Animation Generalist

Warrington Full-Time 36000 - 60000 £ / year (est.) Home office possible

We have a unique position available for a talented animation generalist to Join our growing studio ‘Vertpaint’ as we head for release of our debut title – a fully funded Indie first person horror game, ‘Ritual Tides’

//Project Summary:

Ritual Tides: Set at the end of the 19th century, our protagonist explores a remote and highly authentic British island. Encountering Monsters, Cultists & disturbed Denizens. We need your help and passion to bring this project to life!

//Role Summary:

Role : Generalist Animator (Mid / Sr / Lead / Principal)

Salary / Title: Subject to level of experience per candidate

Location: Fully Remote, must be available during core hours each day 10am – 3pm GMT (UK)

Key Responsibilities:

Act as generalist on the team to manage Rigging & Animation tasks
Rigging, Skinning, Animation
Human / creature / animals
Gameplay & Cinematic Animations
Imports and in engine setup
R&D into viability of workflows
Work on fast turnaround prototyping tasks
Rigging, Skinning, Animation at the concept phase to unblock designers
Utilise Mocap / Modern Animation tools for rapid content creation
Work on final deliverable animations
Directly contribute to the work (Rigger and/or Animator)
Ensure quality standards are meet by contractors (brought on as required)
Collaboration with..
Tech Artists – on pipelines for implementing Animations
Character Artists – to advise on best practices when modelling for deformation
Contract Animators and Riggers (as required) – to ensure project needs and standards are met.

//Desired Skills & Experience:

Must Have:

Exceptional Talent as an Animator and/or Rigger
Passion to work on a horror title
Experience working in games / films industry
Proficiency of the whole pipeline (Rigging, Skinning, Animation)
Talent as a Keyframe Animator
Experience with Mocap clean-up
Good familiarity with UE5 / game pipelines
Passion for the craft & eagerness to embrace new tools / workflows

Nice to Have:

Experience with setting up ABP systems in UE5
Experience with setting up Physics Assets systems in UE5
Experience with Procedural Control Rig systems for Runtime in UE5
Experience Animating Directly in UE5 & Maya
Experience with both cinematic and gameplay animations
Experience with Source Control; Perforce
Experience animating first person cinematics