Animator
UK Remote or West Midlands Based – Birmingham/Worcestershire Area
Please Note: We welcome applicants that prefer to work from home, so please get in touch!
Role and Purpose
We are seeking a talented individual to become an essential member of the animation team, responsible for creating visually stunning and lifelike animations for characters, objects, and environments in our games. You will help breathe life into game assets, contributing to the overall immersion and player experience.
Whether you’re an experienced animator with a solid foundation or a budding talent eager to develop your abilities, this position provides a chance to enhance your understanding of animation-focused mechanics.
Responsibilities
- Assist in creating 2D or 3D animations for characters, creatures, props, and environmental elements.
- Follow established animation styles, guidelines, and artistic direction provided by senior team members.
- Produce and refine high quality key-frame and motion capture animation content, processing them ready for integration.
- Follow guidelines on content workflows and support in planning content creation.
- Work closely with character artists, riggers, and technical artists to ensure animations meet technical requirements and the artistic vision.
- Participate in team meetings and actively contribute to creative discussions.
- Strive for high-quality animations that enhance the gameplay experience.
- Manage time effectively to meet animation deadlines and project milestones.
Requirements
- A strong portfolio or demo reel.
- Demonstratable experience with motion builder.
- Experience working with 3D models and rigs (provided by 3d modelers and riggers).
- Display solid key-frame animation skills in a reel that demonstrates your core skills and command of fundamental animation techniques.
- Demonstrate your understanding of weight, timing, and posing through your ability to manipulate motion capture data and key-frame animation.
- A passion for game development and an in-depth awareness of current titles and industry trends.
Desirable Skills
- Experience working on adventure open-world games.
- Skills in motion capture and facial animation.
- Collaborate in the execution of mocap shoots while being mindful of technical constraints.
Portfolio
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
What We Offer
Based just outside Birmingham, Flix offers a friendly, nurturing work environment with the opportunity to build games as part of an extremely talented, ambitious studio. The team is made up of welcoming, passionate, active gamers that support one another in all aspects of development.
We also offer the following:
- Private healthcare.
- Additional time off over Christmas on top of standard holidays.
- Bonus scheme.
- Team outings and events.
- Summer and Christmas parties.
If you have the drive and skills for making games and think you have what it takes to work within our team then we’d love to hear from you.
For more information visit our site – www.flixinteractive.com
