Senior Technical Animator

4 months ago

City of London United Kingdom Skillsearch Limited Full time

If you have animator experience and you're seeking a new job in London, we want to hear from you. Skillsearch is helping a games studio recruit a Senior Technical Animator, and the role comes with an attractive salary and benefits package.

As a Senior Technical Animator, you will be responsible for working with a team of technical artists and technical animators in developing and maintaining animation systems, rigging, tools and workflow processes. You will also work closely with the discipline and project leads on the implementation and development of animation tools and pipelines.

In your first few weeks in this Senior Technical Animator role, you can expect to:

  • Help direct the animation creation pipeline
  • Be the second in command for tech animation for the project
  • Assist with mentorship for the team members.

To apply for this Senior Technical Animator role, your soft skills, expertise and experience should include:
  • Excellent problem-solving skills
  • Expert knowledge of Maya, 3D Max, Motion Builder or equivalent software
  • Expertise in animation pipelines
  • Knowledge of scripting for DCCs or Editors: Python, C++ or C#

If you're looking to impact and create change positively, you'll be rewarded with an excellent salary and benefits package for your inclusive and committed approach.

Don't hesitate to get in touch with Sam from Skillsearch at sr@skillsearch.com today to apply for this full-time Senior Technical Animator position in London. We're looking forward to meeting you.

Here at Skillsearch, we're a recruitment company. In the simplest form, this means we place people at new companies - but it's so much more than that. For the past 30 years, we've been busy helping people (like you) with sought after skills find jobs in the Games, Interactive and Enterprise Systems industries all around the globe. Our company comprises a team of dedicated consultants that work across various niche technologies, including Games, Virtual Reality, AR and XR, Workday, Oracle, Peoplesoft, and eCommerce. We are always exploring other cutting-edge markets. Follow us to see a few of the jobs we're working on, find out which events you can see us at, and keep up with news in the technology, gaming and interactive world. Welcome to Skillsearch

Years of experience and salary levels are shown purely as a guide. We will only consider applications from candidates that can demonstrate the skills or experience required for the role.

Please be aware that while we would love to respond to every application we receive, due to high numbers we cannot guarantee this. We do however appreciate any time you invest into the application and will make sure to get in touch should anything in future more closely fit your skillset.

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