Technical Animator - Warwickshire, United Kingdom - Additional Resources

Additional Resources

Verified Company

Warwickshire, United Kingdom

1 week ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

Location:
Warwickshire

Salary:
£24k - £73k DOE + Excellent Benefits

Job Type:
Full Time, Option to work remotely is also available.

Duties:

Provide animation solutions within the engine, including runtime IK, dynamic joints, and custom retargeting.
Develop Engine and Mayabased tools to enhance production efficiency.
Create customised gameready rigs, handle skinning, PSD, Blendshapes, and demonstrate familiarity with Advanced Skeleton.
Evaluate and incorporate rigs and skeletons from existing productions into the workflow.
Stay updated with industry pioneers, learn new techniques, and implement them to enhance craft, technology, and artistry.
Showcase proficiency in animation through daily practices.
Support animators by troubleshooting and resolving issues independently.
Collaborate closely with the team and contribute to the development of tools and processes based on the technical roadmap.
Implement animations in games, set up animation graphs, and facilitate handover to programmers.

Requirements:

Minimum of 3 years of experience in a similar role.
Strong knowledge of game development workflows, specifically in rigging and animation.
Proficiency in Autodesk Maya and extensive experience with rigging and skinning tools.
Experience working with and/or developing animation tools and scripts using Python, MEL, Pymel, or similar languages.
Ability to create character and prop rigs in various styles (realistic, cartoony) with a deep understanding of anatomy for both humanoid and animal models.
Proficiency in rigging facial animations using joints, blendshapes, FACS, and other techniques.
Working knowledge of creating assets for game engines such as Unreal and Unity.
Advanced understanding and expertise in the rigging.
You must have eligibility to work in the U.K.

Desirable:

Familiarity with multilayered deformation systems, deformers, blendshapes, etc., and their realtime integration in game middleware.
Experience working with dynamics such as cloth and muscles, and integrating them into games.
Proficiency in C#, Unreal Blueprints, and Unity Editor Scripts.
Experience in working with motion capture data in Maya.
Strong animation skills and meticulous attention to detail.
A portfolio showcasing your skills in all relevant aspects

_ Additional Resources are an Employment Business and an Employment Agency as defined within The Conduct of Employment Agencies & Employment Businesses Regulations 2003._

Reference
ECA/AR/061806

Sector
IT & Internet

Salary
£24,000 to £73,000 Per Annum

Town/City
Warwickshire

Contract Type
Permanent

Closing Date
15/08/2023