Bachelor of Animation Tutor

Rare opportunity to join a team that prides itself in making a meaningful difference to the lives of students and their communities! 

• Work with a collaborative and supportive team 
• Exciting and ever-changing environment 
• Strong commitment to your growth & development

About the role:

An amazing opportunity to join our growing Yoobee Wellington campus to teach our Bachelor of Animation Programme.

You will be walking into an energetic environment where value is placed on delivering outcomes rather than micro-managing work and tasks. You will be given autonomy to work in a way that gets the best results and will be expected to take responsibility and make things happen.

Some of your key responsibilities will be to:

• Deliver assessments and evaluate to prescribed national and local qualification standards
• Assist with the care and maintenance of classrooms/labs and teaching equipment and resources including marketing and campus events
• Record student data, assessment results, attendance, student-at-risk and other compliance related documentation
• Participate in the continuous improvement of course content and teaching resources

About you:

You will describe yourself as an accomplished animation practitioner who is enthusiastic, positive, patient, and motivated self-starter who has a passion for sharing knowledge and trying new things.

Formal teaching experience is not required, but is advantageous. However, your exceptional communication and time management skills, along with the ability to connect and build relationships will be the key to your success!

Ideally, you will also have:

• A Masters or at a minimum Honors degree level qualification in animation or related field is essential.
• Expertise in games and interactive media, creating game projects, all areas needed to teach fundamentals and support student projects
• Skills to teach essential modelling, texturing, 3D generalist production
• Skills to teach animation fundamentals, applied in both 2D and 3D projects
• Ability to guide story and visual development, storyboarding skills, fundamental design skills including character and environment design
• Skills and experience with producing 2D and 3D projects, Experience working individually and in multi-disciplinary teams, and confidence in coordinating and supervising team projects
• An ability to connect with students through a variety of delivery methods and provide basic pastoral care and support
• Have experience in some or all the following key discipline skills: Adobe PS, AE, Toonboom, Maya, Substance – Modeling, Texturing, Lighting, Rendering, Rigging, Unity, Unreal, Animation knowledge and skills, intermediate animation, Concept Art / Visual Communication/Design Theory
• Experience with a range of research methodologies, currently research active and ideally experience supervising research
• Keen to expand your adult teaching skillset as part of your professional development
• Knowledge of Assessment, Moderation and self-assessment practice
• Commitment to Te Tiriti O Waitangi

About Us:

Yoobee Colleges prides itself on supporting a diverse and inclusive culture - open to inputs from creative people of all genders, ethnicity, identity, thought and experiences. We are fast movers, action orientated, keen innovators, and quick thinkers who enjoy a workplace that is inspiring and fun.

Making a difference to someone’s life by sharing your industry knowledge, experience and stories is incredibly exciting and rewarding. We work passionately to prepare our students’ to be ‘work ready, world ready’ for an industry we love . . . and you can be a part of this.

At Yoobee Colleges, we believe learning should be defined by the exceptional. New Zealand’s largest specialist creative and technology college; we’ve been fueling the creative and tech industries for over 30 years with talented Animators, Filmmakers, Designers, Techies, and Game Developers. We offer online delivery, alongside our campuses based in Auckland, Wellington, and Christchurch.

To find out more about us, please visit https://www.yoobee.ac.nz/

Our application process:

Questions about your identity help us appreciate the diversity of individuals looking to work at UP Education, ensuring we’re attracting applications from people with identities and perspectives that are as diverse as our students. These are voluntary disclosures and candidates can elect not to answer these questions.

We are an equal opportunity employer. As part of our commitment to equity, we work to ensure a fair and consistent interview process.  We celebrate diversity and we are committed to an inclusive work environment.