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Month: June 2012

  • Interns Join the Team This Summer

    It’s that time again, when the summer sun heats up the beach and the days are so long it is light until 8:30pm. It’s also the time of year we fill our office with the fresh faces of the interns. We had an extremely difficult time narrowing down the talent, but after multiple school visits,…

  • New Birthday eCard – Old People Smell

    In our newest birthday eCard, Old People Smell, you can let that someone special know that they are getting older & beginning to develop that old person smell. We talked more with Neil Housego to learn about the artistic ability reeking from him. 1. Where did you go to school? I went to school at Ravensbourne College of…

  • Katy Perry Becomes Part of JibJab

    Looking for a new, FREE, fun Starring You video? How about one set to a number one song on Billboard ‘s special The 30 Summer Songs of All Time list? And one you can appear in alongside international pop superstar, Katy Perry? Well, look no further than JibJab.com and cast yourself and friends in Katy Perry’s California Gurls music video!…

  • We Want YOUR Opinion on Our New Site Navigation!

    We changed the navigation our site to make it easier to find all the categories we offer! We really like it here at JibJab HQ but, more importantly, we are wondering what you think.  Please let us know here in the comments if you have an opinion.  Thanks in advance!

  • New Birthday Card – Robo Years

    Our newest birthday card, Robo Years, comes from the brains and hands of Nate Theis and Ken Turner. After Nate whipped up a robotic animatic, Ken went to work putting his own spin on it. We talked with Ken to find out a little more about the man behind the robot. Where did you go to…

  • Our Hero Dad

    Father’s Day is Sunday and we have a great new eCard to send – Our Hero Dad! To learn more about the creative process behind this card, we spoke to Jeff, our Director of eCards. -Did you have any direction in drawing the animatic of Our Hero Dad? Or as you listened to the song…

  • Party Your Arrr’s Off

    Pirates seem to be the summer theme at JibJab. Not only do we call our office a Pirate Ship, but our new Birthday card this week features pirates celebrating in Party Your Arrr’s Off. The artist behind this eCard, Eddie, had a great time preparing for it by drinking rum, watching pirate movies and scouring the beaches.…

  • Check out what our friend Mauro made!

    Our friend Mauro Gatti is a brilliant designer / artist / animator and he recently self published this book… SUPER BEST FRIENDS The thing that makes Mauro awesome is that not only can he draw like nobody’s business, but he’s FUNNY!  Unfortunately, for this project he could not find a large publishing house that would…

  • Team Photo Day!

    We were brought back to our school picture days this week when we had Team Photo Day here at JibJab!  During the photo shoot, we had the bright idea to animate the group photo of us. Check out the team in motion… We are a pretty good looking bunch, if we say so ourselves! Wanna join our…