Senior Technical Animator: Unreal Rigging & Mobile Pipeline

NaturalMotion Ltd.; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

26 days holiday

Pension plan

Private medical & dental insurance

Life insurance

Mental health support

Job summary

NaturalMotion Ltd. is seeking a Senior Technical Animator to join our team in supporting an upcoming unannounced project.

You’ll help deliver and bring to life our characters, working with the Animation Team in a hybrid setup with 2 days per week in our London office and the rest from home. Ideal candidates bring expert knowledge of the skeletal pipeline, Unreal Engine animation systems, and mobile optimization for a range of devices.

Qualifications

• Expert knowledge of the skeletal pipeline from Rigging to exporting characters into game.
• Knowledge of Unreal Engine animation systems and in-engine implementation.
• Experience with retargeting across matching and non-matching skeletons.

Responsibilities

• Create, maintain and improve rigging and animation pipelines for projects.
• Implement characters as part of the Animation Team.
• Report to Lead Animator and Art Director.

Skills

Rigging pipeline

Unreal Engine

Mobile optimization

Character rigging

Scripting (MEL/Python)

Retargeting

3D animation pipelines

Blueprints in Unreal

Tools

Advanced Skeleton

Rapid Rig

mGear

Job description

NaturalMotion Ltd. is seeking a Senior Technical Animator to join our team in supporting an upcoming unannounced project.

You’ll help deliver and bring to life our characters, working with the Animation Team in a hybrid setup with 2 days per week in our London office and the rest from home. Ideal candidates bring expert knowledge of the skeletal pipeline, Unreal Engine animation systems, and mobile optimization for a range of devices.