Our client is a major publisher backed AAA studio, making BAFTA award winning action titles that sell millions of copies and consistently achieve metacritic ratings of 80%+. Based in a cool London neighbourhood, this studio works to the highest standards. They are looking for a Lead Technical Animator with AAA experience on next-gen platforms.

Responsibilities

Reporting to the Animation Director, lead the technical animation team

Deliver quality results by ensuring:

• Risks and snags are minimised
• Working practices are optimised
• Workflow is smooth between design, cinematics and developer teams
• Updating and suitability of toolsets available
• Emergent trends and industry advances are researched and knowledge shared
• Goals are achieved to schedule and within the creative vision
• Design documentation is iterated and archived

Requirements

Demonstrable excellence as a meticulous Lead animator in AAA games

Confident utilising:

• Unreal4 for cloth, physics and ragdoll setup
• 3DS Max for biped / quadruped, custom rigging / skinning and animation setups to a high level
• Motion Builder
• Scripting packages: 3DS Max SDK in C++; Maya in Generla Rigging, Mel, PyMel; Fabric Engine in KL, Canvas, Kraken; Maxscript and dotNet libraries for toolsets creation.
• MS Office

We Offer

Competitive salary incorporating salary reviews, bonus scheme and contributory pension

Brand new open-plan studio, optimised for employee contentment

Career/personal development programme

Active work / social / orator programme

Medical, dental, optical, well-being and health benefits / assistance

Please forward CV’s in .doc or .docx format and portfolio/showreel links to Adan Hill, Recruitment Consultant - adan@big-planet.biz (ref #539)