{"id":4899,"date":"2020-06-17T12:42:22","date_gmt":"2020-06-17T12:42:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/project.blueberry.ie\/back4good\/cms\/?p=4899"},"modified":"2020-06-17T12:42:58","modified_gmt":"2020-06-17T12:42:58","slug":"triggerfishjobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/project.blueberry.ie\/back4good\/cms\/triggerfishjobs\/","title":{"rendered":"Triggerfish animation studio chooses Galway as its first overseas expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Back 4 Good are pleased to report some good news on the employment front today with the announcement by the IDA that<strong> Triggerfish<\/strong> ,the animation studio behind Netflix&#8217;s first original animated TV series from Africa, today announced it is to establish its first international studio in <strong>Galway<\/strong> .<\/p>\n<p>The project is expected to create 60 new jobs over the next 3 years .<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4883\" src=\"https:\/\/project.blueberry.ie\/back4good\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/BB-IRELAND-300x232.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/project.blueberry.ie\/back4good\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/BB-IRELAND-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/project.blueberry.ie\/back4good\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/BB-IRELAND-1536x1187.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/project.blueberry.ie\/back4good\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/BB-IRELAND-2048x1583.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/project.blueberry.ie\/back4good\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/BB-IRELAND-768x593.jpg 768w, https:\/\/project.blueberry.ie\/back4good\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/BB-IRELAND-1024x791.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/project.blueberry.ie\/back4good\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/BB-IRELAND-624x482.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Triggerfish<\/strong> animated the Oscar-nominated Roald Dahl adaption <strong><em>Revolting Rhymes<\/em><\/strong> as well as the much loved Donaldson and Axel Scheffler adaptations such as the 2020 international Emmy-winning<strong><em> Zog<\/em><\/strong> .the 2020 British animation awards winner <strong><em>The Snail and the Whale<\/em><\/strong> , the BAFTA-nominated <strong><em>Stick Man<\/em> <\/strong>all produced by Magic Light Pictures .<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 1996 ,Triggerfish was instrumental in the birth of the south Africa animation industry.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4861\" src=\"https:\/\/project.blueberry.ie\/back4good\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/FullSizeRender-54-300x144.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/project.blueberry.ie\/back4good\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/FullSizeRender-54-300x144.jpg 300w, https:\/\/project.blueberry.ie\/back4good\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/FullSizeRender-54-768x368.jpg 768w, https:\/\/project.blueberry.ie\/back4good\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/FullSizeRender-54-1024x490.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/project.blueberry.ie\/back4good\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/FullSizeRender-54-624x299.jpg 624w, https:\/\/project.blueberry.ie\/back4good\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/FullSizeRender-54.jpg 1201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The studio&#8217;s first two features<strong><em> Adventures in Zambezia<\/em><\/strong> \u00a0and <strong><em>Khumba<\/em><\/strong> are among the five highest- grossing South African feature films of all time .<\/p>\n<p>Triggerfish is currently producing Netflix&#8217;s first original l African animated TV series , <strong><em>Mama K&#8217;s Team 4 .<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Animators keen on joining this new team for a promising adventure on a wonderful slate of new projects can apply via the careers tab at <strong><em>triggerfish.com<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Watch and embed a short introduction for <strong>Triggerfish<\/strong> award winning work at <strong><em>https:\/\/vimeo.com\/420660416.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you would like a career in animation conatct <strong><em>greg@project.blueberry.ie<\/em><\/strong> today<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back 4 Good are pleased to report some good news on the employment front today with the announcement by the IDA that Triggerfish ,the animation studio behind Netflix&#8217;s first original animated TV series from Africa, today announced it is to establish its first international studio in Galway . 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