The Kind of Job I’m Looking For.

Junior Animator
s2m Digital | Melbourne

$50000 – 60000 (pa)
Melbourne, VIC

Joining a multi award winning, Melbourne based marketing agency and you will get the opportunity to work with some of the world’s brightest brands. They’re looking for a talented Junior Animator with bucket loads of potential that can grow and be nurtured. Your portfolio should already demonstrate strong flash/animation skills but most importantly it will give us glimpses of your future brilliance.

Collaborating with some of the best Flash gurus around to bring awesome ideas to life, you should have a natural enthusiasm that makes people want to work with you and most of all you will want to learn everything you can whilst doing it.

In return your CV/portfolio will need to highlight the following:

• A degree in design (preferably interactive or multimedia design)

combined with creative flair and plenty of ideas.

• Experience creating highly engaging and effective websites, media

creative and games

• Enthusiasm and a good sense of humour
• Good knowledge of the usual creative tools, especially Flash
• A good portfolio of Flash design and animation that demonstrates potential as much as actual work
• A strong desire to learn and develop

You will be joining a bunch of passionate, talented and enthusiastic people who thrive on producing award winning Interactive campaigns in an environment they truly love to be involved in.

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I believe I have most of what they are asking for already. If this course gives me a great portfolio, these are the types of jobs I’ll be going for by next year. Extra skills I might need for this work are an understanding of motion and film.

Employment in Multimedia

Much like any other job, opportunities for employment in the multimedia industry can be found in many newspaper such as the Advertiser or the Australian, as well as on-line at job seeking sites like CareerOne and the Australian JobSearch website. But don’t dismiss resources as word of mouth and cold canvasing.

Jobs available at time of posting –

Entry level jobs;

• 2and2 – Flash Developer Junior/Graduate
• Catapult eLearning – Content Developer
• C-Learing – Multimedia/Design Graduate
• Yeahpoint – Jnr Flash Developer

Multimedia opportunities in South Australia;

• cjt designs – Senior Creative
• Fusion – Web/Digital Designer
• elevencross – Graphic Designer
• Clipsal – Web Designer/Developer

More opportunities interstate;

• S2M Digital – Flash Animator/Designer
• Scharp Design – Character Animation Artist
• PEDESTRIAN – Video Editor/Animator
• Neto E-commerce Solutions –Web Designer/Developer
• United Group Infrastructure – Multimedia Designer
• Horizon Consulting – Creative Director

Other than specific requests for software knowledge, (which differs not only between occupations but also design houses), these employers are generally seeking people with:

• Training
• Strong design and artistic skills
• Good communication and time management skills
• An understanding of industry concepts and trends
• Research skills

While most entry-level positions wont be advertised with a salary they can range from $30k – $60k, but usually closer to the $40k mark. Senior Designers can get around $80k or a little over $100k at the bigger corporations. Creative Directors, those that run whole companies, can break the $200k mark. These numbers can change from state to state.

To find out how much you can earn, check out – The Great Australian Pay Check Report

The Jobs posted here were all found using Seek, but other sites post positions available in the multimedia industry;

• AIMIA
• MFA
• S2M
• AGDA
• Freelancer
• artsHub

Interface Designer

An Interface Designer is a person who creates user interfaces for a variety of applications, such as computer programs, databases and websites. Taking into consideration visual/interface composition, design skills, typography, consistency, design systems, documentation, colour usage, iconography, and layout. They will also be expected to maintain these interfaces.

To be an Interface Desginger you need;

• Expertise in design tools such as Photoshop, Illustrator, and Fireworks.
• Advanced knowledge of HTML, CSS, AJAX, Flash, and other computer publishing environments.
• Exceptional graphic design skills.
• Understanding of user interface wireframing.
• Experience in Information Architecture, Information Design, Screen Layout and Interaction Design.
• Familiarity with desktop programming concepts.
• The ability to work quickly and efficiently.
• Some kind of recognised formal training, (Degree, Diploma).

The specialized areas of Multimedia that I would look into include;

• Flash Design/Development
• Video/Sound editing
• 2D Animation
• Web Design/Development