Animation professionals employ their craft in film, television, Internet media and video games, combining artistic vision and technical mastery to bring artwork to life. They are knowledgeable about the theories associated with the medium as well as its contemporary context and history.
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- 2-D animator
- 2-D layout and background artist
- 3-D animator
- 3-D previz artist
- Animation producer
- Art director
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- Character designer
- Character technical director/rigger
- Digital cel (paperless) animator
- Digital modeler
- Mixed-media animator
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- Stop motion animator
- Stop motion fabricator
- Storyboard and concept artist
- Teacher/demo artist
- Texture/lighting technical director
Annually, more than 500 national and international companies and organizations recruit SCAD students and alumni. In 2010, more than 85 percent of SCAD alumni responding to a survey were employed or pursuing further education within six months of graduation.
Employers of SCAD alumni include:
- Activision
- Blizzard Entertainment
- Blue Sky Studios
- Cartoon Network
- Charlex
- Digital Domain
- DreamWorks
- Electronic Arts
- Fisher-Price
- Kiz Toys
- Lucasfilm Animation
- Macquarium
- Nickelodeon
- Pixar Animation Studios
- Radical Axis
- Raven Software
- Rhythm & Hues Studios
- Sony Pictures Imageworks
- Turner Studios
- Walt Disney Feature Animation
