Early Career Placement - Technical Animation
With support from VicScreen, Princess Bento is offering a 5-month paid Early Career Placement to help early-career 2D Compositors / Technical Animators build their skills on a 2D adult animated series
The Technical Animation (compositing and retake animation) Placement will be full time based out of our Melbourne studio and the successful applicant will be trained up in all things 2D technical animation. Working with our amazing team, you will be guided through the whole process with the goal of contributing technical animation to the series.
This position is ideal for someone early in their 2D Animation career who is interested in the technical aspects of animation.
What you'll do:
Working alongside our compositing and retake team you will learn the fundamentals of technical animation within 2D animation.
You will contribute technical animation to our series with guidance from senior staff and department leads.
You will receive additional training in Harmony for compositing.
Who you are:
An early career 2D Compositor or Animator who wants to extend their skills in technical animation on a 2D series.
Someone with a basic understanding of the 2D animation pipeline and relevant skills in the compositing or retake animation department.
Someone with strong communication skills, a great work ethic and workplace professionalism.
Someone with a true passion for adult animation.
In addition to be eligible for the Program, you must:
Be a Victorian resident
Have been living in Victoria for at least 6 months immediately preceding the start of the Placement
Have the foundational knowledge and basic industry experience necessary to fulfil the Placement
Not already be engaged (as an employee, contractor or otherwise) by Princess Bento or a related company
Timeline:
Applications close at 5:00PM on 9th January 2026
Princess Bento will assess each application and invite shortlisted candidates to attend an interview in the week commencing 2nd February 2026
The successful candidate will be informed by 20th February 2026
The successful candidate will commence their 5 month placement on 10th March 2026
- Locations
- South Melbourne
About Princess Bento
Based in Melbourne Australia, Princess Bento is an animation studio formed by Victoria's iconic Princess Pictures, in collaboration with multi award-winning US studio Bento Box Entertainment.
With a bunch of new projects in the pipeline, we’re focused on creating high end 2D animation that is fresh, funny and inventive for a global audience.