Studio: Dambuster Studios
Job Opening: Senior Animator
Location: Nottingham, England, UK
Type: Full-Time
Responsibilities:
- Create first person handcrafted animations using Autodesk Maya.
- Create cinematics and gameplay animations of photo-realistic quality utilizing motion capture technology.
- Ensure animation content created is consistent with the style set out for the characters, story and overall game vision.
- Work productively with other teams/specialities, particularly programmers and designers, effectively communicating ideas, and problem solving.
- Import and test animations is required, as well as having a strong technical understanding of game animation systems and character rigging.
- Follow and maintain the animation pipeline technical requirements and system structure.
- Offer solutions to maximise the efficiency, contribute to the overall development of the project and raise any other issues that may need to be addressed.
- Complete all tasks in a timely manner and to a consistent high quality standard.
- Demonstrate a desire to learn and grow professionally.
- Work with the leads to plan and manage your workload to meet internal milestones.
- Able to work autonomously and to take ownership of features from early concept, through to final polish.
- Support and mentor junior members of the team.
- Excellent communication and written skills.
Qualifications & Skills:
- Sound grounding in the fundamentals of animation principles is essential.
- Expertise with Autodesk Maya.
- Experience using Motion Capture technology.
- Knowledge of animation/technical constraints.
- Good communication skills and a great team-player attitude.
- Passion for games and animation films.
- Filming or acting experience.
- Rigging or programming tools.
- Production experience developing a first person shooter game or open world game.
- Shipped at least 1 AAA title.
- Knowledge of Unreal Engine 4, or other game engines.
- Experience working with facial animation.
Apply for the Job Online: To apply, visit https://www.dsdambuster.com/career-apply/career:senior-animator