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Senior Technical Animator - Technical Art and Animation - CTT
1 year ago
Why Firesprite?
Founded in 2012 by a group of creative and management veterans with years of industry experience, Firesprite is a visionary game development studio based in the heart of Liverpool’s vibrant game development hub with over 200 team members.
Creating a number of showcase games for PlayStation console and peripheral launches over the years, Firesprite’s core focus is developing innovative and memorable experiences for players on cutting edge gaming hardware. At Firesprite, the end player experience always comes first and the team is passionate about how to best combine the disciplines of design, art and code to deliver games that surprise and delight.
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 are seeking a Senior Technical Animator to join our internal technology team at Firesprite. This varied role encompasses a whole range of disciplines from toolchain, build systems, plugin, and pipeline development, as well as direct project support.
As a core team member, you will be responsible for delivering cutting edge tools and technologies to support the game teams at Firesprite. You will be working closely with multiple game projects to make sure the teams have the best tools with which to realise their creative vision.
While a permanent opportunity to join our team, we're open to full or part time applications for this position.
- Work closely with Animation Directors, Technical Animation Director and Core Technology Team to create and maintain documentation standards and practices for tools, pipelines, and technical specifications
- Identify and develop necessary art toolchains and documentation
- Support the implementation of best-in-class character animation on projects
- Create tools/scripts to aid animators with regards to exporting to game
- Support the on project Animation teams with knowledge sharing and general technical support
- Identify shortfalls in skills and support ongoing recruitment efforts to grow the Technical Animation team
- Develop a positive and energetic team culture
- Bring your own experience of best working practices to the team
- Proven experience as a Technical Animator on at least one shipped PC or Console title
- Proven experience producing high quality rigged and skinned, characters and props
- Excellent knowledge of animation and the processes involved in creating animations
- Strong Python development skills.
- Good working knowledge of QT/PySide.
- A strong knowledge of Maya
- Strong problem-solving skills
- Outstanding communication skills both written and verbal
Additional Desirable Skills:
- Experience with Unreal AnimGraph workflow
- Experience with Unreal Sequencer
- Experience with Unreal material based procedural animation (via world position offset etc)
- Experience with character set up in Unreal including physics, cloth, materials
- Experience with Motion Builder
- Experience working with motion capture data from 3rd party providers
- Console development experience
Firesprite is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, with a commitment to a culture of inclusion and mutual respect for all employees from every walk of life, reflecting the community we make games for. 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.