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    "description": "<p><span style=\"color: rgb(72, 65, 63); font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold\">Flying Bark Productions is a dynamic and innovative animation studio dedicated to pushing the boundaries of character animation and storytelling. We are working on exciting projects such as Avatar: The Last Airbender feature film, Netflix's Ghostbusters animated series and Stranger Things animated series as well as upcoming feature film, Zac Power.</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(224, 62, 45); font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold\">*Please note that you must be open to relocate to Sydney, no remote opportunities available.*</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">The Layout Lead is responsible for ensuring all cinematographic aspects of the CG production are executed creatively according to the Director’s vision and to the required technical specifications of the production. 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