Remote Europe, Or Leamington Spa Office
Lead 3D Games Animator
Posted:
about 12 hours
Art and Animation
Full-Time
Lead / Principal
We are looking for a Lead Animator with practical knowledge of game development.
You will be leading projects and working alongside the animation team to create believable high-quality character animations. A strong understanding of the principals is essential with a keen eye for adding character and personality to your work. You will be able to project manage, liaise with clients and manage multiple animators and their workload.
- Have a minimum 7 years industry experience in video games, freelance experience a bonus
- Create high quality, hand keyed character, creature and environmental animations.
- Lead and collaborate with other disciplines to ensure the animations works as intended in the game.
- Exceptional self management skills.
- Manage / mentor internal and external animators.
- Be pleasant to work with, communicate well, understand briefs, meet deadlines.
- Be accountable & responsible, a clear communicator and problem solver
- Ability to adapt and work with new technologies and workflows.
- Ability to switch up styles from cartoony to realistic
- Experience working with motion capture data and leading shoots
- Capable of creating schedules and committing to delivery dates.
- In depth knowledge of Maya and have an understanding and experience with rigging and skinning
- Ability to implement your work in engine, working with state machines and other related concepts.
- Experience with multiple game engines and multiple shipped titles. Experience in Unity and UE4/5 advantageous.
- Be a team player, open to take and offer feedback.
- Constantly strive to learn new / improved tools, techniques and processes all while honing your core craft.
- Attend awesome events.
- Have the desire to help make awesome games
That is what we need from you, in return we will try to give you:
- 4 Day weeks
- Variety of work – video game cycles, cinematics, character acting for advertising
- A competitive salary.
- Relaxed office atmosphere in the heart of town.
- Flexible hours
- Remote within Europe
Please send us a concise but nice introductory email with “Lead Animator” in the subject, along with your resume, a link to your showreel.
Why Us?!
Why Us?!
Here at Super Spline we are a bunch of friendly, talented individuals, who thrive on creativity and the love of the art. We value every voice and we’ve worked hard to build a working environment that is warm and welcoming. We hold ourselves to the high standards we set out to achieve, without doing overtime. We go out as a team every week for lunch, cinema trips for research and organise social events with other local animators. Having a relaxed atmosphere allows us to do what we do best: great animation, great development, and provide a great service to all our clients.
Variety is the spice of life, and that’s what we think is unique about Super Spline. We get short and long term projects, ranging from console to high end mobile games, VR experiences to trailers. Each project has it’s own challenges and creative problems to solve. Say good-bye to working on a project for 4+ years and it never seeing the light of day.
We offer:
- 4 Day Work Week
- A friendly relaxed team atmosphere with a commitment to open communication.
- No Crunch / Overtime. Ever.
- No project fatigue.
- 18 days paid holiday.
- Your birthday off.
- Christmas closure for 2 weeks.
- Flexi time.
- Private health insurance with dental, optical, mental health, cancer care and therapies.
- Pension scheme.
- Annual training subsidies.
- Personalized development plan and dedicated work time for your progression.
Our positions are in our Leamington Spa studio or fully remote, or a hybrid.
Apply To Job
To apply to this job, Email your application with all required documents to
jobs@supersplinestudios.com
Apply to Super Spline Studios's Lead 3D Games Animator Job
BEFORE YOU APPLY:
- Make sure to read the job description carefully, and understand what the role requires.
- Update your CV if needed, proofread, and fix any errors.
- Make sure your CV reflects and highlights the main skills required for the job.
- Take some time to research the company, try to understand their kind of games and work culture.
- Write a cover letter. This is your chance to draw their attention. Show why you're a good candidate, and you can show you have researched their company and why you're interested in applying.
- Make sure to include your portfolio link if you have one. Any open source projects might be of great value as well. If you don't have a portfolio, you should consider making one in the future.
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About Super Spline Studios
THE REMOTE ANIMATION DEPARTMENT
SPECIALISTS IN VIDEOGAME CO-DEVELOPMENT
NOW WITH 4 DAY WORK WEEKS!
Working on over 80 productions has meant we’ve had the pleasure of collaborating with a lot of great people in this industry. Working cross discipline, in many different styles, solving many of game dev problems along the way.
Our creative flair is backed up by our technical proficiency, allowing us to work smarter and be more cost-effective. Paving way for more creative choices and ultimately happier clients. We’re proud to have worked on projects for Disney, Sega, Epic, Namco, Frontier, Electric Square, Jagex and Sumo to name but a few.
Our “people first” approach is dedicated to making Super Spline the best place to work as an animator. We offer fully remote or hybrid positions, with a strict policy of zero crunch / overtime. We run an annual profit share at rates way above industry average. We offer training subsidies with a personal career progression plan and structured time to execute it. We’re dedicated to a relaxed and open atmosphere, where we talk every day as a team.
So whether you need a full remote animation department at your disposal or a temporary scale up of your existing animation team, we’re only an email away.
Aron, James & Eoin
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