Senior Technical Animator – MetaHuman & Unreal Engine

Games Jobs Direct; Guildford; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading game development company in Guildford seeks a Senior / Lead Animator to enhance character animation for their MetaHuman product using Unreal Engine. Candidates should have expertise in key-framing and mocap animation, a keen understanding of facial performance, and the ability to collaborate effectively across teams. This role offers a comprehensive benefits package, emphasizing professional and personal well-being.

Benefits

Pension

Private medical insurance

Health care cash plan

Dental insurance

Disability and life insurance

Critical illness insurance

Cycle to work scheme

Free therapy and coaching

Qualifications

• Experience in both key-framing and mocap animation.
• Strong eye for both facial performance and body mechanics.
• Familiarity with retargeting and animation systems such as anim blueprints in Unreal Engine.
• Good understanding of both realistic and stylized motion.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Become a stakeholder for quality results in animation using MetaHuman and Unreal Engine technology.
• Help design and construct pipelines for animation and retargeting workflows.
• Work closely with Engineering and Tech Anim to give feedback on rigs and the design of tools and pipelines.
• Work hands-on by animating and creating anim graphs across many different types of projects to help shape new features.
• Provide alignment by being a point of contact with other Epic teams and initiatives.

Skills

Key-framing animation

Mocap animation

Facial performance

Body mechanics

Unreal Engine animation systems

Communication skills

Collaboration skills

Tools

Unreal Engine

Job description

A leading game development company in Guildford seeks a Senior / Lead Animator to enhance character animation for their MetaHuman product using Unreal Engine. Candidates should have expertise in key-framing and mocap animation, a keen understanding of facial performance, and the ability to collaborate effectively across teams. This role offers a comprehensive benefits package, emphasizing professional and personal well-being.