Employment Trends in Animation and Related Fields

Animation Careers in the District of Columbia

Overview - The District of Columbia is home to the Office of Motion Picture and Television Development. Thanks to an wide range of program options via Netflix, Amazon Prime, cable television, and more, the Office is now one of the busiest film offices in the country. Just a few “Made in DC” productions include Alpha House (Amazon), House of Cards (Netflix/Sony Pictures Entertainment), Catfish (MTV), Madame Secretary (CBS), Covert Affairs (TNT), VEEP (HBO), Blacklist (NBC), Scandal (ABC), and The Americans (FX). 

San Antonio Art Scene

San Antonio has a growing art scene that offers art walks and fairs year-round, dozens of art museums and art galleries of all sizes, and a growing number of art venues and associations that encourage experimental art of all kinds. A good example is the city’s signature arts event called Luminaria. This outdoor public festival is open to all and features film and media artists, visual artists, dancers, musicians, literary artists, and much more.

To get an idea of how fast the art scene has grown in San Antonio, Luminaria has tripled in size over the years, so it moved to a 90-acre park beginning in 2011. This is exciting news for animators interested in displaying their work. The larger space accommodates bigger crowds, larger installations, and more stages for performances. 

The Los Angeles Art Scene

It’s no secret that Los Angeles is the entertainment capital of the world, which is why filmmakers, producers, animators, and other artists flock here to claim their piece of the pie. The state is home to roughly a third of all animators and multimedia artists in the U.S., with the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale metropolitan area leading the pack. The Los Angeles area is also home to more working independent artists and animators than any other city and no other city offers more independent studios willing to take a chance on a new artist. 

What does it take to get a job with NCSOFT? What is it like working at NCSOFT? ACR takes a look:

About NCSOFT

Established in 1997, NCSOFT Corporation is a publisher and developer of massively multiplayer online role-playing games or MMORPGs. In addition to launching Korea’s “first highly popularized internet-based online game” titled Lineage, the company has produced popular titles such as Lineage 2, Aion, Guild Wars, Guild Wars 2, and Blade & Soul. Lineage is NCSOFT’s flagship product. Since the development of NCSOFT’s flagship product—Lineage,  the company’s games have attracted millions of subscribers in Korea alone, plus millions more worldwide.