Aardman

Aardman has a deserved reputation as a world leader in model animation. Their award-winning work leads the field producing a unique brand of independent film alongside work for broadcast and advertising spots.The studio has had seven Oscar® nominations, and has won four.

It’s a great time to join Aardman right now – we have lots of exciting projects in development & in production – across all genres & have just moved into our state of the art new building, at the heart of the vibrant city of Bristol.

Bristol’s culture is unique; it has a creative & vibrant energy & has a host of green open spaces if you want to get away from it all. The city is choc full of cafes, bars, restaurants to suit all tastes & is great for walking, cycling, theatre & festivals – from the world famous Animated Encounters to the annual Balloon Fiesta & Festival of the Sea.

Peter Lord and David Sproxton began their animating partnership at school. In 1972 they registered the name Aardman Animations. After graduating, they moved to Bristol in 1976 where they created Morph for the children's programme 'Take Hart'.

Benefits we can offer you:

Aside from competitive remuneration packages, at Aardman we respect the work/life balance – we want you to work hard & play hard too! We’re happy to grant sabbaticals & flexible working for family commitments where we can & we’ll also offer enhanced maternity and paternity leave so you can spend time with your little ones (some service restrictions apply). We also take an appropriate approach to employment by making sure we regularly review our recruitment and employment processes in line with best practice and changing legislation. We’re interested in your views, we encourage communication and empower you to get involved across the whole company via our consultative works council.

We’re also committed to the environment which is why our state of the art new building uses natural and sustainable materials and is as energy efficient as we can make it. You’ll find recycling is commonplace here and people will go round turning lights and switches off! There’s a bike scheme, multiple corporate gym memberships, as well as healthy canteen food on offer and weekly on site massage – because we take your health and wellbeing very seriously.

Benefits of a career with Aardman can include:

Enhanced annual leave, company sick pay scheme, access to a pension, life assurance, subsidised gym membership, subsidised on site canteen, childcare vouchers, free and confidential access to external employee assistance programme for advice on emotional, financial, legal, tax issues, paternity Leave, parental Leave, maternity, special and compassionate leave, sabbaticals, and flexible working.

*service criteria may apply and not all benefits are applicable to every employee as a result of this.