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Events
MAL Lunch & Learn
1st Wednesday, 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM ET, Monthly
Need practical career skills but don't have hours to spare? Spend your lunch break learning something you can immediately use to strengthen your career, business, or professional relationships.
MAL Artist Clinic
1st Friday, 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM ET, Monthly
Have an animation question involving your career, portfolio, pitch, production, team, or resources? Submit it in advance, meet with us 1-on-1, and leave with a clear answer and next steps.
MAL Talent Show
1st Saturday, 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM ET, Annual
Have the talent but never had the opportunity to be seen? Showcase your work to recruiters, hiring managers, producers, and project leaders looking for animation talent they may not have discovered yet.
MAL Show & Tell
2nd Wednesday, 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM ET, Monthly
Working on something you wish more people could see? Share your work, process, ideas, or works in progress with other animation professionals and make connections through what you create.
MAL Spotlight Series
2nd Wednesday, 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM ET, Bi-Monthly
Interested in an animation career or opportunity no one ever taught you how to pursue? Learn directly from professionals who can show you how these roles, businesses, and creative pathways actually work.
MAL Job & Internship Hunt
2nd Sunday, 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM ET, Bi-Monthly
Looking for an animation job or internship? Meet people who hire, hear about current and upcoming opportunities, get your materials reviewed, and make connections that can move your career forward.
MAL Animation Dinner
3rd Tuesday, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM ET, Quarterly
Tired of networking events where you meet plenty of people but none of the right people? Tell us who you want to meet, and we'll place you in curated conversations designed to help you find the connections you came for.
Whether you want to build your skills, find opportunities, grow your network, get answers, or simply connect with other people in animation, there’s a place for you here!
Explore our events and programs below, or add the My Animation Life Event Calendar to keep up with upcoming dates, new offerings, and schedule updates.
Next Event
MAL Artist Clinic | November Appointments
Friday, November 6, 2026 @ 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM ET, Monthly
Have an animation question involving your career, portfolio, pitch, production, team, or resources? Submit it in advance, meet with us 1-on-1, and leave with a clear answer and next steps.
Programs
MAL Job Club
Every Mon. 7PM - 8PM ET, Weekly
Looking for work and tired of doing it alone? Meet weekly to share job leads and wins, get help when you're stuck, set goals, and stay accountable throughout your job search.
MAL Co-Working
1st & 3rd Mon. 8PM - 10PM ET, Bi-Monthly
Have work to finish but keep putting it off? Bring your project, portfolio, applications, or business tasks and choose between quiet focused work or a room where you can work and chat with others.
MAL Training | Animation For Beginners
Sat. 10AM - 12PM ET, 12 Weeks
Interested in animation but don't know where to start? Learn how animation gets made, the roles throughout the production pipeline, core principles, workflows, terminology, and the fundamentals you need to start finding where you fit.
MAL Training | The Business of Animation
Thu. 7PM - 9PM ET, 12 Weeks
Love animation but don't understand how people actually make money from it? Learn about employment, freelancing, studios, clients, merchandise, sponsorships, branding, contracts, subcontracting, taxes, and building an animation business of your own.
MAL Summer Camp
June 7 - July 30, 2027, 8 Weeks
Want to spend your summer making something awesome? Join other young creatives for hands-on animation camps where you'll learn new skills, build projects, experiment with different creative pathways, and have something you made to show at the end.
MAL Coffee Chats
Matches Sent Every Other Mon., Bi-Weekly
Want to grow your network but don't know who to talk to? We'll introduce you to someone new for a casual 30-minute conversation so you can practice networking, build relationships, and meet more people throughout the animation community.
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FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
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A recruiter is especially valuable when you need to fill a specialized role, hire within a deadline, reach talent outside your existing network, recruit globally, manage a large applicant pool, or determine whether applicants can actually perform the work. Referrals and job postings may introduce you to candidates, but they rarely provide the strategy, reach, screening, and structure of a professional search.
We can define the role, develop the job description, identify and approach talent, review résumés and portfolios, conduct interviews, manage candidate communication, support your final selection, and assist with offers and onboarding. You remain in control of the hiring decision while we manage the work required to help you make it confidently.
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No. You can hire us to manage the complete talent acquisition process or choose only the services your team needs.
Already have applicants but need an expert to evaluate them? We can screen their résumés, reels, portfolios, and experience. Have candidates you want interviewed professionally before they meet your team? We can conduct the first interviews and recommend who should advance. You can also hire us separately for sourcing, job descriptions, recruitment strategy, offer support, onboarding, or consultation.
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Your cost will depend on the type of role, level of seniority, search difficulty, hiring deadline, location, number of positions, and how much of the process you want us to manage. Recruiting agencies commonly charge a percentage of the hire’s first-year compensation, a retained fee paid throughout the search, or a flat, hourly, or monthly fee for specific services.
We offer flexible pricing based on your hiring needs. Before the search begins, you will receive a written proposal explaining the services, fee structure, payment schedule, and what is included, so you know exactly what to expect.
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Your hiring timeline will depend on the role, compensation, location, work arrangement, required experience, benefits, and availability of qualified talent. A well-paid remote position with common industry requirements will usually be easier to fill than a highly specialized role with a limited budget, an on-site requirement, or an unusual combination of skills.
Your team’s responsiveness also matters. Quick interview scheduling, clear feedback, and timely decisions help prevent strong candidates from accepting other opportunities. We will give you a realistic search timeline and tell you when the compensation, requirements, workload, or working conditions may be limiting your options.
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Our in-field experts review more than a polished résumé or impressive portfolio. We assess the applicant’s reel, technical abilities, production experience, role-specific responsibilities, and individual contribution to the work presented. This helps reduce the risk of inflated credentials, portfolio fraud, and hiring someone whose materials look stronger than their actual capabilities.
We also conduct structured, competency-based interviews that require candidates to explain their decisions, processes, tools, responsibilities, and results. When references, credential verification, or background checks are needed, we will help you determine the appropriate next steps.
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Yes. We recruit professionals for freelance assignments, project-based work, temporary support, long-term contracts, permanent positions, and executive leadership roles. Your search can focus on local, remote, or global talent based on your project, schedule, budget, and working requirements.
We can also help you determine which hiring arrangement best fits the work. When your search involves employee classification, international hiring, payroll, immigration, taxes, or employment law, we will identify the concern and connect you with the appropriate legal, financial, or employment specialist.
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Absolutely. You do not need to understand recruiting terminology, employment classifications, compensation structures, interview practices, or onboarding systems before working with us. We will guide you through defining the work, choosing the right type of hire, setting compensation, developing the job description, evaluating talent, conducting interviews, making an offer, and preparing for the person’s first day.
We can also support you after the hire with onboarding plans, role expectations, communication systems, deliverables, feedback processes, and performance checkpoints. Our goal is not only to help you hire the right person, but also to help you build a productive working relationship once they join your team.