Animation Director – Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – Full-Time / Office-based
Please note: This role will be office-based full-time in Kuala Lumpur.
Role:
We are seeking an experienced and visionary Animation Director to set the animation direction for our studio and lead our animation teams across AA and AAA co-development projects. You will be part of a well-established British co-development studio starting up a new presence in Kuala Lumpur to ensure our projects align with the creative vision, meet player expectations, and achieve a high standard of quality. This role requires a strategic thinker with a strong design background, a collaborative mindset, and exceptional leadership abilities.
Responsibilities:
- Own the animation vision across co-development and internal projects, in step with our partners’ creative direction.
- Join a start-up team of Directors in setting up Flix Interactive’s new Kuala Lumpur studio, shaping its structure, culture, and ways of working.
- Set the bar: establish animation standards, pipelines, and processes that keep quality and consistency high across the studio.
- Build the team from scratch: mentor animation leads and senior animators, and shape how we recruit, onboard, and grow them as the studio takes shape.
- Be the senior animation voice for our co-development partners and publishers, aligning on style, scope, and deliverables.
- Guide animation from concept to final in-engine implementation, protecting quality, deadlines, and budgets.
- Team up with design, art, engineering, and technical animation so animation elevates gameplay feel, from every hit and dodge to every traversal.
- Oversee motion capture and animation production workflows, and push for better tools and techniques.
- Help us win new work by supporting pitches and bids, and represent Flix Interactive at industry events.
Essential:
- 10+ years in game animation, including time as a director, head, or senior lead on shipped AA or AAA titles (co-development experience is a big plus).
- Proven leadership: you mentor and grow talent, including other leaders.
- A start-up mindset: you’re energised by building something new, comfortable with ambiguity, and happy to roll up your sleeves.
- Deep knowledge of animation principles across character, gameplay, and cinematic work, and how they come together in-engine (Unreal Engine preferred).
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to build strong relationships with partners and senior stakeholders.
- Sharp problem-solving skills and a genuine love of games and animation across genres. You play widely, and with a critical eye.
Desirable:
- Experience with motion capture pipelines, animation systems (e.g. motion matching, Control Rig), and presenting to partners, publishers, or executives.
Why Flix?
Flix offers a friendly, nurturing work environment with the opportunity to build games as part of an extremely talented, ambitious studio. Our team is made up of welcoming, passionate, active gamers who support one another in all aspects of development.
We offer:
- The opportunity to join a friendly, nurturing work environment and build games as part of an extremely talented, ambitious studio.
- Work on market-leading titles and IP with globally reputable studios and publisher partners.
- Being part of a sustainably growing game developer studio as we consciously expand our team and projects on a case-by-case basis.
- Learning 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.
For more information visit our site – Flix Interactive
Alternatively, call our recruitment team on – 01527 958 177
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