Samantha Goff is an animation industry Manager, Recruiter, Outreach Specialist, DEI Advocate, and Career Development Coach. Self-proclaimed "animation activist," Sam currently works as a Talent Manager with Fourth Wall Management in the animation division.
After achieving a B.A. in Animation from the top-rated Loyola Marymount University School of Film and Television, she worked in animation production - both features and television - with Dreamworks Animation. There she worked on many notable titles such as Spirit: Riding Free, Fast & Furious: Spy Racers, and The Bad Guys.
After her time working as an animation production professional, Sam transitioned to the Outreach & Engagement department with Netflix’s fledgling (at the time) animation studio. At Netflix she pioneered a mentorship program targeted at uplifting BIPOC talent known as the Foundations Program, helped manage the Early Career Trainee Program in the early career storyboarding and visual development disciplines, and created an internal DEI celebration known as the Unlearning Series.
Today, Sam works at Fourth Wall Management where she helps manage the careers of writers, directors, story artists, and visual development artists. As a manager, she is a reverse recruiter, career coach, producer, and sometimes even a therapist. Outside of her day job, Sam is a mentor and educator in the animation world. She regularly volunteers her time to mentor with organizations like BRIC and Women in Animation. In her speaking engagements, Sam specializes in helping those looking to break into the industry make their applications “recruiter friendly”. She teaches her personal animation DEI activism course, Animated Perspectives, at her alma mater- Loyola Marymount University. She is also teaching an animation practicum course with Cal State Long Beach. She resides in Los Angeles with her wife and their six pets.
Links
https://linktr.ee/samg_anim
https://animatedperspectives.com/
