Lighthouse: New Irish Studio looking to hire 140 new jobs over 3 years.

JordanN

Not to be outdone by Cinesite/Klaus creating 500 new jobs, Ireland is also helping to inject new life into the industry.

CartoonBrew: 02/06/2017 

Two independent animation studios with reputations for high-quality work are joining forces to launch a new 2D-focused animation studio in Ireland, Lighthouse Studios.

Lighthouse, which is expected to create over 140 jobs in the next three years, is a partnership between Ottawa, Canada’s Mercury Filmworks, and Kilkenny, Ireland-based Cartoon Saloon. The new studio will also be located in Kilkenny, which now makes the small town of 25,000 something of an animation hub, with two significant animation studios.

The new Lighthouse partnership, supported by Ireland’s Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, will develop children’s and family animated content and provide end-to-end production services, from script writing, design, storyboard, animation and compositing to post production services. The studio’s 2D production pipeline, which will include some CGI intergration, will mirror Mercury’s Canadian operation, which means that it will rely primarily on Toon Boom Harmony.

Lighthouse will soon announce development and production projects, as well as launch a hiring initiative to bring aboard production management, as well as designers, animators, compositors, technical directors, 3D modelers, riggers, lighting, and texture artists, among other roles.

Full Article:
http://www.cartoonbrew.com/studios/cartoon-saloon-mercury-filmworks-launch-lighthouse-will-create-140-irish-animation-jobs-148361.html

It literally appears the studio is brand new as unfortunately, the website's career page is just a link to the company's email. 

JordanN

Decided to check back and they did update their careers page. They have a ton of job postings listed.

Unfortunately, it's for European Union residents only.   

https://www.lighthousestudios.ie/take-action/

JordanN

They're hosting a job fair on April 8th.

They've also taken down their EU requirement. Internationals now accepted?

http://www.cartoonsaloon.ie/jobs-2/