Senior Animator

Talk Recruitment; Bromsgrove; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Salary + Benefits

Company bonus scheme

Company outings & events

Job summary

Talk Recruitment is seeking a Senior Animator for a leading AAA gaming developer in the West Midlands. You will lead animation pipelines for Unreal Engine 4 projects and craft high-quality character and prop animations for expansive game worlds.

The role focuses on collaboration with art and design teams, maintaining animation libraries, and delivering game-ready locomotion across diverse platforms. A senior level of expertise and prior AAA experience are preferred.

Qualifications

• Excellent practical understanding of Unreal Engine 4’s animation pipeline.
• Expert understanding of motion and kinematics for character, creature and prop animations.
• Knowledgeable level of skin weighting and rigging for characters.
• Understanding of character and object setup within animation blueprints.
• Knowledge of Human IK or similar Maya rig controls.
• Ability to build game-ready locomotion animations for biped and non-biped characters.
• Understanding of geometry deformation best practices for meshes.
• Experience animating high-quality characters for third- and first-person adventure games.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the art and design teams to develop fully realised 3D animations for use in large-scale game world environments.
• Communicate and collaborate with Leads and the Art Director, relaying feedback to the wider art team where required.
• Help create and maintain animation libraries.
• Work within project specifications and technology, keeping assets within budget and following per-project naming conventions.

Skills

Unreal Engine 4

Animation

Rigging

Animation Blueprints

Character Rigging

Locomotion

Maya Rig Controls

Tools

Unreal Engine 4

Job description

Senior Animator – Computer / Video Games - West Midlands

Fantastic opportunity for a Senior Animator to join a leading AAA Gaming Developer.

LOCATION:Birmingham / West Midlands / Worcestershire

What makes it GREAT?

-Excellent opportunity for career progression, going through an exciting period of organic growth.

-Company has very low staff turnover, Excellent sign that they look after their staff.

-Exciting and diverse projects, working on Iconic projects on a variety of platforms.

Role:

As a Senior Animator you will help lead and develop high quality Animation for AAA Unreal 4 projects

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the art and design teams to develop fully realised 3D animations for use in large-scale game world environments
• Communicate and collaborate with Leads and the Art Director, relaying feedback to the wider art team where required
• Help create and maintain animation libraries
• Work within the specifications of the project and technology, keeping the assets within budget, as well as following per project naming conventions

COMPANY:

Based in the midlands 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.

REQUIREMENTS:

To be considered for this Animator role you must meet the following criteria:

• Excellent practical understanding of Unreal Engine 4’s animation pipeline
• Demonstrate expert understanding of motion and kinematics to enable you to get the most out of character, creature and prop animations
• Knowledgeable level of character skin weighting and rigging
• Comprehensive understanding of characters and object setup within animation blueprints
• Knowledge of Human IK or similar Maya rig controls
• Ability to build game ready locomotion animations for biped and non-biped characters (Advantageous)
• Understanding of best practice with geometry when applying deformation to a mesh (advantageus)
• Experience animating high quality characters for third and first person adventure games (Advantageus)

REMUNERATION:

The successful Animator will receive:

-Competitive Salary + Benefits

-Company bonus scheme

-Company outings & events

To be considered for this vacancy or to find out more information please apply now.

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