Laika Entertainment

Laika\ like-uh\ noun: 1. the first living thing from earth to be launched into space. 2. A cool animation company in Portland, Ore that is taking on Pixar and Dreamworks.

There is a good chance that Laika Entertainment is about to become the largest company in Portland that you have never heard of. Why, you ask? First, because it's former name was Will Vinton Studio's. Most importantly, it is now owned by Nike co-founder Phil Knight and he has big plans.

Big plan #1: Don't let Pixar and Dreamworks have all the fun (and business). Big plan #2: take the best of Nike, an undisputed market leader, and implement at Laika. One of the most noticeable implementations? A 30 acre, 4 building campus in a Portland suburb. They've got your attention now, don't they?

So they'll need to fill those buildings with employee's, so get on over to their jobs page and check out the opportunities. Newspaper reports from over the last couple of years say that the company will swell to between 300-400 employee's by 2010! Keep in mind that every company needs finance, marketing, sales, accounting, IT, and all that other good stuff....they'll be hiring a lot more than just animators. At the time of this blog post, they have over 40 Portland area jobs listed on their site!

So if you want a fun place to work, a place on the cutting edge of entertainment, check out Laika Entertainment at the below links:

Homepage
Jobs Page
Wikipedia page