Animator

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Posted 7 hours ago, valid for 16 days

London, Greater London EC1R 0WX

Full Time

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Sonic Summary

The position is for an Animator with a start date of ASAP and a duration of 18 months, located in Twycross for 2 days and 3 days working from home.
The pay rate ranges from £300 to £332 per day, and candidates are expected to have several years of experience in technical animation within the video game industry.
The role involves collaborating with design and engineering teams to implement gameplay animation features and troubleshoot any animation-related issues.
Candidates should have experience with Unreal Engine, animation blueprints, and have completed at least one full game development cycle.
The position also requires good collaboration skills and a creative technical mindset, with a focus on R&D into new animation technologies.

Animator – HIRING ASAPStart date: ASAPDuration: 18 MonthsLocation: 2 days in Twycross & 3 days working from homeRate: £300 - £332 per day PAYESummary:Technical animators are responsible for supporting the technology used to play animations in game. As part of the Technical Animation team, you will work directly with the Engineering team, and you will support the Art, AI, and Game teams to build animation systems for runtime. You will be using Unreal to create higher standards of animation across a wide variety of our clients’ unique and stylised characters. They are also invested in ongoing R&D into new and emerging animation technology. This role is a real opportunity for a problem solver with a creative technical mindset.Skills:

Several years of experience working as technical animation in the videogame industry (doesn’t have to be Triple AAA)
Unreal Engine experience
Experience in Animation blueprints (Locomotion)
Demonstrable experience in the development of locomotion and character control systems
Proved ability to work on engine animation blueprints including overlaying, IK, control rigs or similar technologies.
To have completed at least one full game development cycle
Demonstrated good collaboration skills.
Demonstrable ability in the use of revision control software

Responsibilities:

Work with design and engineers to understand and implement gameplay animation features.
Support engineers and game teams to fix game issues, troubleshooting animation graphs and artwork.
Be aware of the performance issues and be responsible for performance improvements.
Participate in R&D into emerging animation technologies.
Advise and create tools to improve workflows and asset quality.
Support engineers and game teams to fix game issues, troubleshooting animation graphs and artwork.

Desirable Skills

Knowledge of 3D maths and creative problem-solving skills
Programming or scripting skills
Experience with motion matching and other data driven systems

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