Senior Animator

3 Months ago • All levels • Animation

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Senior Animator at Just Won't Die Games Studio, you will be crucial in bringing a new sci-fi and fantasy IP to life. You will add personality to characters, creatures, and weapons. Responsibilities include producing high-quality animations, taking ownership of the animation pipeline, working closely with the Art Director and development teams, and contributing creative ideas. The ideal candidate will have excellent animation skills and understanding of animation principles. You will work in an agile environment, problem-solving rapidly, and planning work effectively. The role is based in Cambridge, UK, but currently remote.
Must have:
  • Professional games experience as an animator
  • Excellent animation principles understanding
  • Proactive in seeking feedback
  • Comfortable with rigging and skinning in Maya
  • Ability to provide feedback on animation problems
  • Ability to iterate on animation ideas
  • Effective communication skills
  • Self-motivated and willing to participate in development
  • Ability to work in an agile environment
  • Able to plan and prioritize work
  • Proactive in suggesting improvement areas
Good to have:
  • Experience creating keyframed weapon animations
  • Experience with 3D packages (Maya)
  • Experience with Unreal Engine
  • A keen gamer with industry knowledge
  • Game development experience
  • Experience working on an FPS

Job Details

Senior Animator

Job Description

Want to work with an awesome team on an exciting next gen AAA FPS?

Even in these uncertain times, the awesome talent at Just Won't Die Games Studio is expanding! We’re looking for a highly-skilled, driven and deeply creative animator to work on an exciting new and original sci fi and fantasy IP for PC and console. As a senior animator you will be instrumental in bringing our world to life, adding flair and personality to characters, creatures, weapons and more. Working in cooperation with the Art Director and other experienced artists, you will be instrumental in shaping the final vision for our game.

We need someone who’s self-motivated, incredibly creative and has fantastic vision for motion. If you understand the importance and impact of delivering high quality, characterful, weighty, well timed animations that convey tone and emotion that can inspire the whole team, then we’d very much like to hear from you.

The ideal candidate would have good industry knowledge, game development experience and a passion for games. Whilst the position is based at our studio in Cambridge, UK, for the moment (at least) the whole team is fully embracing working remotely.

Sound like your thing? Then come join a highly experienced team on this incredibly exciting and unique project.

Skills & Requirements:

RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Produce AAA standard animations in line with the project's art direction.

  • Take ownership of the whole animation pipeline on any given task, from initial brief to implementation into Unreal engine.

  • Work closely with the Art Director, other experienced artists and development teams

  • Produce highly creative, visual ideas to help the development of our game.

  • Work on a diverse variety of assets, including humans, creatures, weapons and more.

eSSENTIAL rEQUIREMENTS:

  • Professional games experience as an animator with an excellent track record of delivering high quality keyframed animations.

  • An animation showreel that demonstrates an excellent understanding of animation principles, including a diverse range of both bipedal and creature movement.

  • A highly proactive approach to seeking feedback and interacting with other teams to drive the production of animation tasks forward.

  • Comfortable with rigging and skinning within Maya utilising an automated tool set.

  • Ability to spot potential animation problems at a concept and 3D art stage and give feedback to help guide other disciplines.

  • Ability to quickly develop and iterate on animation ideas, accommodating feedback from Directors and development teams.

  • Able to effectively communicate ideas both verbally and visually.

  • Self-motivation and willingness to participate in many areas of game development.

  • Ability to work in an agile environment and problem solve rapidly.

  • Able to plan and prioritise work. Balancing resources, skills, priorities and timescales to achieve objectives.

  • Proactive in identifying and suggesting areas of improvement.

BENEFICIAL SKILLS:

  • Experience creating keyframed weapon animations from a first person perspective.

  • Experience with 3D packages (Maya).

  • Experience with Unreal Engine.

  • A keen gamer with industry knowledge.

  • Game development experience.

  • Experience working on an FPS.

To Apply

You must be eligible to work in the UK.
The role is office based in Cambridge - however, due to the current pandemic, you will be required to work from home until further notice.

Send your covering letter, CV and portfolio to contact@justwontdie.com

About Just Won’t Die

Just Won’t Die is a team of passionate game developers located in Cambridge, UK. 

It’s an exciting time to join Just Won’t Die as we embark on our journey of creating an exciting and original fps with broader ambitions in multiple entertainment spaces.

We’re a diverse group of veterans with decades of experience working at multiple award-winning studios on a vast range of titles on PC, console and mobile.

We decided to start Just Won’t Die early in 2019 so we could create games we want to play while building a team of developers we love working with.

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