Lead Technical 3D Animator
Duration: 18 month contract
Start Date: ASAP**
Location: Hamburg/ Remote (100% Remote)
Rate: Up to €300 euros per day
Responsibilities:
· Fulfil your own dream and work with a highly motivated team on a well renown brand (UE4) as well as its follow-up project (UE5)
· Bring Middle-earth to life, optimise the animation and rigging pipeline for the project and develop our new animation and rigging pipeline for animations and cutscenes for the follow-up project
· Work with state-of-the-art technology to enable the animation team to create high quality and efficient animations and cutscenes
· Work closely with programmers and animators to create the best possible in-game and cutscene animations
· Create and edit mocap animations in-house and in external studios
Your profile:
· Several years of professional experience as a technical animator in the industry
· You have a first-class understanding of animation technologies such as rigging and skinning
· You have already managed a small team and enjoy doing so
· Very good knowledge of Maya is a prerequisite, further knowledge of similar 3D software and/or similar animation tools is welcome
· You know the Unreal Engine 4 and 5 and the animation tools of the engine and can create blendspaces and animation blueprints
· Experience in the field of character animation is a prerequisite
· Experience in the field of creature animation is an advantage but not a prerequisite
· You already have experience with the recording and processing of motion capture animations, both in connection with in-game animations and complete cutscenes/ cinematics
· You have a structured, independent and conscientious way of working
· You are a team player, curious and enjoy working efficiently with good tools
· You identify technical problems and offer appropriate solutions
Our offer
· The opportunity to work with us on several multi-platform AAA productions, based on the world-renowned brand
· Work on current and next gen platforms, including Unreal Engine 5
· Challenging and varied tasks in an internationally oriented company
· An interesting and responsible job with your own creative freedom in a friendly team
· Extensive development opportunities
· Professional workflows and processes
· The opportunity to actively shape the day-to-day work in a collegial team and to play a decisive role in shaping the quality of the projects.