40 jobs to be created by Oscar-nominated firm

A TWICE-OSCAR nominated Irish animation company is recruiting more than 40 new staff following a major Disney Junior contract.

The Dublin-based studio Brown Bag Films is to team up with Disney Junior to create a pre-school animation series The Happy Hugglemonsters.

Based on a series by books by Irish author and illustrator Niamh Sharkey, called I’m a Happy Huggldewug, the series is due to premiere on Disney Junior from autumn 2012 and air in more than 150 countries.