Principal Animator – Netherlands – Permanent – AAA Games

Project:                  AAA Open World Console Games

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This studio regularly sets the quality benchmark in console gaming. To maintain this standard, they are looking for a Principal Animator to join their award-winning team. Together you’ll bring their villages, cities, cultures and civilisation to life!

REQUIREMENTS:

• Demo Reel of your best games animations.
• Experienced Animator at a large games studio working on AAA productions.
• You’ve got hands-on experience working on at least one shipped game that features a big crowd element.
• You have a strong fundamental knowledge of AI-driven NPC animation and understand what the unique requirements are.
• You have a lot of experience with complex animation networks.
• You have experience with outsourcing animation and know how to get good results from vendors.
• You follow state-of-the-art developments within the game industry and you endeavour to do even better.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Review internally as well as externally produced content.
• Mentor and inspire the other animators on the team.
• Coordinate and run mo-cap sessions.
• Write briefs for and give feedback to external vendors.
• Propose novel approaches for improving the quality of their living world animations.
• Push the envelope for free moving crowd animations.
• Work closely with Design, AI, Art Direction, Anim Tech and other departments to realise the vision.

BENEFITS INCL.:

• Relocation allowance.

• Free accommodation for the first 2 months of your employment.

• VISA application assistance.

• International and national tax assistance.

• Profit share bonuses, milestone bonuses and discretionary bonuses.

• Contributory pension scheme.

• 25-day holiday allowance, excluding public holidays.

• Training and development opportunities.

Interested in finding out more about the studio and project? Apply now or call me directly today on +44 (0) 1206 214425!

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Salary and benefits will be discussed at interview with the company and are individually negotiated by OPM.

Tagged as: Lead Animator, Senior Animator