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Technical Animator

Ninja Theory
Cambridge England United Kingdom
3 years ago
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Location: Work from home (UK only) or from our brand-new studio in Cambridge, UK.

About us: Ninja Theory is a five-time Bafta award winning games company based in Cambridge, UK and part of Xbox Game Studios. Our Mission is: To Craft Life-changing Art with Game-changing Tech and we are building the team that will help us fulfil that promise.

Your role: To research, develop and maintain animation-centric systems, techniques and pipelines both inside and outside engine for cutting edge games. You will work closely with multiple development disciplines to achieve seamless and dynamic animation integration. Assist and support animators on effectively implementing animation into the game engine. To analyse, troubleshoot and find solutions to animation related technical challenges.

Requirements

Your Skill: Knowledge sharing and willingness to experiment in order to advance what can be achieved in a real-time game environment and create the tools required to make that happen. You should be able to articulate the theories or ideas behind current and future animation technologies and practices.

This is a highly collaborative environment, the ability to work with other departments to resolve technical and creative challenges is key.

You should have a passion for animation with an understanding of the art and an eye for detail.

Your Experience: You will have real world production experience in animation related tools, pipelines using various content creation packages. Working knowledge applying scripting skills to tools creation (eg. Python, C++, etc). Have a familiarity with game engines (ideally UE4) and the animation systems there-in. You may also have first hand experience in asset creation such as hand keyed or motion-capture sequences.

Our values: Greatness through Excellence, Teamwork & Integrity.

We offer great pay, wide-ranging benefits and flexible working arrangements so you can focus on what matters. We avoid hierarchy, egos and crunch, preferring trust, talent and experience to see us through. You will be part of an inclusive group of ninjas who know what it takes to succeed, and who will encourage and support you to do the same.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a BAFTA Award winning studio in the Xbox Game Studios Group and be part of pushing the boundaries of interactive entertainment.

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