Nickelodeon Animation Studios Recruiting Presentation At SVA | Butterbean’s Cafe

Nickelodeon Animation recently visited the School of Visual Arts in New York to give students a master class on the networks brand-new animated preschool series, Butterbean’s Cafe, and how to break into the Animation industry! The presentation featured two speakers from Nickelodeon Animation, who shared their insights: Ariel Goldberg oversees Nickelodeon Animation’s Recruitment efforts, and is responsible for hiring the studio’s 2D/3D artists, writers, directors, editors, and production crews. Goldberg discussed the best practices for putting together resumes, portfolios, and demo reels, how to make a successful impression in interviews and email correspondence, and how to network with industry professionals; and Mark Salisbury, the multiple Emmy award winning Director at Nickelodeon Animation Studios. He is currently the supervising director for Butterbean’s Cafe, set to debut on Nickelodeon in 2018. In 2016, he finished up his work as the series director, storyboard supervisor and editor on Nickelodeon's multiple Emmy and Annie award winning CG-animated preschool series Bubble Guppies. The presentation was structured as a giant Q&A, allowing students to ask the experts on how to break into the animation industry. Check out Nickelodeon Animation's Recruiting Presentation below!:



Butterbean's Cafe is about a fairy who runs a neighborhood cafe with her friends. The series will feature creative cooking, a farm-to-table philosophy and a social-emotional curriculum that focuses on leadership skills. Created by Jonny Belt and Robert Scull, the creators of Bubble Guppies, the series is produced by Brown Bag Films (Peter Rabbit) in Ireland.

The voice cast of Butterbean's Cafe will include: Athan Sporek (Les Misérables and A Bronx Tale on Broadway); Kirrilee Berger (stage productions of Billy Elliot and Mary Poppins, Dora The Explorer, Hall Stars, Nickelodeon Pilot Storyforia) as Poppy; Melissa Van Der Schyff (Sunny Day, Wallykazam!, The Thing About Babies, Jillian Holtzman in Ghostbusters (2016) LEGO Dimensions) as Miss Honeybook; Aiden Reid Medina (Team Umizoomi, Dora the Explorer, Myth of Robo Wonder Kid, Bubble Guppies, Dora and Friends: Into the City!, Blaze and the Monster Machines) as Reuben (recurring character), Kid 2 and Brookie Kid 1; Nancy Giles (The Jim Gaffigan Show, The Electric Company, Superheroes, Law & Order), Alysia Reiner (Orange Is the New Black, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, 30 Rock, The Sopranos); Gabriella Pizzolo; and clients of Stephanie Artuso, who runs the commercial department at Shirley Grant Management.

On the series, Cathi Turow (Sesame Street) serves as Headwriter; Mark Salisbury (The Naked Brothers Band) series as Supervising director; Laura Kleinbaum (Staff Writer at Nick Jr.) serves as Staff Writer; Rosie duPont serves as Script Assistant; Jake Bolles serves as a Editing Engineer, and provides Dialogue Recording services for the show; and Michael Kaufman (Bubble Guppies) serves as the Line Producer.

Four Butterbean's Cafe episode titles have also been revealed: "Reuben's Pizza Party", "Cricket Boss", "Jasper Petsitting", and "A Bean for Halloween".

The Butterbean’s Cafe theme song has been written by multi-platinum songwriter Jeannie Lurie (School of Rock).

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