As part of my research, I went on Linkedin to find potential companies that have roles I could apply for in the future. Being a fan of Frontier Developments, a games company that has produced a variety of video games such as Planet Zoo and the Jurassic Park Evolution series, I looked into what current roles and opportunities they had. I could see that they had a 3D animator role and I dropped a message on the posting to find out what they are looking for in a candidate as well as what things I need to do in order to apply. I received a reply fairly quickly from Frontier’s talent advisors. They were super helpful and gave me a lot of insight as to what’s expected of an animator and what sort of work I should be doing to get there.

This short interaction has been very helpful to realising what I need to include in my portfolio when I start applying for jobs. The advice given has shown me that having strong animation skills is a must and it would be good for me to show that I can animate a variety of bipeds, quadrupeds and other creatures.