Check out our Rob on today’s Morning Ireland radio show chatting animation and masquerading as the mysterious Paul Cullen!
It’s a great piece about the Irish animation industry and definitely worth a listen.
Click here to hear!
Animators Wanted!
Boulder are looking for talented 2D animators to join the team.
All applicants must be classically trained and a good working knowledge of Flash and/or Harmony is required.
Please email your applications along with links to your 2D specific showreels to ali@bouldermedia.tv
BG Artists Required
Boulder are currently looking for talented BG Artists.
The successful candidates must be proficient in Adobe Photoshop and have good knowledge of perspective and colour theory.
Experience is preferred but not essential.
Shortlisted candidates will be expected to complete a BG Test as part of the selection process.
If you have all of the above please apply with your BG specific cv/showreel to ali@bouldermedia.tv
Boulder Media are Hiring an IT Administrator
Boulder Media are currently looking for an enthusiastic, talented and technical Junior Systems Administrator/Developer to undertake the role of maintaining the day to day running of medium sized (100+) network of servers, workstations and other network devices. Applicants will be highly motivated and organized. We work in a fast paced environment which is also a great match for applicants interested in film, TV and animation.
The System Administrator is responsible for the deployment, operation, and maintenance of all hardware and software systems within the company’s IT infrastructure. The System Administrator is required to maintain and provide day to day support for hardware, operating systems, and industry standard software packages (Harmony, Flash, Photoshop, Maya).
In addition successful applicants will be responsible for the development and support of in house tools and procedures that extend, automate and enhance the core production pipeline.
Key responsibilities:
- Provide IT support for fast- paced media production operation by diagnosing and resolving various hardware and software issues on Windows and MacOS workstations. Setup and troubleshoot desktops, laptops, printers, and mobile devices.
- Manage a dynamic Windows server 2003 / 2008 /2012 infrastructure. Including storage, servers and networking equipment.
- Improve systems deployment, maintenance and service management capabilities through automation.
- Contribute to infrastructure reviews, capacity planning, disaster recovery solutions, system upgrades, load balancing strategies etc.
- Monitor and manage data retention and backup services.
- Perform root cause analysis of service impacting events and develop strategies to prevent re-occurrence.
- Provide weekly stats and reporting to IT manager
- Development and support of in house scripts, apps and procedures to extend and enhance the core production pipeline.
- Work with multiple departments, including animation, compositing, backgrounds, etc.. to design and implement custom production workflows.
Essential skills
- Knowledge of Windows Server 2003, 2008 and 2012 environments and familiarity with Active Directory.
- Knowledge of server technologies AD, LDAP, RAID, CIFS, network stack technologies
- Knowledge of networking fundamentals, specifically TCP/IP, routing, DNS, DHCP, and use of packet captures.
- Strong programming skills, Proficiency in at least 1 scripting language (Python, ActionScript)
- Experience using Javascript, jQuery, Ajax, HTML5 , CSS to build end user web applications
Desired skills
- Good understanding of deploying and managing Windows 7 and Office applications.
- Familiarity with Dell Sonicwall Firewalls and Cisco Switches
- Familiarity with FTP clients and servers.
- HP/Dell Server configuration
- Development experience in C, C++ or C#
- Understanding of Regular Expressions
- Experience integrating tools into existing or new pipelines.
- Experience with multiple Digital Content Creation applications such as Flash, Photoshop, After Effects, ToonBoom
- Production experience in computer animation, visual effects, or game industry.
Who We’re Looking For:
1) Bachelor ( 4Years ) degree, in computer science or similar.
4) One to two years systems administration experience.
5) Proven analytical and problem-solving abilities.
6) Pro active and self starter
Here you will be working with the latest technologies. If you are an aspiring technical support / systems administrator that is looking for a dynamic company in the media industry this is the right place for you. If you think that this job is for you apply in total confidence to ali@bouldermedia.tv
Animatic Editor Position
Thank you for your applications but I am afraid the position of Animatic Editor has now been filled.
Boulder T-Shirt Competition
A huge congrats to Shane Sadlier for fighting of some fierce competition to become the designer of the new official Boulder Crew t-shirt!
There was a crazy amount of effort and imagination that went into the design and the t-shirts look amazing so Shane we salute you!
We are hiring!
We are currently looking for a 2D Character Designer to work on an upcoming TV series.
The successful candidate will need to work in-house for the duration of the pre-production.
Please send relevant CV and Portfolio to: ali@bouldermedia.tv
We are Hiring!
Animatic Editor Required
Boulder Media are looking for an experienced Animatic Editor to work on our upcoming animated TV series.
The successful candidate will be responsible for creating an 11 min animatic from approved storyboards.
The Animatic Editor will need an excellent sense of timing and pace and is expected to flesh out the animatic with scratch track music and sound effects.
The animatics will be produced using Storyboard Pro.
Industry experience as an editor is a must. Length of contract is approx. 52 weeks.
Candidates with the necessary experience can apply to: ali@bouldermedia.tv