborate and produce bold animation projects. Led by Abigail Addison and Gary Thomas, since 2007 they have produced high-quality, innovative, experimental, and engaging films. Their award-winning productions include: The Debutante by Elizabeth Hobbs, which was Oscar shortlisted and won the Animated Short Jury Award at South by South West. And Granny Would Dance by Maryam Mohajer, which won Best of Festival and Best Animation awards at Aesthetica Short Film Festival.

APPL is looking to recruit a trainee who has a passion for artistic animated work, experience with animation production, and is keen to develop a career in production. Over the course of 13 months, you will see the journey of a short animation production as it moves from pre-production through to delivery and distribution. You will support us with the production and delivery of our films that are in production, plus assist with other development activity. You will be mentored by the producer and be an integral part of the production teams.


Responsibilities

• Maintaining schedules and shot lists
• Collating information from the crew
• Attending production meetings and taking notes
• File management
• Research support
• Booking travel and purchasing materials
• Producing regular reports to be submitted to stakeholders
• Post production organisation
• Liaising with crew members, producers, and funders
• Any other tasks as may be reasonably required

Knowledge, skills & experience

• Interest in working in animation production as a career
• Experience of organising and working with Google Drive and Word documents and Dropbox folders
• Experience of working with spreadsheets and budgets
• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent planning and organisational skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Exceptional time management and prioritisation skills
• Confident self-starter
• Experience of managing animation projects
• Knowledge of the 2D animation pipeline
• Experience of working with animation and editing software such as TVPaint, After Effects, Dragonframe, and Premiere is desirable but not essential

How to apply

Please send us the following by Monday 20 October, 12 noon:

• Your CV as a Word or PDF document attachment (maximum two pages) or a link to an up to date LinkedIn profile
• A cover letter (maximum two pages) either typed via Creative Access or as a Word or PDF document attachment or a link to a video or voice memo (no longer than 5 minutes). Please outline your previous relevant experience and suitability, and why you are keen to join us and would like to take on this role

Please also fill out the anonymous Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form linked.

Interviews to be held on a video platform on 5, 6 or 7 November.

If you have any questions about the role or if you require the job description in an alternative form, please email Abigail Addison at appl@animateprojects.org. If you have any access needs or barriers to access that you would like to discuss, please do not hesitate to let us know either before applying or as part of your application. The successful candidate will be required to demonstrate that they hold the right to work in the United Kingdom. We will notify all candidates who have not been shortlisted for interview, but we are unable to offer detailed feedback. Please note: we cannot consider candidates who are in education during the dates of the term.

This opportunity is open to individuals from a group that is under-represented in the arts and creative industries, because we are committed to creating a more inclusive and diverse workforce. This includes, but is not limited to Black, Asian and ethnically diverse candidates, disabled people, those undergoing gender reassignment/transitioning and individuals from lower socioeconomic backgrounds.

Please state in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.