Pheya Tribelsky
Talent Manager
Animex 2026? How exciting! With a little intro to me: I'm a Talent Manager at Electric Theatre Collective! I've spent the past two years finding brilliant people, building teams and helping them grow. Before ETC, I worked across recruitment, talent and scheduling at studios like Nexus and Framestore. Rewind a little further, and you'll find me taking a detour into UX research at Google, having originally studied VFX with every intention of becoming a compositor, before realising my heart was in the people behind the pixels! Getting to bring together brilliant minds behind some pretty incredible projects, where no two briefs, teams or days are ever quite the same. Keeps things interesting, to say the least!"
Events featuring Pheya Tribelsky
'It's not all about Maya'
A little introduction to Electric Theatre Collective, what we do and why we think working in commercials is pretty cool!
We'll chat about what it's like working in short-form, the differences between being a generalist and a specialist, and take a peek behind the scenes of a few projects.
But beyond the cool visuals, we want to get into all the stuff that happens *outside* of Maya and Houdini. What does a round of feedback actually look like? Why do we spend so much time looking at references? How do you make sense of client notes? And how much of being an artist is actually about the software?
We'll also share a bit about the day-to-day reality of being an artist, the fun bits, the tricky bits and all the little things you pick up along the way.
The idea is to keep things honest, informal and hopefully leave you with a few useful tips, a bit of food for thought and some inspiration for your own creative journey!
And, of course, convince you that commercials are a pretty brilliant place to be!