Lead Animator
Job Summary
Job Description
Magnopus seeks a talented Lead Animator to spearhead animation processes and deliver high-profile projects. Reporting to the Animation Director, you'll blend technical expertise with leadership, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to create captivating animations. Responsibilities include leading the animation discipline, overseeing task completion, identifying risks, contributing directly to animation tasks (keyframing, prototyping), defining workflows, attending client meetings, collaborating with designers on animation flowgraphs, facilitating communication, and managing internal/external teams. The ideal candidate possesses proven leadership experience in Agile/Scrum environments, strong animation fundamentals, stylized hand-keyed animation skills, proficiency with 3D animation tools (Unreal Engine or Unity), motion capture integration experience, and excellent collaboration skills. This role offers the chance to push creative boundaries and mentor others within a cutting-edge company.
Must have:
- Lead animation discipline
- Agile/Scrum experience
- Strong animation fundamentals
- Stylized hand-keyed animation
- 3D animation tools proficiency
- Motion capture integration
- Excellent collaboration skills
Perks:
- Ongoing education
- Mentorship opportunities
- Generous healthcare
- Time off benefits
9 skills required
Job Details
We’re looking for a talented Lead Animator to help shape the animation process and take a hands-on role in delivering standout, high-profile projects. Reporting to the Animation Director, you’ll combine technical expertise with project leadership, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to craft animations that captivate and inspire. This is a chance to push creative boundaries, drive exceptional quality, and contribute to innovative productions that set new industry standards.
Responsibilities
- Lead the animation discipline within projects, ensuring team alignment and accountability.
- Oversee the completion of animation tasks, providing guidance and feedback to ensure high-quality outcomes.
- Proactively identify risks, communicate dependencies, and implement effective solutions.
- Contribute directly to animation tasks, including keyframing and creating block-out animations during prototyping phases.
- Define project processes and workflows from initial planning to final delivery.
- Attend client meetings, representing the animation team and incorporating feedback into project workflows.
- Collaborate with designers to craft engaging animation flowgraphs and behaviours for in-game characters.
- Facilitate communication and collaboration between Animators, Technical Artists, and other disciplines.
- Manage internal and external animation teams, providing constructive feedback and ensuring deliverables align with creative briefs.
Requirements
- Proven leadership experience managing animation teams in an Agile/Scrum environment.
- Strong understanding of animation fundamentals, anatomy, and body mechanics.
- Demonstrated ability to create appealing, stylised hand-keyed animations for commercial productions.
- Proficiency with industry-standard 3D animation tools and in-engine editors like Unreal Engine or Unity.
- Experience integrating motion capture data and applying it to hand-keyed animations.
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across disciplines.
- A passion for developing innovative animation techniques and mentoring others.
About us
Magnopus is an experience focused technology company founded by a team of Oscar-winning artists, designers, and engineers from games, films, and other unusual places. We’re passionate about creating rich experiences that unite the physical and digital worlds.
Because we’re building the future, we endeavour to create a diverse, creative workplace where people from many perspectives collaborate across disciplines to create amazing things together. We invest in our employee's progression with ongoing education and mentorship opportunities, and support their happiness and productivity through generous health care, time off, and other benefits.
We try to foster a safe environment where we can take risks, and learn from our failures. While we value individual talents, we favour collaboration more. We believe that the leadership of the company works for the employees, not the other way around. We feel strongly that our employees guide who we are as a company and the work we create, so we look for characteristics of curiosity, empathy, respect, honesty, and courage in every candidate.
Though we’ve delivered a lot of crazy stuff, here are a few you can check out at home:
Please be aware that, if you are selected for a position, you will be required to provide proof of your right to work in the UK in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006. This may involve providing original documents such as a passport or residence permit. Failure to provide the necessary documentation may affect your employment eligibility.
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