Technical Animator

West Midlands, England, United Kingdom

1/13/2025

Senior Technical Animator

UK Remote or West Midlands Based - Birmingham/Worcestershire Area

Please Note: We welcome applicants that prefer to work from home, so please get in touch!

Role And Purpose

You will be an essential member of the animation team, working closely with technical animators, animators, tech art and designers to devise animation solutions and pipelines to help us achieve the level of quality needed for characters, creatures, vehicles and objects in our games. You will assist in developing our animation and character workflows, working both in Maya and in Unreal Engine. You will also be supporting in rig creation and supporting animators with tools, pipelines and processes. Our ideal candidate has a passion for and experience in technical animation for games, keeping up with animation technology in the latest unreal engine releases, such as Retargeting Pipelines, Control Rig, Motion Matching and Motion Warping.

Responsibilities

• Assist in implementing animations into Unreal Engine 5, creating and maintaining animation blueprints, setting up animation montages, integrating with existing systems and utilising best practices.
• Assist in creating rigs and supporting with tools in Maya
• Act as a key liaison between design, art and code teams to deliver high-quality and optimised gameplay experiences.
• Work closely with the animation team and creative director on defining and maintaining the style and quality bar of in-game animations, focusing on feel and player experience.
• Work closely with animators, designers and technical artists to ensure animations meet technical requirements and can achieve the artistic vision.
• Work with Leads to develop, maintain and follow character art and animation pipelines.
• Participate in team meetings and actively contribute to creative discussions.
• Manage time effectively to meet animation deadlines and project milestones.
  
  

Requirements

• Proven experience as a Technical Animator in the games industry with a strong portfolio showcasing your work
• Strong experience with Unreal Engine animation tools, animation montages, animation blueprints, state machines, blend trees, animation modifiers etc.
• Strong understanding of best practices for quality and performant animation solutions.
• Experience in rig creation and skinning in Maya
• A passion for game development and an in-depth awareness of current titles and industry trends.
  
  

Desirable Skills

• Experience working on console FPS games.
• Experience with the latest Unreal Engine Animation Tools, pipelines and best practices.
• Skills in tool creation and Python scripting for Maya
• Experience with Advanced Skeleton
• Experience with motion capture and facial rigging.
• Experience with Retargeting Pipelines, Control Rig, Motion matching and Motion Warping in Unreal Engine 5.
  
  

Portfolio

Please send through your portfolio and cover letter. If your examples are from previous works with another studio, please make sure samples are cleared for release by copyright owners. Links to an online portfolio are preferable, otherwise we accept showreels via Dropbox or other secure sharing platforms.

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What We Offer

Based just outside Birmingham, Flix offers a friendly, nurturing work environment with the opportunity to build games as part of an extremely talented, ambitious studio. The team is made up of welcoming, passionate, active gamers that support one another in all aspects of development.

We also offer the following;

• Private healthcare
• Additional time off over the Christmas period on top of standard holidays
• Bonus scheme
• Team outings and events
• Summer BBQ + Festive Party
  
  

If you have the drive and skills for making games and think you have what it takes to work within our team then we'd love to hear from you.

For more information visit our site - Flix Interactive

Alternatively, call our recruitment team on - 01527 958 177

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