The London Animation Project Seeking Freelance Stop-Motion Tutors for Schools
Freelance animation teaching opportunities across London
The London Animation Project, associated with The London Lens Project Ltd, is recruiting freelance After-School Animation Tutors to lead stop-motion film-making clubs in primary schools across London. The employer's role has been advertised on both Arts Jobs and University of the Arts London's Creative Opportunities platform, with a listed deadline of Tuesday 1 December 2026.
Tutors are compensated at £60 for each 90-minute session. This is a freelance creative education position with professional session fees, not a competition or a volunteer youth club.
Teaching animation, character and visual storytelling
Tutors deliver after-school workshops for primary-school pupils aged five to eleven, teaching practical storytelling, character design and basic stop-motion animation. Activities may involve LEGO, modelling materials, smartphones or tablets and structured digital-animation applications.
Sessions typically involve groups of up to 20 pupils. Responsibilities include preparing and packing equipment, facilitating inclusive creative work, supervising safeguarding and pupil handovers, maintaining attendance records and communicating with teachers and the project's management.
Experience and safeguarding
Applicants need practical experience working with primary-school children in educational, creative, recreational or childcare settings. They must have the confidence to manage a class independently, communicate with schools and parents and adapt activities to different ages and learning needs.
An interest or background in animation, photography, fine art, illustration or film is relevant; a formal teaching qualification or professional animation experience is not essential. The company supplies lesson plans, training and equipment. Tutoring requires safeguarding knowledge, completion of relevant training, an enhanced DBS check and independent travel to London schools.
Fee and timetable
The advertised rate is £60 for a 90-minute session, remunerated on a freelance/self-employed basis. Classes generally take place Monday to Friday around 3:00–5:00 p.m. during school term time; the employer prefers tutors who can work at least three weekday afternoons per week.
There is no published guarantee of a minimum number of remunerated sessions or total annual income. Confirm how many schools and sessions will be assigned, as well as payment and invoicing arrangements, before accepting work.
How to apply
Apply using the short form on The London Animation Project's own Work With Us page. That official page says applications are reviewed on a rolling basis and that suitable applicants are contacted to arrange an interview.
The employer-posted Arts Jobs and UAL job-board notices list 1 December 2026 as their closing or expiry date, while the organisation's own Work With Us page describes ongoing review. Because the pages do not give identical timing language, use the official form while it remains available and confirm the current deadline with the employer.
About The London Animation Project
The London Animation Project provides creative stop-motion animation and film-making workshops for schoolchildren. Its recruitment materials are published under The London Lens Project Ltd and focus on after-school animation, storytelling and visual creativity.
Official-terms disclaimer
This independent article was checked on 13 November 2026 against the organiser's own Work With Us page and two employer-submitted job notices. Confirm the live application status, session fee, safeguarding and disclosure checks, work eligibility and timing before applying. Original employer requirements and updates take precedence over this summary.