Animator

Talk Recruitment Ltd; Royal Leamington Spa; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Working Hours

Relocation Assistance

Paid Overtime

Private Health Cover

Gym / Health Club Memberships

Life Assurance & CI

Digital Allowance

Team lunches & events

Job summary

Talk Recruitment Ltd is seeking a Technical Animator for a Warwickshire-based gaming developer. Based in Leamington Spa, the role focuses on assisting the animation team, streaming workflows, and building animation toolsets to support high-quality in-game characters and props.

You will collaborate with art and programming, optimise pipelines, and contribute to a landmark project. The role offers flexible hours and a supportive environment with strong values and opportunities for long-term career

Qualifications

• Professional experience of animation and technical animation for games.
• Proficient in the use of job relevant software e.g. Maya.
• Experience with skinning & rigging.
• Ability to utilise and develop appropriate tools and pipelines to implement, review and iterate animations.
• A strong showreel of animation work and/or technical skills
• An understanding of UE4 blueprints, scripting, animation graphs or similar animation networks.
• Strong knowledge of anatomy and best practices for character topology.
• Exhibit a strong grasp of the principles of animating the human figure.
• Experience in working with outsourcers (Desireable)
• Facial animation experience. (Desireable)
• Familiarity with optimisation of animation (e.g. UE4 Blueprint Fast Path evaluation) (Desireable)

Responsibilities

• To assist the animation team, streamline and optimise current processes.
• Work collaboratively with the art & programmer disciplines to overcome technical challenges and build animation tool sets.
• To help the animation team implement quality in-game character and prop animations.
• To assist with skinning, rigging and streamline the relevant pipelines of those tasks.
• Help to build tools for future challenges with animations in a UGC environment.
• Work alongside the Art Director and Principal Animator to create and use processes that maintain the animation art style.
• Build strong collaborative working relationships with all members of the team and studio, regardless of discipline or seniority.
• Understand the audience and core goals and game ethos.

Skills

Animation proficiency

Technical animation

Anatomy & topology

Human figure principles

Outsourcing experience

Face animation

Maya

UE4 blueprints

Tools

Maya

UE4 blueprints

Animation tool pipelines

Job description

Technical Animator – Computer Games / Video Games - Warwickshire

Fantastic opportunity for an Animator to join and progress with an Award Winning and fast-growing Gaming Developer.

LOCATION:

Warwickshire

Based in Leamington Spa, known as one of the UK’s biggest Gaming hub locations.

Not only is this location the hot spot for a career in gaming, it is also a nice place to live.

What makes it GREAT?

• Company has very low staff turnover, Excellent sign that they look after their staff.
• Recent Award for “Best Places to Work 2019”
• Unique projects, shaping the future of gaming.
• A highly successful and profitable business, a stable employer where you can progress your career for the long term.
• Exciting time to join their business as they look to unveil a new landmark project this summer.
• Fantastic company culture, big enough to keep you busy, but small enough to know your name, excellent option if you are fed up with being treated like just another number.
• Top company benefits and great working environment.
• Flexible working hours.
• Ethical business with strong values
• A reputation for promoting good work life balance and also a good social environment, with plenty of lunchtime social activities organised by staff, including board games, a table tennis league and a running club.

COMPANY:

Based in Warwickshire my client is a fast-growing gaming developer working on exciting projects with a long-term pipeline of work to fuel further growth of the business and your career.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• To assist the animation team, streamline and optimise current processes.
• Work collaboratively with the art & programmer disciplines to overcome technical challenges and build animation tool sets.
• To help the animation team implement quality in-game character and prop animations.
• To assist with skinning, rigging and streamline the relevant pipelines of those tasks.
• Help to build tools for future challenges with animations in a UGC environment.
• Work alongside the Art Director and Principal Animator to create and use processes that maintain the animation art style.
• Build strong collaborative working relationships with all members of the team and studio, regardless of discipline or seniority.
• Understand the audience and core goals and game ethos.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Professional experience of animation and technical animation for games.
• Proficient in the use of job relevant software e.g. Maya.
• Experience with skinning & rigging.
• Ability to utilise and develop appropriate tools and pipelines to implement, review and iterate animations.
• A strong showreel of animation work and/or technical skills
• An understanding of UE4 blueprints, scripting, animation graphs or similar animation networks.
• Strong knowledge of anatomy and best practices for character topology.
• Exhibit a strong grasp of the principles of animating the human figure.
• Experience in working with outsourcers (Desireable)
• Facial animation experience. (Desireable)
• Familiarity with optimisation of animation (e.g. UE4 Blueprint Fast Path evaluation) (Desireable)

REMUNERATION:

The successful Animator will receive:

• Competitive Basic Salary
• Flexible Working Hours
• Relocation Allowance / Assistance
• Paid Overtime
• Private Health Cover
• Gym / Health Club Memberships
• Life Assurance Scheme / Critical Illness & Income Protection
• Digital Allowance
• Office Kitchen fully stocked with snacks and treats.
• Regular team lunches, company funded trips and events.