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Senior Animator - Brands
1 year ago
You will be working alongside the Brands team to create and deliver believable high-quality animations. You will be working under the guidance of the Lead Animator to achieve a consistent level of quality and ensure that each animation has the right energy and mood to it.
We’re looking for an experienced animator who is imaginative, self-motivated, high energy and has a genuine interest in creating a variety of unique experiences and content for the brands that live inside the game.
You will be working with the brand team in a regular basis in collaboration with several other content creators, building memorable experiences and bringing unique content into the game in a way that has never been done before.
Responsibilities
- Create high quality animation using both keyframe and motion capture data.
- Work alongside the brands team to create and improve brand-based experiences in the game
- Able to follow briefs and direction as well contributing with ideas and suggestions.
- Debug and fix animation related bugs in cooperation with other teams.
- Work daily in Unreal Engine to visualise and implement your animation work.
Requirements
- Experience working with motion capture data and creating key-frame animation.
- Excellent knowledge of Maya or MotionBuilder.
- 5+ years experience in games development. Experience working with brand content a plus.
- Experience working inside Unreal Engine implementing animations.
- Good understanding of character and prop setups.
- Strong understanding of integrating gameplay systems in Unreal Engine.
- Capable of meeting schedules and commit to delivery dates.
- Ability to work autonomously.
- Provide a demo showcasing your best character animation work for games or brands.
- Creative and ambitious.
- Be a team player, open to take and offer feedback.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
Our Global Benefits & Perks
- Unlimited coaching & therapy — with Oliva, to support your mental health
- £500 annual Learning Budget — to spend on Learnerbly
- Stock Options — everyone owns a piece of our success
- Compassionate Leave — regardless of who it is, whether you’ve miscarried, or a lost a pet, you don’t need to tell us why
- Birthday Present — £150 voucher or a charity donation
- Birthday Day off — to celebrate your birthday away from work each year
- Caregiver Leave — up to 5 days each year to support your loved ones
- New baby gift — £250 toward a meal delivery or cleaning service
- Remote Working Budget – for remote workers to get out of the house
- Pension scheme — to finance those golden years
- Socials —office & remote events, play sessions and company-wide parties
- And even more benefits based on your location!
If you’re based in the UK
- 29 Annual Leave + 3 bank holidays - we’re flexible with most bank holidays so you can use the time to celebrate what’s important to you
- Long Service Days - 2 extra days added on your 2nd & 4th anniversaries with us.
- Private Medical Insurance - full cover with AXA
- Healthcare Cash Plan - Level 3 cover with Medicash
- Enhanced Family Leave - Primary caregivers; 13 weeks full pay, 13 weeks half pay, Secondary caregivers; 2 weeks full pay
- Cycle2Work Scheme - lease a bike through us and save on tax too!
- Electric Car Charging - electric car charging at our Port office in Edinburgh, Scotland.
About us
Build A Rocket Boy is developing EVERYWHERE; an experience with a breadth of unimaginable gameplay adventure.
We are a mix of industry leading veterans whose credits include some of the best selling and most loved games of all time. We’re a creative digital entertainment studio with an open and progressive methodology, dedicated to delivering games of the highest calibre possible.If you want to feel comfortable, inspired, and appreciated in your work pursuits then come join us. We have offices in Edinburgh and Budapest and are happy to sponsor your relocation to one of these cities.
If you want to feel comfortable, inspired, and appreciated in your work pursuits then come join us. We have offices in Edinburgh, Budapest and consider WFH candidates.