Employer branding · Media and entertainment
Artists know the delivery date too, and start looking two months before wrap.
Employer branding for an animation or VFX studio has to answer the question the whole trade lives with: what happens between shows. GullySales writes the careers content, the department descriptions and the reel and credit policy that an artist checks before signing a project contract.
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Employer branding for an animation or VFX studio has to answer the question the whole trade lives with: what happens between shows. GullySales writes the careers content, the department descriptions and the reel and credit policy that an artist checks before signing a project contract.
Also written for
Animation studios, VFX studios, Post-production houses.
Where this sits
For animation and VFX studios
Where it usually goes wrong, and what we would do.
“Project hiring means the exit is scheduled from day one”
You bring forty artists on for a show and the wrap date is in everyone's calendar. Saying nothing about what follows guarantees that your best compositor accepts another studio's offer in the last month of your own project.
“A junior is asking whether this is three years of roto”
Paint and prep work keeps the lights on and everybody knows it. The studios that keep juniors are the ones that describe, in writing, how somebody moves from prep into compositing, FX or lighting, and roughly when.
“What an artist may show afterwards decides whether they join”
A reel is a career. Client agreements restrict what can be shown and for how long, and most studios leave that conversation until an artist asks on the way out. State the position before the offer instead.
“Everyone came from the same handful of schools”
Seniors from your last crunch are already telling this year's batch how it went. In a trade this small your employer brand is decided in alumni groups, not on a jobs portal.
What we do
What we deliver for animation and VFX studios.
Every deliverable, what it covers for you, and the result it is there to produce. Nothing here is an extra.
A careers page organised by department
Modelling, rigging, animation, FX, lighting, compositing and pipeline, each with the software you actually run and the supervisor who leads it.
Result: An artist works out where the reel should be sent, and to whom.
The between-projects answer, in writing
Whether artists are retained, moved to another show, or released at wrap, and how notice works. Only what your production head will stand behind.
Result: Candidates decide with the real terms instead of the rumour.
A reel and credit policy on the page
What an artist may show, from when, and how credits are handled, drawn from your client agreements and checked by whoever signs them.
Result: One less argument at the end of every project.
The path out of prep, described
How a paint artist reaches a shot of their own, what the supervisor looks for, and the reviews that decide it, told by people who made that move here.
Result: Juniors who stay long enough to become the seniors you need.
Campus material for the animation schools
Content for the institutes you hire from, including what a reel should contain for your pipeline and the mistakes that get one rejected.
Result: Better reels in the inbox and a reason for faculty to point students at you.
How the result is measured
- Applications received per open role
- Careers page engagement and time on page
- Candidate drop-off during the interview process
- Referral hires as a share of total hires
Recorded as a baseline before work starts, then reported every month against it.
How it works
From your first message to the first monthly report.
No open-ended retainer. Each step has a point in time and something you receive.
01 · Day 1
Free audit call
45 minutes with whoever handles your enquiries: how they arrive, how fast they are answered, where they are lost.
02 · Within a few working days
Written, scored report
Six areas scored, fixes ranked by return and cost. If you want our help, the scope and fee come with it, in writing.
03 · Before work starts
Baseline recorded
Enquiries by source, reply time, conversion and cost per order, written down so every later month has an honest comparison.
04 · Month 1
The first fix goes live
Usually the cheapest one on the report: reply time, a follow-up sequence or the marketing-to-sales handover.
05 · Every month
Report against the baseline
What moved, what did not, and what changes next, in plain words.
06 · Month 3 to 6
Renew on the numbers
The term ends and you decide whether to continue from the results. No twelve-month lock.
How the work runs for animation and VFX studios
- 1
Talk to current employees
We interview a cross-section of staff honestly, including some who might raise uncomfortable points.
- 2
Find the genuine reasons to join
We identify what is actually true and attractive about working there, rather than generic claims that could apply anywhere.
- 3
Build the careers content
The careers page, job post templates and employee stories are written from what staff actually said.
- 4
Review the candidate experience
We check what happens between application and offer, since branding cannot fix a process that loses candidates through delay.
- 5
Hand over and refresh periodically
Content is handed over for ongoing use and revisited periodically as the team and roles change.
Why us
Why owners pick GullySales over an agency.
Marketing and sales, as one job
Most agencies stop at the enquiry. We also fix what happens after it: the reply, the follow-up, the quote and the CRM.
The person on the first call does the work
No account managers in between. You are never handed to someone you have not met.
A baseline before anything starts
Your numbers are written down on day one, so every monthly report compares against something honest.
The fee in writing, split three ways
Our time, your media spend and production on separate lines. You always see what goes to us.
No lock-in, no guarantees we cannot keep
Three to six months at a time. We never promise a ranking or a lead count, because nobody controls those.
One office, and we say so
Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru. We work across India by call and WhatsApp and travel when a session needs to be in person.
#257, 3rd floor, Sri Nanjundeshwara Complex, Nagarbhavi 8th Block, Outer Ring Road. How we work.
The offer
Start with a free audit of how you sell.
It is useful on its own, whether or not you hire us.
What you receive
- A 45-minute call with the person who will do the work
- A written, scored report on the six places orders leak, within a few working days
- Every fix ranked by what it returns and what it costs
- The one thing to do first, and why
- An honest line on whether you need outside help at all
- If you do, the scope and the fee in writing
No invoice. No obligation. No sales script.
FAQ
Questions owners ask before they call.
Not here? More answers, or ask on WhatsApp.
We genuinely cannot promise work between projects. What do we say?
Do you supply artists or handle project hiring?
Our client agreements stop us showing any of the work. Is there anything left?
How much does it cost?
How long is the contract?
How soon will we see results?
Who will actually do the work?
What do you need from us?
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