Senior Technical Animator

We are looking for a passionate Senior Technical Animator specialising in Maya to create and support tools used on a daily basis by the animation team - ensuring animators can operate efficiently when creating and refining cutscenes/in-game animations.

Candidates will need to be able to work in a team. He/she will also be expected to provide input and direction for the future development of our animation workflows/tools to keep Wolcen at the cutting edge.

The ideal candidate will have at least 5 years' games industry experience on a AAA title in a similar role and must have used Maya/Motionbuilder in that role - possessing a strong working knowledge of Python.

The main responsibilities will be :

• Interact closely with animators and other TA/TDs to maintain and improve our proprietary animation tools.
• Create and support tools that improve our animation creation/editing workflows.
• Collaborate effectively with other team disciplines, predominantly animation and animation code.
• Bring innovation and resolution to technical problems and challenges throughout production from content creation through to the game.
• Demonstrate creativity and technical ability within the constraints of pc development.
• Assist character artists with skinning and rigging of characters, including setups for facial animation.

QUALIFICATIONS

• 5+ years of applicable professional experience as a TA
• Games industry experience is preferred, having shipped title(s) on any of the major console platforms
• Mel / Python programming is a prerequisite for the role.
• Experience using Maya and/or Motionbuilder
• Knowledge of facial rigging is a definite plus
• Designed and implemented efficient character/weapon/vehicle rigs.
• Character skinning and physics simulation setup
• Experience in other scripting and programming languages (Maxscript, C# / C++, etc.) is a big plus

SKILLS

• Strong communication and organizational skills
• Effective time management skills to meet deadlines without sacrificing quality
• Mentorship of animators to help improve their Maya/Motionbuilder skills
• Experience using Cryengine or similar engine