Litnerd turns classroom learning into an immersive and entertaining experience. We bring books to life by turning them into short TV episode series, streamed directly into the classroom each week during the school year.
There are 37M elementary school students across America and 42% of 4th grade students are reading at a 1st or 2nd grade proficiency level. The #1 reason students aren’t reading? They say it’s boring. We change that by bringing books to life. Think of your favorite book turned into a tv-show style episode-by-episode reenactment, coupled with a complete curriculum and lesson plans. Our team consists of writers, illustrators, educators, teachers, engineers, directors, cinematographers, music producers, choreographers, animators and actors.
Litnerd is a contracted vendor with New York City Department of Education. Over 14,000 K-5 students have streamed Litnerd in their classroom. 79% of students said Litnerd is their favorite way to learn! As one of our students said: “I loved this program. It helped me see the magic in books.“
See our Launch HN here for more details: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28300640
We are hiring for: 3D Design Engineer (Unreal, Unity, other 3D Animation) We’re looking for Unreal Animators and Designers to help craft cinematic stages, as well as props and effects, for our episodic series. We need self-starters who can create their own interactive worlds from storyboard to final product, as well as adapt work from pre-existing illustrations.
If you’re interested, please reach out to us at jobs@litnerd.com with your portfolio and any relevant examples of your work.
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If you’re interested, please reach out to us via our Work at a Startup page: https://www.workatastartup.com/companies/litnerd