Technical Animation Internship

4 Months ago • Upto 1 Years • Animation

Job Summary

Job Description

Rebellion is seeking a Technical Animation Intern to contribute to their game development projects in Oxford. The intern will work under expert guidance, applying learned skills to create character rigs, facial animation techniques, and potentially develop tools for animators. Responsibilities include tracking task progress, bug fixing, exploring their game engine, and understanding production pipelines. The ideal candidate has a portfolio showcasing dynamic rigs and basic knowledge of 3D software like Maya, MotionBuilder, or Blender, along with fundamental scripting (MEL/Python) and 3D math understanding. This is an on-site internship offering a chance to collaborate with industry professionals and contribute to exciting projects.
Must have:
  • Technical animation portfolio
  • 3D software knowledge (Maya, Blender etc.)
  • Rigging and skinning skills
  • Basic scripting (MEL/Python)
  • Understanding of 3D math
Good to have:
  • Experience with MotionBuilder
  • Anatomy and body mechanics knowledge
  • Experience creating facial and prop rigs
  • Debugging and optimization skills
Perks:
  • Riverside Oxford location
  • Free hot drinks
  • Onsite tuck shop
  • Free parking
  • Open plan office
  • Friendly and creative atmosphere

Job Details

Description

We want you to #JOINTHEREBELLION!

Rebellion is excited to announce a Technical Animation Internship at our studio in Oxford. We are dedicated to fostering talent and providing enriching hands-on experiences for individuals who are passionate about gaming and eager to learn.

This is your opportunity to collaborate with industry professionals, develop practical skills, and contribute to our ongoing projects.

At Rebellion, we champion equal opportunities and diversity. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds and identities to apply. If you're eager to embark on a rewarding and exhilarating career in the entertainment industry, apply now, and let us help you unlock your potential!

As a Technical Animation Intern, you'll have the opportunity to enhance your skills and ignite your enthusiasm for Technical Animation in the realm of game development.

Under expert guidance, you'll start to apply what you've learned to our exciting projects. We’re looking for an impressive and vibrant portfolio, whether from your academic endeavours or personal projects, that highlights your creativity through dynamic rigs.

Responsibilities :

  • Track and update the progress of day-to-day tasks using the designated tracking tools.
  • With significant guidance, Bug-fix issues raised by testers. or other departments.
  • With significant guidance, create character rigs and facial animation techniques.
  • Begin to learn how to create tools to help animators.
  • Explore and learn our Game Engine
  • Develop an understanding of best practices, production pipelines, and workflows.
  • Use source control tools to keep assets updated and organised.

Requirements

  • You are completing a university placement year, are a career switcher or an aspiring Technical Animator with minimal Game Development industry experience.
  • You have a Tech Anim portfolio containing personal or educational projects.
  • You're a self-learner with a passion and excitement for game development and Tech Anim.
  • Basic knowledge of 3d software such Maya, Motion builder, and optionally Blender, with a technical focus on rigging and skinning.
  • Interest in anatomy and body mechanics.
  • Interest in creating body, facial, and prop rigs.
  • Fundamental understanding of writing scripts with MEL and/or Python.
  • Basic understanding of the terms debugging, optimization, and pipeline.
  • Familiarity with of 3D math (linear algebra, vector, and matrix math)

Benefits

Life at Our Oxford HQ

Our riverside headquarters in Oxford places you a short walk away from the city centre. Renowned for its rich historical backdrop and esteemed educational institutions, Oxford offers a unique blend of tradition and modernity, with its beautiful architecture and green spaces.

Oxford also boasts excellent transport links, making it easy to navigate both the city and the wider country. The city’s train station, just a short walk from our studio, offers frequent services to London, as well as direct routes to major cities like Birmingham, Manchester, and Reading and we also offer free parking at the studio.

Our open-plan office promotes teamwork and innovation, with regular interaction with senior management and other departments, alongside access to free hot drinks, a handy tuck shop onsite and a range of local pubs, cafes and dining options nearby helping make every workday enjoyable!

Inside Rebellion 

Whichever team you join at Rebellion we are proud of our open, friendly, and creative atmosphere. We love what we do, and we have fun doing it! As a big indie developer, we have complete creative freedom over our titles which allows us to work on a massive variety of projects across all the major platforms.

Find out more about us here

Our size, stability, and the variety of in-house expertise across multiple industries, makes Rebellion completely unique! We work in our own way, and we celebrate that as the key to our success. We foster an inclusive culture where you are encouraged to be yourself, to express your creativity and your talent. We are people focused and will support you in every way to can be the best at what you do. We recognise the importance of enjoying what you do and having a healthy work-life balance. We offer a friendly, creative, and relaxed working atmosphere, with sensibly managed projects and a wide variety of benefits and development opportunities for all our teams to ensure you are fully supported with your physical and Mental Well-being.

We are actively recruiting for a diverse team and continue to add to our culture of growth and inclusion. Rebellion encourages innovation in all areas, and we look forward to hearing how you can help us to be better. We encourage all demographics of culture, gender, ethnicity, neurodiversity and beyond, because a representative team makes better products.

If you are interested in working at Rebellion, but this role doesn’t sound quite like you, we’re recruiting for a range of positions across the studio and we’re always happy to receive speculative applications via our website. Visit our Careers website to view all our live vacancies: Rebellion: Careers

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