Lead Technical Animator

3 weeks ago


Brighton, Brighton and Hove, United Kingdom Hangar 13 Full time

About the Role

We are looking for a skilled Lead Technical Animator to join our team at Hangar 13. As a key member of our animation team, you will be responsible for establishing, refining, and optimizing animation pipelines and procedures. You will also create Animation and Art tools for artists and animators, work with all aspects of the animation export and implementation pipeline, and communicate with Design and Engineering to better anticipate and advise on animation-related technical issues.

Key Responsibilities

  1. Collaborate interdepartmentally to establish, refine, and optimize animation pipelines and procedures.
  2. Create Animation and Art tools for artists and animators.
  3. Work with all aspects of the animation export and implementation pipeline.
  4. Work with TDs to integrate final and intermediate rigs in-game.
  5. Setup & manage Animation Source data as well as Engine side, for example Data Assets, Overlays, Character Templates, etc.
  6. Communicate with Design and Engineering to better anticipate and advise on animation-related technical issues.
  7. Work closely with engineers to setup & implement game animation systems, such as locomotion & state Blueprints, ensuring project performance.

Requirements

  • Solid experience working with animation game systems.
  • Experience managing and updating animation pipeline tools.
  • Strong creative and technical problem-solving skills.
  • Degree in Computer Animation, Computer Science, or related experience.
  • Comfortable with an industry-standard scripting language such as Python & DCC languages. C++ or C# a plus.
  • Experience building animation systems such as Animation Blueprints, Mecanim, Morpheme, or comparable systems.
  • At least one shipped AAA game.

What We Offer

We pride ourselves on the diversity of our team members, partners, and communities. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunity in all aspects of the employment relationship, from recruitment and hiring through compensation, benefits, discipline and termination. As an equal opportunity employer, we also strive to ensure that qualified individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation(s) to participate in the job application and/or interview process, to perform their essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.



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