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Animator

England, United Kingdom (On-site)

Animator

44 Minutes ago • 2 Years + • Animation

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Job Description

Epic Games seeks a Facial Animator to join their MetaHuman team. Responsibilities include creating realistic facial animations using motion capture data, applying hand-key animation skills to enhance performances, and collaborating with other departments. The ideal candidate possesses at least 2 years of 3D animation experience, a passion for facial animation and digital humans, proficiency in Maya and other 3D software, and excellent time management and communication skills. Knowledge of Unreal Engine, MetaHuman Creator, and MetaHuman Animator is a plus. The role involves working with industry-leading game developers to contribute to the evolution of MetaHuman technology. The successful candidate will create fluid, smooth, and realistic animations, addressing feedback from the animation lead to maintain a high standard of quality.

Must have:

2+ years 3D animation experience
Facial animation passion
Proficiency in Maya
Excellent communication skills
Motion capture data manipulation
Hand-key animation knowledge

Good to have:

Unreal Engine knowledge
MetaHuman Creator/Animator experience

Perks:

100% benefits coverage (except dependent PMI)
Pension
Private medical insurance
Health care cash plan
Dental insurance
Disability and life insurance
Critical illness coverage
Cycle to work scheme
Flu shots
Health checks
Meals
Mental well-being program

WHAT MAKES US EPIC?

At the core of Epic’s success are talented, passionate people. Epic prides itself on creating a collaborative, welcoming, and creative environment. Whether it’s building award-winning games or crafting engine technology that enables others to make visually stunning interactive experiences, we’re always innovating.

Being Epic means being a part of a team that continually strives to do right by our community and users. We’re constantly innovating to raise the bar of engine and game development.

ART

What We Do

Push your artistic talent to the limit on a team of world-class environment, character and concept artists who strive to innovate and inspire.

What You'll Do

We are looking for an Animator specializing in Facial Animation to join the MetaHuman team at Epic Games. You will be part of the Content Creation team, providing world-class facial animation to some of the industry's leading game developers while helping contribute to the evolution of MetaHuman Animator and MetaHuman Creator. If you are passionate about pushing the boundaries of facial animation using industry-leading technologies, then we’d love to hear from you.

In this role, you will

Create realistic facial animations while utilizing and manipulating motion capture data derived from facial animation solves
Apply hand-key animation knowledge to push performances beyond the scope of the actor
Create fluid, smooth, realistic animations with 3D characters. This must be demonstrated within a showreel
Work with the animation lead to address any fixes to hit the high-quality bar
Collaborate with other departments throughout the MetaHuman development team

What we're looking for

A minimum of 2 years of 3D animation experience
Passion for facial animation, digital humans, and gaming
Good problem-solving skills
Proficiency in the knowledge of Maya and other 3D software packages
Excellent time management skills
Strong interpersonal and communication skills and ability to work closely with artists, designers, and programmers
Knowledge of Unreal Engine, MetaHuman Creator, and MetaHuman Animator is a bonus

EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFE

We pay 100% for benefits except for PMI (for dependents). Our current benefits package includes pension, private medical insurance, health care cash plan, dental insurance, disability and life insurance, critical illness, cycle to work scheme, flu shots, health checks, and meals. We also offer a robust mental well-being program through Modern Health, which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents.

BEING A PART OF 3LATERAL TEAM

Our mission is to evolve through exploring abstract landscapes of art and science, exciting new technologies and, most importantly, through nurturing continuous multi-disciplinary communication and company values among our team members. Our talented and devoted individuals are all gathered around the same vision of creating and constantly improving technology that allows creation of high-fidelity replicas of human appearance and motion with special focus on real time and usable across all digital mediums.

In order to ensure a supportive and collaborative environment we:

Enable professional long-term career development through continuous education and specialization
Work with exciting new technologies and ambitious, industry changing, projects
Attendance at the leading seminars and conferences from the industry
Sustain personal goals through family-oriented work regulations
Empower autonomy of thinking and acting
Pleasant working atmosphere in our cozy offices with friendly and well-minded individuals
Work from home model during pandemic

We are looking for new team members who can inspire us and are willing to give us a chance to inspire them, contribute to their ideas, skills and knowledge. With joint forces with our mother company Epic Games we are continually developing the state of the art in Unreal Engine as a leading team for creation of next generation virtual humans and creatures.

Note to Recruitment Agencies: Epic does not accept any unsolicited resumes or approaches from any unauthorized third party (including recruitment or placement agencies) (i.e., a third party with whom we do not have a negotiated and validly executed agreement). We will not pay any fees to any unauthorized third party. Further details on these matters can be found .

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About The Company

Epic Games

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Founded in 1991, Epic Games is a leading interactive entertainment company and provider of 3D engine technology. Epic operates Fortnite, one of the world’s largest games with over 350 million accounts and 2.5 billion friend connections. Epic also develops Unreal Engine, which powers the world’s leading games and is adopted across industries such as film and television, architecture, automotive, manufacturing, and simulation. Through Unreal Engine, Epic Games Store, and Epic Online Services, Epic provides an end-to-end digital ecosystem for developers and creators to build, distribute, and operate games and other content. Epic has over 40 offices worldwide with headquarters in Cary, North Carolina.