Irish Animation Firm Jam Media Announces 22 New High Spec Animation Jobs

Irish animation firm Jam Media announced 22 new high specification jobs on foot of having secured a number of significant contracts with the BBC. The company made the announcement on June 16th during a visit to the firm by the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Mr. Jimmy Deenihan T.D.

JAM Media Chief Executive John Rice said:
“Having secured three new BBC contracts over the past 12 months JAM Media is now in a strong position to grow our development, production and software businesses. Our team will grow to 46 people by October which means that our company will be producing three series per year, along with five new projects in the development process. Section 481, IFB Funding and the BAI Sound & Vision Fund have been paramount in the company’s success so far allowing us to create jobs in Ireland and exploit the international rights to the series we have developed.

“With R & D Funding from Enterprise Ireland, the technology department in JAM Media started with the aim to create exciting interactive content on the web and mobile devices to enhance JAM Media’s animated properties and expanded rapidly creating cutting-edge software applications around our personalisation software named Head-Hunter. Our aim is to continue to create shows that not only speak to an Irish audience but an international one.”

Welcoming the announcement, Minister Deenihan said: "As the Minister with responsibility for audiovisual matters I am delighted at this announcement of 22 new jobs in JAM Media. This is very good news in these difficult economic times and is a great testament to the hard work of John Rice and his colleagues in JAM Media in creating these new jobs. It is also evidence that Government policy in this area is working through support provided by the Bord Scannán na hÉireann/the Irish Film Board and the Section 481 film tax relief scheme. Finally, I want to wish John continued success into the future".