Principal Technical Animator
About the job
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WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING
- With the support of the Head of Technical Animation and Head of Animation, understand and provide the tools and pipeline requirements of the Rigging and Animation teams
- Own and develop our existing rigging and animation tools and workflows
- Research and develop new technologies and solutions
- Implement and uphold coding standards and practices for the Animation and Tech Art departments
- Provide feedback and guidance for junior Technical Animators and other Python users such as Riggers or Technical Artists
- Liaise and collaborate with other departments to implement or improve workflows
- Support the Animation teams with knowledge and solutions beyond DCC packages, including helping with problem solving for Perforce and Frontier’s Cobra Engine
- Support resolving day-to-date technical issues that the animation departments may run into
WHAT YOU’LL BRING
- Demonstrable Python scripting skills
- Deep understanding of creating scripts and tools for DCC applications such as Maya
- Excellent understanding of animation and rigging pipelines
- A showreel that demonstrates technical animation capabilities such as tools development and clear, technical problem solving
- Experience developing animation and rigging pipelines for Maya in a professional environment
- Great communication and stakeholder management skills
- Ability to discuss ideas and processes that will impact the end-users of our work
- An eye for animation
- Great analytical and problem solving skills
- Self-driven with a passion for pioneering new solutions
- Keen learner able to take on feedback for own development, and provide feedback for the development of the wider team
- Professional experience using Maya
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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