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Looking for job in Korea, in Animation

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  • 20-12-2013 9:39pm
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    aob85
    Registered Users Posts: 71 ✭✭


    Hi
    I've saved up enough money to fly to Korea and stay for a month... But i wuld preferrably like to live there fr 1 year and wrk in the animation industry. Does anybody have any links or any idea where I should start looking?
    I'm fully qualified, and have been working in the animation industry here in Ireland for the past 3 years. I'm als studying Korean wednesday nights in Trinity.

    Kind Regards
    Alana
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    Hobbes
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    If you are going over on a holiday visa you won't be able to apply/accept a job while there. Also animation jobs in South Korea are not paid well.

    I would certainly recommend to go for a month to see what the country is like. It is very different to Ireland, and often people who have never visited have a romanticised view of the country (in much the same way people feel about Ireland and have never been here).


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    aob85
    Registered Users Posts: 71 ✭✭aob85


    Hobbes wrote: »
    If you are going over on a holiday visa you won't be able to apply/accept a job while there. Also animation jobs in South Korea are not paid well.

    I would certainly recommend to go for a month to see what the country is like. It is very different to Ireland, and often people who have never visited have a romanticised view of the country (in much the same way people feel about Ireland and have never been here).[/quotconcer

    Hi! Thanks for your concern, I've been to korea before actually! I was the Irish contestant on 'Quiz on Korea 2013'
    Its on YouTube so you can have a look lol
    And I know all about the bad pay in the animation industry over there, I want to go over for 6 months to a year. Make enough money to live on.. If I save any its a plus :) I'm going over to experience a culture which I love.


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    PMC83
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    Heres one westerners experience of working in a Korean animation house:

    http://youngsoojang.blogspot.kr/2012/04/blog-post.html


    Good reading


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    aob85
    Registered Users Posts: 71 ✭✭aob85


    PMC83 wrote: »
    Heres one westerners experience of working in a Korean animation house:

    http://youngsoojang.blogspot.kr/2012/04/blog-post.html


    Good reading

    Oh thanks for the link! really informative from an animators perspective, just what i needed to hear tbh


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