This vacancy may offer a work-from-home start until it’s safe to work in-house or relocate to the location.

Project: AAA Console & PC Games

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My client and I are currently looking for a highly skilled and motivated Technical Animator to work on the development of high-profile self-published AAA projects for Console & PC.

The successful candidate will be responsible for in-game characters setups and rigging of characters, creatures, and additional objects, setting-up and maintaining animation pipelines and enabling animators and designers to help maximise efficiency in feature development.

REQUIREMENTS:

• A strong portfolio demonstrating all aspects of your ability
• Professional experience with Python scripting
• Understanding of Autodesk animation software such as Maya & MotionBuilder
• Solid knowledge of character mechanics and animation pipelines & workflows
• Desire to work as part of a team, able to take feedback and direction suitably, and the enthusiasm to work independently
• Game state machine experience

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Character rigging and setup for human and animal characters
• Driving animation pipelines, and regularly improving upon them
• Working in collaboration with animators, designers and programmers to implement realisation of player mechanics and NPC characters
• Communicate effectively with content teams to identify workflow issues, spec out the plan to solve them, and then drive that plan to a shippable state
• Use your technical expertise to find creative solutions to challenging problems

DESIRABLE SKILLS:

• Professional experience developing for open world games
• Professional experience developing player mechanics
• Experience with C++ programming

COMPANY BENEFITS:

• Complete relocation support including VISA
• Competitive compensation package
• 10 free games per year!
• Massage every three weeks
• A variety of sports activities
• Health care allowance
• Pension Scheme

Interested in finding out more about the studio and project? Apply now or call directly today on +44 1206 214 412!

Tagged as: Maya, Motion Builder, Python, Technical Animation