Senior Animator – AAA Unreal Engine Games

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

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.