Location
Edinburgh | United Kingdom
Job description
Technical Animator in Edinburgh
Do you like the sound of joining an iconic game studio and working on some of the biggest franchises in the industry? If so, this could be the role you've been waiting for! Read on to find out more...
As a Technical Animator at this studio in Edinburgh, you will use your passion for technical art to develop and support titles in progress, taking on a key position on some ambitious projects alongside some of the biggest talent around in games.
This award-winning studio is home to one of the most globally famous game series of all time, as well as a veteran team that can be considered the best at what they do. Working to create a culture of innovation, creativity, and talent, this is a unique and exciting opportunity for a skilled animator to take the next step in their career, working on a brand-new AAA title.
Technical Animator responsibilities:
- Work on a wide variety of technical tasks related to animation
- Create tools with Motion Builder/Maya to push workflows forward
- Write tools/systems and integrate them in the animation pipeline
- Push engine features forward to keep animation systems at the cutting-edge
- Create advanced facial/character/weapon/vehicle rigs and tooling
- Develop and build facial animation and recognition pipeline
- Write C++ plugins to customise and extend DCC packages
- Write automation tasks to support expanding requirements
- Create tools and scripts to support animation production/tracking
- Stay up to date with latest technologies/research
Key requirements for this role in Edinburgh: - University degree (or equivalent experience in the games industry)
- Experience as a Technical Artist, Animation or similar
- Strong portfolio of previous work
- Coding/scripting skills with OOP knowledge
- Able to write tools in DCC packages
- Able to code in an IDE and debugging
- Understanding of DCC packages for authoring animation for games
If you think you could be a good fit for this role, don't hesitate to get in touch! Contact Ash today on
[email protected] or apply now through the form below.
Why Edinburgh?
Now is a great time to join Edinburgh's games industry as Scotland's games industry is growing more quickly than the rest of the UK. With increases in employment within the Scottish games industry of 26% from 2020 to 2021.
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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