Technical Animator

1 Month ago • 1 Years + • Animation

Job Summary

Job Description

Climax Studios seeks an experienced Technical Animator with proven Unreal Engine 5 skills for a AAA console title. Responsibilities include bridging the gap between animation, design, and code teams; setting up animation Blueprints and systems (blend trees, state machines); ensuring smooth integration of characters and enemies; and collaborating with artists, designers, and programmers. The ideal candidate will have experience on at least one published console title and a strong proficiency with UE5 animation systems. The role involves creating and maintaining UE5 blueprints, taking ownership of animation systems, adhering to project vision and best practices, and providing constructive critique. Experience with procedural animation systems and metahumans is advantageous.
Must have:
  • Experience with Unreal Engine 5
  • Proficiency with UE5 animation systems
  • Console title experience
  • Blueprint creation & maintenance
  • Collaboration with various teams
Good to have:
  • MetaHuman experience
  • Physics-based animation skills
  • Procedural animation systems
Perks:
  • Excellent holiday package
  • Regular social events
  • Fresh fruit and snacks
  • Great dockside location
  • Ongoing training and development
  • Group Private Medical Insurance
  • Group Life Insurance
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Private Dental Insurance
  • Group Income Protection
  • Company Pension Scheme
  • Cycle To Work Scheme
  • Eye-Care Vouchers
  • Bring your dog to work
  • Bean to cup coffee machine
  • In-house clubs and socials

Job Details

Description

Climax Studios was established nearly 30 years ago, we have an extensive history in developing all kinds of digital experiences across all formats, and we have won multiple awards along the way.

We have a state of the art studio located in the heart of the beautiful Albert Dock in Liverpool overlooking the Harbour.

We are seeking an experienced Technical Animator with proven skills & extensive experience using Unreal, working on Console titles to join our award-winning team. This is an exciting opportunity to work on a AAA IP where you will be responsible for bridging the gap between the animation, design and code teams, setting up animation Blueprints and systems, working with blend trees, state machines and helping to ensure the smooth integration of player characters and enemies into the game. This is a great opportunity to work with a team of passionate and experienced developers on a AAA project.

Requirements

  • Experience working as a Technical Animator on at least one published console title.
  • Proven experience working within Unreal Engine 5.
  • Strong Proficiency with UE5 animation systems (blend trees, state machines, animation layering, transition blending, control rig).
  • Experience with procedural animation systems (Foot IK, Look-At, Realtime IK).
  • Familiar with in-game animation processes and workflows.
  • Experience in using version control systems.
  • Experience working with metahuman (advantageous but not crucial).
  • Experience with physics-based animation, chaos physics, ragdolls, cloth, hair (advantageous but not crucial).
  • Be able to work collaboratively with artists, animators, designers and programmers.
  • Enjoys a creative challenge with the passion and motivation to make great games.
  • Experience of helping to plan and schedule workflows.

Responsibilities

  • Create and maintain UE5 blueprints and animation systems.
  • Taking ownership and responsibility for animation Blueprints and systems.
  • Keep to project vision for best practices, methodologies used and quality benchmark.
  • Work with the wider art, design and code teams to champion best technical practices.
  • As part of reviews, able to provide constructive critique and solutions.
  • Ability to self-motivate as-well-as motivate other members of the team

Benefits

  • Excellent holiday package
  • Regular social events
  • Fresh fruit and snacks
  • A friendly, focused, ambitious and relaxed working environment
  • Great dockside location, a short walk from the rail station, bars, restaurants, coffee shops
  • Ongoing training and development, with career progression
  • Group Private Medical Insurance provided by BUPA
  • Group Life Insurance
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Private Dental Insurance
  • Group Income Protection
  • Company Pension Scheme
  • Cycle To Work Scheme
  • Eye-Care Vouchers

Perks

  • Bring your doggo to work! We're a dog friendly studio, bring your pooch in to meet us.
  • Bean to cup coffee machine in the studio.
  • Fresh fruit and healthy snacks provided daily, breakfast and some not so healthy snacks.
  • In-house clubs and socials. From board games, tennis, football to D&D nights, there are lots of opportunities to socialise.
  • Regular Socials including Project Wrap Parties, team and studio events, Christmas and annual Summer parties and some great charity fundraising events.

Role Information: EN

Studio: Climax Studios

Location: Europe, United Kingdom, Liverpool

Area of Work: Game Development

Service: Create

Service Type: Art

Employment Type: Permanent

Working Pattern: Full Time, Onsite

Keywords Studios is dedicated to following a well-established Equal Opportunities Policy. We endeavor to create a workplace which provides for equal opportunities for all employees and potential employees.

PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION POLICY

Keywords Studios is strongly committed to protecting your personal information. By sending your CV/Resume, you are agreeing to our terms and conditions and consent to your data being managed and retained in accordance with our data privacy and retention policy https://www.keywordsstudios.com/en/applicant-privacy-notice/.

Similar Jobs

Bigpoint - Junior UI Artist (m/ f/ d)-5803

Bigpoint

Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany (Remote)
6 Months ago
Comscore,  Inc  - Data Scientist

Comscore, Inc

Pune, Maharashtra, India (On-Site)
5 Months ago
Techland - Senior Cinematic Artist

Techland

Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland (On-Site)
2 Months ago
Easy Brain - AI Artist

Easy Brain

Limassol, Limassol, Cyprus (Hybrid)
1 Month ago
NVIDIA - Senior Silicon Product Definition Engineer

NVIDIA

Santa Clara, California, United States (Hybrid)
1 Month ago
Netflix - Animator

Netflix

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (Hybrid)
2 Months ago
Ubisoft - Senior 3D Gameplay Technical Animator

Ubisoft

Montpellier, Occitanie, France (On-Site)
3 Months ago
Ubisoft - Team Lead - Animation

Ubisoft

Toronto, Ontario, Canada (On-Site)
1 Month ago
DNEG - Layout Technical Supervisor (DNEG Animation)

DNEG

London, England, United Kingdom (On-Site)
3 Months ago
Rockstar Games - Senior Animation Systems Programmer

Rockstar Games

Carlsbad, California, United States (On-Site)
2 Months ago

Get notifed when new similar jobs are uploaded

Similar Skill Jobs

Meta - AI Research Scientist - Generative AI Red Teaming (London or Paris)

Meta

London, England, United Kingdom (On-Site)
5 Months ago
Playrix - Senior C++/Python Software Engineer (Engine)

Playrix

Ireland (Remote)
5 Months ago
Techland - Senior Cinematic Artist

Techland

Wrocław, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland (On-Site)
2 Months ago
The Walt Disney Company - Lead Data Scientist

The Walt Disney Company

Glendale, California, United States (On-Site)
5 Months ago
Skillz - Business Intelligence Manager

Skillz

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States (On-Site)
1 Month ago
Rebellion - Technical Art Internship

Rebellion

England, United Kingdom (On-Site)
1 Month ago
Epic Games - Lead Tech UI Designer

Epic Games

(On-Site)
3 Months ago
Meta - Technical Game Designer

Meta

San Francisco, California, United States (Remote)
5 Months ago
Monsters - 3D Environment Artist

Monsters

Austin, Texas, United States (On-Site)
1 Month ago
Tencent - Senior 3D Artist

Tencent

Los Angeles, California, United States (On-Site)
2 Months ago

Get notifed when new similar jobs are uploaded

Jobs in Liverpool, England, United Kingdom

Cloud Imperium Games - Senior Tools Programmer

Cloud Imperium Games

Manchester, England, United Kingdom (On-Site)
9 Months ago
Activision - Senior VFX Destruction Artist

Activision

Guildford, England, United Kingdom (Hybrid)
3 Months ago
Universally Speaking - Thai Games Tester

Universally Speaking

England, United Kingdom (On-Site)
1 Month ago
Rockstar Games - Senior DevOps Engineer

Rockstar Games

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom (On-Site)
7 Months ago
Rockstar Games - QA Tester: Localization - Spanish

Rockstar Games

Lincoln, England, United Kingdom (On-Site)
2 Months ago
Rebellion - Design Director

Rebellion

England, United Kingdom (Hybrid)
2 Months ago
Universally Speaking - Korean Games Tester

Universally Speaking

England, United Kingdom (On-Site)
3 Months ago
The Walt Disney Company - Senior Brand Commercialisation Manager - Lucasfilm

The Walt Disney Company

London, England, United Kingdom (Hybrid)
2 Months ago
Lighthouse Games - Head of Development

Lighthouse Games

England, United Kingdom (Hybrid)
1 Month ago
The Walt Disney Company - Senior Compositor

The Walt Disney Company

London, England, United Kingdom (Hybrid)
2 Months ago

Get notifed when new similar jobs are uploaded

Animation Jobs

Sony Pictures Animation - Production Assistant - Series

Sony Pictures Animation

Culver City, California, United States (On-Site)
4 Months ago
SKYDANCE - Technical Artist Character Assembly Trainee

SKYDANCE

Madrid, Community Of Madrid, Spain (On-Site)
1 Month ago
Ubisoft - 3D Animator

Ubisoft

Sofia, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria (On-Site)
2 Months ago
Ubisoft - Animator

Ubisoft

Pune, Maharashtra, India (On-Site)
1 Month ago
SmileGate - Character Rigger (Contract)

SmileGate

Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea (On-Site)
3 Months ago
Limit Break - 3Dモデラー(Japan) - 3D Modeler

Limit Break

Tokyo, Japan (On-Site)
3 Months ago
Flying Bark Productions - Nuke Compositor

Flying Bark Productions

Madrid, Community Of Madrid, Spain (On-Site)
1 Month ago
Playtika - 2d Animator

Playtika

Poland (Hybrid)
5 Months ago
DNEG - Animation TD (FEAT)

DNEG

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India (On-Site)
5 Months ago
Ubisoft - Intermediate/Senior Animation Programmer

Ubisoft

Malmö, Skåne County, Sweden (Hybrid)
1 Month ago

Get notifed when new similar jobs are uploaded

About The Company

Climax was founded over 30 years ago and is located in the coastal city of Portsmouth.  

We have an extensive history in developing all kinds of digital experiences across all formats, delivering entire games, through to co-development and technological problem solving and we’ve won many awards along the way. 

We're currently developing AAA console games and looking for developers to join us.

Climax is a Keywords Studio

England, United Kingdom (On-Site)

Scotland, United Kingdom (On-Site)

Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom (On-Site)

England, United Kingdom (On-Site)

Scotland, United Kingdom (On-Site)

England, United Kingdom (On-Site)

Scotland, United Kingdom (On-Site)

Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom (On-Site)

England, United Kingdom (On-Site)

Liverpool, England, United Kingdom (On-Site)

View All Jobs

Get notified when new jobs are added by Climax Studios

Level Up Your Career in Game Development!

Transform Your Passion into Profession with Our Comprehensive Courses for Aspiring Game Developers.

Job Common Plug