Job Summary
Job Description
Frontier is seeking an experienced Animator to join their team in Cambridge, UK. You'll be responsible for creating high-quality animation for their games, collaborating with other departments, and implementing animation into their proprietary engine. Must-have skills include professional experience as a games animator, a strong animation showreel, and proficiency in a 3D animation package.
Must have:
- Games Animator
- Animation Showreel
- 3D Animation
- Animation Principals
Good to have:
- Character Art
- VFX Experience
- Real-Time Motion
- Game Engine
Perks:
- Relocation Support
- Competitive Salary
5 skills required
Job Details
Frontier is an independent video game developer and publisher, crafting immersive gaming experiences with fun gameplay and unparalleled artistic quality. Renowned for its iconic creative management simulation games, Frontier captivates players worldwide with immersive and authentic game worlds. The modern studio is located in the vibrant technology hub of Cambridge (UK). The talented team at Frontier are dedicated to nurturing our existing portfolio and delivering our exciting future roadmap.
This role can be on a hybrid working basis, which means you’ll have the opportunity to spend time working both in the studio and at home. We can provide a comprehensive relocation support package as part of any offer, should you need to relocate.
WHAT'S THE ROLE?
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Animator to join our world-class Animation team. Our catalogue of games covers a varied and eclectic range of animation styles. We take pride in great character animation, ranging from heavily stylised to realistic behaviours across both cinematic sequences and real-time motion.
Animation is always a strong focal point in our games. We need passionate games animators to help us push the boundaries of what’s possible in games animation.
WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING
- Taking direction from the lead animator to create animation that is consistent with the game's visual design
- Implementing animation into the game using our in-house proprietary games engine
- Collaborating with other departments such as Character Art, Code, Design or VFX to achieve the highest possible in-game quality
WHAT YOU'LL BRING
- Experience working as a professional games animator
- An animation showreel that demonstrates an excellent understanding of animation principals across humanoid and bipedal/quadrupedal creatures
- A confident and creative approach to your animation, able to make interesting acting choices and execute them effectively
- An eye for animation principals and detail, helping to bring smooth, dynamic and reactive animations to our game
- A willingness to confidently take on feedback from your peers to develop yourself as an animator
- Professional experience using a 3d animation package (Maya, 3ds max, Blender, XSI etc.)
WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU
You will work with talented and passionate people to support, develop or publish our sophisticated and enduring games, in a creative, collaborative and inclusive environment. We love what we do, and we work hard to provide outstanding experiences for our players.
Wellbeing is a big focus at Frontier, and we are continually evolving how we can support our people. We encourage a healthy work/life balance and provide a range of wellbeing activities, initiatives and sessions to support both mental and physical health.
We offer a competitive salary and benefits package, which includes a success-based annual bonus, share option schemes, life assurance, private family healthcare, flexitime working hours, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, in-house subsidised catering, support with relocation, a Cycle to Work scheme, free bike servicing, and social activities and events.
We strive to create an environment where everyone can fully demonstrate their capability and potential. If you therefore need any reasonable adjustments to support you during the recruitment process, please speak to your Talent Acquisition representative.
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About The Company
We strive to create games that will put both Frontier and the games industry itself at the forefront of the world entertainment industry.
Frontier has thrived over the subsequent three decades. We have built a uniquely diverse catalogue of games – enabled by our Cobra technology – that has defined genres, earned critical acclaim and won a place in the hearts of millions of players.
Having worked with a succession of top publishers we now self-publish our own high quality, innovative games of different genres that embody our world-class expertise across all major gaming formats.
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