Senior Animator: Lead Character & Action Sequences

HellaGoodAudio; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

HellaGoodAudio in Sheffield, UK is seeking a Senior Animator to join our creative studio. You will deliver high-quality character, creature, and vehicle animation, plan complex performances, and collaborate with directors and departments to achieve storytelling goals.

Applicants should have expert Maya skills, 5+ years of professional production experience, strong anatomy and physics understanding, and excellent collaboration and feedback responsiveness.

Qualifications

• Expert knowledge of Maya with strong posing, timing, weight, rhythm and storytelling

Responsibilities

• Create high-quality character, creature and vehicle animation (keyframes).
• Plan and deliver complex performances and action sequences.
• Camera layout and previsualisation.
• Record and direct reference to support performance and storytelling.
• Collaborate with Directors, Supervisors and other departments to meet creative goals.
• Maintain high quality standards across work.
• Identify challenges and contribute solutions.
• Scene caching, cleanup and shot finalisation.
• Support development and improvement of animation workflows and pipelines.

Skills

Autodesk Maya

Character animation

Creature animation

Vehicle animation

Timing & storytelling

5+ years production

Communication & collaboration

Education

Relevant degree/qualification

Job description

HellaGoodAudio in Sheffield, UK is seeking a Senior Animator to join our creative studio. You will deliver high-quality character, creature, and vehicle animation, plan complex performances, and collaborate with directors and departments to achieve storytelling goals.

Applicants should have expert Maya skills, 5+ years of professional production experience, strong anatomy and physics understanding, and excellent collaboration and feedback responsiveness.