Vacancies at Aardman are advertised on this page of our website. In addition some vacancies are also advertised in Venue Magazine, Bristol Evening Post, The Guardian Media and in relevant industry publications.
If we are not advertising the specific job you are interested in, and you would like to make a speculative enquiry please email your full CV with a completed CV Coversheet to jobs@aardman.com. or post to Human Resources Aardman Features Ltd, 1410 Aztec West Business Park, Almondsbury, Bristol, BS32 4RT. To make the best of your application please be specific about which areas you are interested in.
We will retain your details on file for six months and will contact you should a suitable position arise. If you have any objections to your details being retained on file for six months or being circulated around the business, please tell us in writing and we will remove your details.
If we are not advertising the specific creative role that you are interested in you may decide to send us a speculative application. When we receive your application we will retain your details on file for six months and will contact you should a suitable position arise. If you have any objections to your details being retained on file for six months, or being circulated around the business, please tell us in writing and we will remove your details. We try to provide creative applicants with some feedback on their showreel/work samples, but this process can take up to 8 weeks so please bear with us if you don’t hear immediately.
CGI:
To make a speculative application for future CGI positions please post your full CV, a showreel and a completed CV Coversheet to CGI Department, Aardman Animations Ltd, Gas Ferry Road, Bristol, BS1 6UN. To make the best of your application please send a full CV (a credit list is not enough). See this word document on showreels for advice, in CGI we prefer reels on VHS (NTSC or PAL) but also accept DVD’s and CD’s. Please do not send us links to your website or attachments. Unfortunately we cannot return showreels, so please don’t send any originals!
Stop Motion Animation:
To make a speculative application for future Stop Motion positions please post your full CV, CV Coversheet and showreel to Showreels, Aardman Animations, Gas Ferry Road, Bristol, BS1 6UN. See the section on showreels for advice. Unfortunately we cannot return showreels, so please don’t send any originals!
Model Making / Sculpting:
To make a speculative application for future Model Making positions please post your full CV, CV Coversheet and samples of your work to Model Making, Aardman Animations, Gas Ferry Road, Bristol, BS1 6UN. Please send only a couple of clear, colour pictures of your work. Please do not send original photos of your work, as we cannot return them.
Storyboard:
We employ relatively few storyboard artists but if you’d like to make a speculative application for future positions, please post your full CV, CV Coversheet and samples of your work to Showreels, Aardman Animations, Gas Ferry Road, Bristol, BS1 6UN. Please do not send original copies of your work, as unfortunately we cannot return them.
Other creative positions:
Please email your full CV with a completed CV Coversheet to jobs@aardman.com. or post your CV to Human Resources, Aardman Features Ltd, 1410 Aztec West Business Park, Almondsbury, Bristol, BS32 4RT. To make the best of your application please send a full CV (a credit list is not enough), and you’ll need to be specific about which areas you are interested.