JUNIOR VFX APPRENTICE

Skern Training; York and North Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid apprenticeship

Structured learning program

Job summary

ViridianFX in York offers a full‑time, 18‑month Level 4 Junior VFX apprenticeship. You will work with professional artists on real projects, develop practical skills in VFX, CG and post‑production, and complete the structured apprenticeship program alongside your role.

You will be treated as a valued contributor from week one, with opportunities to contribute ideas and learn across production and post‑production disciplines. Entry requirements apply.

Qualifications

• Creative mindset and problem solving in VFX
• Ability to learn quickly on real projects
• Collaborative spirit and willingness to contribute

Responsibilities

• Work alongside professional artists on real VFX projects
• Develop practical skills across VFX, CG, and post-production workflows
• Contribute to directing and storytelling as part of the apprenticeship
• Engage with emerging technologies and creative experimentation

Skills

Creative

Initiative

Education

GCSE Maths & English (C/4)

Job description

ViridianFX is a creative house in York making VFX and post-production for film and TV. We are looking for 4 creative, rebellious, problem-solving individuals. We're not interested in your showreel. We're not interested in your degree, or if you quit education altogether. We're interested in what you have made when nobody asked you to make it

We are looking for four creative, rebellious, problem-solving individuals.

Eighteen months. Paid. Based in York.

We are not interested in your showreel. We are not interested in your degree, or if you quit education all together.

We are interested in what you have made when nobody asked you to make it.

The video you cut on a borrowed laptop. The TikTok series nobody watched. The VR music video for your friend's band. The thing you built in Unreal at 3am because you wanted to see if it would work. The short film you finished, and the one you didn't. The experience of having tried.

If you have done something like this, and you suspect that moving images are still the most exciting medium on Earth, we would like to hear from you.

WHAT WE ARE

ViridianFX is a creative house in York making visual effects and post-production for film and television.

We also make our own work, including a mixed-reality storytelling experience for Apple Vision Pro.

The Viridian Academy is our attempt to find people who don't necessarily have the conventional credentials, but who have the curiosity, imagination and determination to make things anyway.

THE APPRENTICESHIP

This is a Level 4 Junior Visual Effects (VFX) Artist apprenticeship lasting 18 months.

You will work alongside professional artists and creatives on real projects, with real deadlines and real audiences.

You will develop practical skills across areas including:

• Visual effects and compositing
• CG, 3D and digital workflows
• Production and post-production
• Directing and storytelling
• Emerging technologies and creative experimentation

You will not be a runner. You will not be making tea (Unless you want tea!). You will not be invisible.

From the first week, you will be treated as someone whose ideas and perspective have a place in the work.

Alongside your role, you will complete the structured learning and assessment required for the Level 4 apprenticeship.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We don't know.

That's the point.

You might be a filmmaker, animator, gamer, coder, artist, 3D hobbyist, content creator or someone who has simply spent far too much time trying to make something work.

You may have formal qualifications. You may not.

What matters is that you are curious, creative, willing to learn and prepared to make things.

You also need to be collaborative.

The best idea in the room matters more than whose idea it was. If you can defend an idea when it deserves defending, but let someone else make it better when they have a better one, you'll fit in here.

We particularly welcome applications from people whose backgrounds and perspectives are underrepresented in the film, VFX and creative industries.

WHAT YOU GET

A full-time, 37.5-hour-per-week paid apprenticeship in a creative studio in York, working on professional VFX and post-production projects while developing your own creative voice.

We are less interested in what you are qualified to do than what you want to make.

Entry requirements

To be eligible to complete the apprenticeship training, applicants must have a grade C/4 in GCSE Maths and English

Skills required

• Creative
• Initiative

Training to be provided

This occupation is found in the British and International visual effects (VFX) industries, providing digital content for film, television, advertising, and corporate and immersive reality industries. VFX companies and studios vary in size and the number of employees they have. They are found across England and the UK. The output and remit of a VFX studio is varied, and they will produce work for a range of clients across advertising, film, television, and immersive reality. Some studios specialise in one area, particularly feature films which is the largest area of the industry.

VFX is the term used to describe any imagery created, altered, or enhanced for moving media. This involves the integration of live-action footage and computer-generated (CG) imagery to create images, which look realistic but would be dangerous, costly, or simply impossible to capture during live-action shooting such as explosions, car crashes or flooding of cities.

The broad purpose of the occupation is to collaborate with the team to create or manipulate VFX assets or elements to meet production requirements and perform a range of support functions to ensure the smooth running of a visual effects project. This is a core and options apprenticeship, with three options and the option taken is dependent on the VFX specialism of the employer.

Location

At a Glance

Salary:
£ 24784.5per year

Working week:
Monday to Friday

Duration:
18 Months

Apprenticeship standard:
Junior visual effects - VFX artist or assistant technical director - ATD (Level 4)