Creative Assembly is seeking a Principal Animator for the Total War series. This role involves defining animation vision and quality, creating high-quality keyframe and motion capture animations, collaborating on new systems, improving animation workflows, managing outsourced animation, and mentoring the team. Essential skills include animation pipeline knowledge, problem-solving, hand-key animation, communication, game development workflows, and motion capture experience.
Good To Have:- Interest in Total War/Strategy Games
- Submit a Showreel link with your application to be considered for this role
Must Have:- Define and set benchmarks for animation style and quality.
- Create high-quality keyframe and/or motion capture animations that enhance gameplay.
- Devise new systems and ensure animations support gameplay mechanics.
- Help define and improve animation workflows, tools, and pipelines.
- Manage the end-to-end process for outsourced animation.
- Provide creative and technical mentorship to the internal animation team.
Perks:- Work from Anywhere for a temporary period each year (restrictions apply such as VISAs)
- Enhanced holiday allowance, maternity and paternity breaks, flexibility with our core hours, and no-notice holidays
- Bespoke relocation package for you and your dependents
- Private medical and dental insurance, life insurance, permanent health insurance, critical illness cover and free health care screening
- Generous holiday allowance plus full studio closure over the Christmas and New Year period, and all Bank holidays
- Join our Diversity and Inclusion Network – an employee-led group
- Season ticket travel loans and cycle to work scheme with free bike servicing and discounted car valet service on site
- Wellbeing support and virtual confidential counselling
- Community activities including parties, football and more.
- Our studio sites have disabled access.