Aardvark Swift is supporting Splash Damage as they recruit for a Senior Animation Engineer to join their team.
As a Senior Animation Engineer at Splash Damage, you will be responsible for working with the team to conceive, prototype, and implement exciting gameplay features and sequences, and collaborate with the Art Leads to drive for high and consistent quality across the game.
Your responsibilities…
Be part of the animation team under the guidance of a Lead animator
Working closely with animators, programmers, artists and designers to create, implement, and debug animations into the game
Collaborate with the Animation, Code and Design teams, to achieve balance between animation fidelity and gameplay responsiveness
Testing, reviewing, and iterating upon animations to tune them to the highest quality
The skills and experience you’ll bring to the role…
Bachelor’s degree in Art/Animation or equivalent industry experience
Demonstrable strong biped, creature, and mechanical animation skills
Proficiency in mayor 3D animation software package, particular Maya and / or Motion Builder
Good working knowledge of game development workflows, processes, and tools
Understanding of the character pipeline (modelling, rigging, and skinning)
Knowledge and experience of working with game engines (e.g. Unreal),
A passion for making and playing games
Preferable but non-essential skills and experience…
2+ years of character animation experience in video games and/or worked on a released title
Proficiency in UE4
Positive, solution-orientated mindset
Skilled in animating the human / creature figure to create high standard character animations
An understanding of development issues in getting animations into a game
Proficiency with MotionBuilder
Experience of working with motion capture data
Experience working with facial animation, blendshapes, facial animation pipeline
Perks and benefits include…
Bespoke visa and relocation packages for you and your family, with support from the Splash Damage team throughout the full process
Private Medical and Dental Cover for you and your family, along with a 24/7 digital GP service
Extensive Mental Health support, with Line Manager Mental Health training, a group of Mental Health First Aiders, and on-site or remote counselling
Bespoke Learning and Development course framework to help you grow as an employee, manager, and leader
Performance-related pay system on top of your basic compensation
Enhanced pension contributions and life assurance scheme
For more than 20 years, Splash Damage have been creating team-based multiplayer experiences that have entertained tens of millions of players all over the world and forged countless new friendships along the way.
They have won numerous awards, including a ‘World-Class’ accreditation by Best Companies and being named one of the UK’s 100 Best Large Companies to work for.
While their offices are based in Bromley, UK, their people have access to progressive working patterns that give them the flexibility to decide how to do their best work.
