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Senior Animator

With a passion to deliver high-end cinematic games, Supermassive Games is carving a unique and exciting path in the games industry. Want to join us on the journey?

Supermassive Games are seeking a Senior Animator to work on our exciting projects!

You will be responsible for a creating and editing key-frame animation and editing mocap data for in-game characters and sequences, to provide high-quality content for one of our games currently in production.

Role responsibilities:

• The ability to follow an artistic vision and interpret feedback and direction accurately
• An ability to interpret storyboards and take them through to final animation
• A solid understanding of traditional animation principles (timing, weight, etc.)
• Experience working with and editing mocap data.
• Ability to create and iterate key-frame animation.
• Strong staging and block-out skills, with a good eye for character posing.
• Collaborating with other disciplines such as environment, character, lighting and VFX artists, graphics programmers and level designers to create a AAA game experience.

Requirements

Skills and experience required:

• At least 7 years of experience as an animator, working on at least one AAA game.
• Creating believable key-framed performances for both humans and creatures
• Able to clean up and enhance motion captured performances
• Detailed knowledge of the workflows and methods involved in animating game characters, vehicles and objects.
• A strong portfolio of work which demonstrates the ability to create high-quality animations.

Technical skills/knowledge:

• Maya
• Motion Builder
• Knowledge of the principles of key-frame and motion capture technology
• Experience of character rigs and facial animation solutions

Benefits

Why join us?

• We make big games with small teams - you will play a full and active role
• Challenging and rewarding projects as standard
• 25 days annual leave
• Private health insurance
• Pension and life assurance x6 time annual salary
• Quarterly profit related bonus scheme
• Social events - including large summer party
• Constantly improving tools and workflow so you can focus on creativity
• Fast decision-making allows good ideas to flourish
• We celebrate and nurture talent
• Our supportive, inclusive and friendly team culture is something we are proud of
• Work-life balance is something we respect and protect
• Ultimately, you’ll work on the cutting edge - making innovative and immersive games