Senior Character Animator Award Winning Game Developer SEUK

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Our client is currently looking for a Senior Character Animator to join the their team at their award-winning studio located on the south coast of the UK.

Job Description:

• Responsible for successfully animating full body performance and facial animation of characters to exceptional quality for in game animations and cut-scenes.
• Provides technical support for the Character / Rigging / Animation team.
• Fluent Problem Solving. Constantly strive via research to optimize and enhance an effective animation pipeline.
• Collaborate with programmers on blend tree solutions and physics driven animation systems.
• Give creative feedback and critique where needed for all in-game character animation and cut scenes when required.
• Provide Pre Visualization support for aspects of the games development.

Skills Required:

• Animation production experience on at least one shipped AAA character action game [Film & TV experience also considered]
• Highly proficient in 3D animation package [Maya, Motion Builder, Morpheme or similar]
• A passion for character animation, playing games and film.
• Traditional art skills are essential. Exceptional life drawing ability, understanding of human and animal anatomy and expert knowledge of animation principals.
• Solid knowledge of game development pipelines and current generation technology.
• A passionate and self motivated individual, willingness to work in a team and communicate effectively.
• Ability to prioritize one's own tasks and be responsive to deadlines.

Desirable:
• Character Rigging, Skinning & Set-up skills.
• Production Mel scripting experience a distinct advantage
• Experience of working with performance capture processes and mocap data.
• Experience using 3rd party blend tree systems such as Morpheme or similar.

Education and Qualifications
• B.A. in Fine Arts, Animation or Film

In return an attractive salary is on offer as well as industry leading benefits. Help with VISA applications can be arranged for exceptional talent.

To ensure a speedy application please email your up to date CV in MS WORD FORMAT and Show Reel to officemanager@opmjobs.com or call me Jon direct on +44 (0) 1206 214425 if you have any queries.

So what are you waiting for? Don't miss out on this great career opportunity!