Annwhitney McCombs

Director, Talent Acquisition, Skydance Animation

Annwhitney is a recruiting professional with a specialty in animation and filmed entertainment recruitment. Currently, at Skydance Animation as the Director of Talent Acquisition, she focuses on artistic roles, technology, production, and overhead for Skydance’s animated series and feature films where she worked on Luck, WondLa, Spellbound, and is continuing to work on their unannounced upcoming projects.

A California native, growing up, Annwhitney was always passionate about the entertainment field, specifically animation, and actively pursued “breaking in.” Her first job and the start of her recruitment career was through an internship turned job with NBCUniversal where she worked in University Recruiting and later moved to hiring for Universal’s Parks and Resorts. From there, Annwhitney was the Creative Recruiter for Illumination where she recruited for all roles and helped staff Minions: The Rise of Gru, The Super Mario Bros Movie, Migration, and Despicable Me 4. To round out her career, Annwhitney wouldn’t be where she is today without her internships at the Make-A-Wish Foundation, DreamWorks Animation, the Walt Disney Company, and a local non-profit Helen Woodward Animal Center. In her spare time Annwhitney likes to go for walks, read, craft, and hang out with her 3 cats.