Gameplay Animator
UK Remote or West Midlands-based / Full-Time Contractor
Please note: We welcome applicants who prefer to work from home; however, we cannot offer visa sponsorship for this opportunity at this time.
Role:
We are looking for a skilled and motivated individual to help develop, own and deliver visually stunning and lifelike animation content, both for Flix’s own internal projects and our high profile co-development partners. As a key component of our Animation team, you will utilise your technical abilities and creativity to breathe life into game content, contributing to the overall immersion and player experience. Ideal candidates will have strong communication skills, solid work ethic and a positive, pro-active attitude.
Responsibilities:
- Design, create and implement expressive and believable gameplay-driven animation content, for characters, creatures, and other in-game objects – from prototype to final implementation.
- Follow and uphold animation style principles, maintaining consistency across the project and ensuring content aligns with the game’s aesthetic, gameplay, and narrative requirements.
- Actively participate in Animation reviews, giving and incorporating feedback to improve the quality of game content.
- Follow best pipeline practices for content creation, optimization, and performance, ensuring work meets visual quality standards and runs smoothly across target platforms.
- Pro-actively communicate and collaborate across discipline teams to help uphold the game’s quality bar and delivery requirements.
Essential:
- Proven Animation experience within games, with a showreel demonstrating strong keyframe animation, and a demonstrated knowledge of game loops and gameplay feel.
- Strong understanding of game animation content creation for Unreal Engine, including the full rigging, skinning, animation and implementation process.
- High proficiency in relevant industry-standard software including Maya, Blender or equivalent.
- Demonstrated core Animation skills and command of fundamentals such as weight, timing, and readability.
- Effective communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work positively in a team environment.
- Ability to manage your time effectively and own end-to-end delivery of your work.
- A passion for gaming and a drive to deliver visually stunning and captivating gaming experiences.
Desirable:
- Experience with third person combat gameplay and high-fidelity paired animations, such as enemy executions.
- Specific expertise in Unreal Engine implementation, and knowledge of tools/techniques such as Control Rig, Sequencer, Motion Matching, IK and Blend Spaces.
- Familiar working with motion capture data to enhance and refine animations and experience executing mocap shoots.
- Skills in facial animation.
What We Offer:
Based just outside Birmingham, Flix is made up of welcoming, passionate, active gamers that support one another in all aspects of development. We offer you to:
- Join a friendly, nurturing work environment with the opportunity to build games as part of an extremely talented, ambitious studio.
- Work on market-leading AAA titles and IP with globally reputable studio and publisher partners.
- Be part of a sustainably growing game developer studio as we consciously expand our team and projects on a case-by-case basis.
- Learn within an independent studio across a wide range of projects and opportunities both internal and external.
Application:
Please send through your portfolio and cover letter. If your examples are from previous works with another studio, please make sure samples are cleared for release by copyright owners. Links to an online portfolio are preferable, otherwise we accept showreels via Dropbox or other secure sharing platforms.
Send your application to – careers@flixinteractive.com
If you love making games and you would like to contribute to a team and project where your drive and skills will be welcomed and encouraged, then we would love to hear from you.
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Your application will be stored on a private cloud based online system for processing. If you would like us to update, delete or refine your application please email info@flixinteractive.com. Your request will be appended within 30 days of receiving your email.
Please note – In compliance with GDPR law your data will be used for recruitment purposes only. We are unable to accept candidates requiring visa sponsorship for this opportunity at this time.
