[dorkbotsea-blabber] Fwd: Calling the Dorknet: we need an animator on a highly Dorquesque Project!

[shelly at hive-mind.com]

any animators out there?

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From: Ari Hollander <ari at firsthand.com>
Date: Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 6:52 PM
Subject: Calling the Dorknet: we need an animator on a highly Dorquesque
Project!
To: Kate Seekings <kate at whimsyfree.com>, "shelly at hive-mind.com" <
shellyhivemind at gmail.com>


Hi Kate and Shelly,
I am a Dorkbot lurker these days (and I believe I was hiding behind an
orange badge for six or seven months in Kate's studio at MGS back during the
turmoil of 2002).  Sadly having a three-year-old has taken a bite out of my
Mad Scientist social calendar so I haven't been haunting the halls of
Dorkdom lately.  HOWEVER, I do have a item of potential interest to local
Dorkboteers (and perhaps others in your circles) especially in the current
economy...

My company (Firsthand Technology Inc.) is looking to hire a Senior 3D
Animator on a wild new government-funded project:  It is stereoscopic 3D
multi-player direct-manipulation behavior-modification and it is coming to
the Pacific Science Center in 2010.  We have *nearly* reached critical mass
on the construction crew, but the last missing piece is an appropriately
amazing individual to provide artistic vision and key character design and
animation skills.  We're looking for a brilliant artist and master of Maya
or 3D Studio Max character design (and modelling, rigging, and animation) to
flesh-out our team.  This should be someone who not only knows the tools
inside and out, but also has deep insight into the character design process.

We have just moved in to our new and super-cool offices on Lake Union in
Seattle ("on" as in on piers and surrounded on three sides by water-- the
other founder is even contemplating commuting by Jet-Ski).  We have hired
our 6th full-time employee (+ one part-time 3D artist) and we have an
amazing group of collaborators including Turner Exhibits (exhibit
fabrication and "Kinetic Architecture" extraordinaire), LA CAB Exhibits, the
co-inventor of holographic TV and the UW Department of Dental and Public
Health Sciences.  This is going to be an amazing project!  It embodies
everything that our little education technology company has stood for since
1995: People-centric design, immersive technology, innovative control and
display systems, and an ambitious, broad-reaching goal to change the lives
of millions.  We are missing only our artistic spark-- help us find it!

Anyone who might be interested should check out:
http://www.firsthand.com/jobs/lead-artist.html for more information.

Thanks,

------>Ari

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Ari J. Hollander
CEO & Technical Director
Firsthand Technology, Inc.
Voice: (206) 361-6400
Fax: (206) 629-9522
http://www.firsthand.com
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