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Senior Cinematic Character Animator (Narrative Adventure)

A visionary game development studio founded in 2012, Firesprite builds innovative showcase titles for PlayStation platforms as part of the PlayStation Studios family.

Would you enjoy the freedom to create AAA games working from anywhere in the UK, including our Liverpool studio?

We're looking for a Senior Cinematic Character Animator on dark, narrative driven blockbuster title with genre defining goals. This highly ambitious project takes atmosphere, narrative and player agency firmly into ground-breaking territory on next-generation Unreal 5 & hardware technologies.

Working closely with several other teams, you’ll thrive on iterating, evolving and delivering cinematic animation to the highest quality possible.

We’re aiming for a specificity of character and emotion that delivers distinct performance, heightens player immersion and sets a new bar for cinematic character animation. As a part of the animation team, you will be instrumental in bringing that ambition to life.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work with animators, technical animators, designers and the AD to create compelling, high quality animation.
• Animate creatures, humans and non-living elements.
• Deliver the finished animation in a game-ready state.
• Revise and refine with animation and in-engine tools.
• Collaborate with your animation peers and feedback on any workflow suggestions

Requirements

• Proven experience as an Animator on at least one shipped PC or console title
• Understanding of creating and developing cinematic animation.
• Excellent knowledge of Maya.
• Experience working with motion capture data and relevant pipelines.
• A deep understanding of character behaviour, strong sense of expressing character through movement.
• Good working animation skills with non-human elements, vehicles, props and the like.
• Previous experience with Unreal Engine or a proprietary engine.

Additional or Beneficial Skills:

• Experience of animating creatures or animals.
• Any experience with UE4 Maya Animation Rigging Toolset (ART)
• Experience with Motionbuilder
• Experience working on a AAA title.

Benefits

• Private Healthcare Plan
• Bonus Scheme
• Enhanced Holiday Allowance
• Pension Plans
• Work remotely within the UK
• Training & Development
• Employee Assistance Programme - Counselling

Firesprite is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

We welcome and encourage applications from all suitable applicants regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.