Technical Animator

1 Month ago • All levels • Animation

Job Summary

Job Description

Pixel Toys seeks a Technical Animator (contract) to collaborate with the animation team, developing cutting-edge features and processes. Responsibilities include rigging and skinning characters and props, enhancing existing tools, implementing in-engine animations, and contributing to tool creation using Python, MEL, or Qt. The ideal candidate possesses strong animation principles understanding, proficiency in Maya or MotionBuilder, familiarity with Perforce, and a deep understanding of anatomy and game development workflows. Excellent communication and self-management skills are essential, along with a passion for games. The role involves tackling challenging projects and contributing to the development of a new, innovative game.
Must have:
  • Strong animation principles understanding
  • Rigging and skinning proficiency
  • Proficiency in Maya or MotionBuilder
  • Python, MEL, or Qt experience
  • Understanding of game dev workflows

Job Details

Based in the heart of Leamington Spa, Pixel Toys have spent almost a decade pushing the capabilities of mobile gaming. We have developed multiple award-winning titles, including:  Warhammer 40,000: Freeblade, Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realm War; and we’re now excited to be exclusively working on a new game, unlike ANYTHING we’ve done previously!


As a forward thinking and innovative studio we are always looking for new technologies and techniques to develop and use in our games and make them even more engaging experiences for our customers.


We are excited to continue to grow our team and are always on the lookout for highly talented and motivated individuals, who are passionate about gaming and excited to join us on our ambitious journey!

 

 

 

The Role:

 

Join us as a Technical Animator and work closely with our Lead Animator and animation team, tackling challenges head-on and developing cutting-edge features, pipelines, and processes. You’ll handle rigging and skinning, enhance existing tools, implement animations in-engine, and contribute to tool creation and fixes.

 

 

 

About you:

 

You will be joining us with a strong understanding of animation principles, rigging, and animation systems. You’ll create high-quality character and prop rigs across various styles, improve our rigging pipeline, and develop animation tools and scripts using Python, MEL, or Qt.

 

With proficiency in 3D animation software like Maya or MotionBuilder you will also have familiarity with source control systems such as Perforce. Your understanding of anatomy, character topology best practices, and game development workflows will make you a great addition to the team; along with strong self-management, excellent communication skills, and of course a passion for games!

 

 

 

What can Pixel Toys offer?

 

At Pixel Toys we are proud of the progressive, inclusive, and collaborative working environment we have created; a place where everyone has the opportunity to be themselves and is welcomed and valued for who they are and what they contribute. 

 

 

 

Here at Pixel Toys we strive to provide an inclusive environment where everyone, from any background, can do their best work and join in driving our joint success. Recruitment selection is based on skills, experience and a good Pixel Toys mission and values fit.

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About The Company

Pixel Toys is a global developer and publisher of market leading digital games and entertainment, founded by industry veterans with a proven pedigree of delivering highly-rated multi-million selling games.

We find the themes that global audiences can engage with, and reinvent them into exciting new experiences which are graphically rich and provide gripping and rewarding gameplay.

Our game environments are beautifully realised, our game characters detailed and believable, and our audio and visual effects as rich as players will have come to expect from their most beloved releases.

We create superior entertainment for mobile, tablet and VR audiences, games which players feel are great value and are excited to play.

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