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Home / Arts and Cultural Programs / Programs Offered / ANIMATION JOBS

ANIMATION JOBS

DEGREE   JOBS   ABOUT   FACULTY  STUDENT

  
COME TO RIO HONDO AND LEARN HOW TO MAKE GAMES

GAME INDUSTRY FACTS

• Total video game software sales exceeded $24.5 billion in 2016.

• In 2015, there were 2,457 video game companies operating at 2,858 locations in all 50 states.

• The total direct employment by the U.S. game industry now exceeds 65,000 employees.

• The total employment that depends on the game software industry now exceeds 220,000.

• Between 2012 and 2014, the number of game company locations grew at an annual
rate of 14.1%.

• Between 2013 and 2015, direct employment in the U.S. game company industry grew at an
annual rate of 2.9%.

• In 2015, the average annual compensation per employee (wages, salaries and employer
contributions for pensions, insurance and government social insurance) was about $97,000.

• The U.S. game company industry’s value added to U.S. GDP was more than $11.7 billion in 2015.

• The real annual growth rate of the U.S. game software industry’s value added was 3.7% for
the period 2013-2015.

Source: Theesa


California Chancellor’s office

The California Chancellor’s office names 3D Animation as a program to watch! According to the Chancellor’s office from 2014 to 2024 there will be 740 new job openings each year in California for Animators!

Source: Labor Market


Game Sales

Sales of video games and consoles each year continue to eclipse the market for movies, both in ticket sales and purchase of DVDs. The video games industry has become big business and now encompasses not only the Playstations and XBOXes in living rooms, but smartphones and tablets where people can play anywhere, anytime!

Source: Labor Market


ANIMATION ADVISORY BOARD

 

Rio Hondo’s  Animation program is guided by Industry Professionals from local game studios. Each semester students have an opportunity to get to know people working in the Entertainment Arts through workshops, Panel discussions and lectures.

 
BOARD MEMBERS

 

Name:

Michael Cristobal Altamirano

Title:

Senior Environment Artist

Titles Worked on:  

Titanfall 2

Titanfall

God of War: Ascension

God of War 3

Lord of the Rings: Conquest

Full Spectrum Warrior 2: Ten Hammers

Full Spectrum Warrior

Cristobal

 

Name:

Kristen C. (Wong) Altamirano

Title:

Senior Environment Artist

Titles Worked on:  

Titanfall 2

What Remains of Edith Finch

Dead Realm

Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z

Fallout: New Vegas

Alpha Protocol

Neverwinter Nights 2

 

Name:

Daniel Cheng

Title:

Senior Concept artist at Treyarch

Titles Worked on:  

Call of Duty Black Ops

Black Ops 2

Black Ops 3

 

Name:

Chris Donaldson

Title:

Lead Environment artist

Titles Worked on:  

Diablo 3

Diablo 3 Reaper of Souls

 

Name:

Tri Do

Title:

Senior Environment Artist

Titles Worked on:  

mercenaries

mercenaries 2

Rift

Battlefield 4

Battlefield Hardline

Titanfall 2

 

Name:

Andrew Krelle

Title:

Senior Environment Artist at Seismic Games

Titles Worked on:  

Skylanders: Battlecast

CoD Black Ops 2

Black Ops 3

Saboteur

Mercenaries 2

Full Spectrum Warrior

 

Name:

Jason Shum

Title:

Senior Animator

Titles Worked on:  

The Order: 1886

Terra Nova

Green Lantern

Journey 2: The Mysterious Island

Star Wars: The Old Republic

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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