Senior Animator

Talk Recruitment; Bromsgrove; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic AAA gaming developer is seeking a Senior Animator to lead animation development for cutting-edge projects. Ideal candidates will possess extensive experience with Unreal Engine 4 and innovative animation techniques, while contributing to an exciting and collaborative working environment. Join a company with strong career growth opportunities and a diverse pipeline of work.

Benefits

Competitive Salary + Benefits

Company bonus scheme

Company outings & events

Qualifications

• Excellent understanding of Unreal Engine 4's animation pipeline required.
• Demonstrated expertise in motion and kinematics.
• Knowledge of character rigging and skin weighting is essential.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop high-quality animations for AAA Unreal 4 projects.
• Collaborate with art and design teams on 3D animations.
• Maintain animation libraries and ensure asset compliance with project specs.

Skills

Understanding of Unreal Engine 4's animation pipeline

Expert understanding of motion and kinematics

Character skin weighting and rigging knowledge

Understanding of animation blueprints

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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