Animator - New IP Oxford, England
Job description
We want you to #JOINTHEREBELLION!
For 30 years we’ve been creating incredible video games at our multiple studios, but Rebellion is more than just games. We have our own film and mo-cap studio, we create board games, publish books, and through 2000AD, publish comics and graphic novels such as the amazing Judge Dredd.
We operate across multiple UK locations, with studios based in Oxford, Warwick, Liverpool, and Wakefield. Work-life balance is important to us, and we want everyone at Rebellion to work in the way that works best for them. So, if you are based in the UK, we are always open to discussing how we can support flexible/hybrid working options.
We are on the hunt for an experienced Animator to join our passionate team of animators in helping shape new or existing IP’s, at a company with a long history of making exciting action shooters. The title you will be working on is an unannounced, post-apocalyptic survival action game.
As an Animator you will have the chance to work on a range of gameplay animations from keyframe to mocap that will help bring our characters to life. You will also find opportunities for career progression and growth as animator at Rebellion.
Responsibilities:
- Create High quality keyframe or mocap in-game animations that meet the standard and style of the desired project.
- Be able to work in a timely manner and complete work in the desired time frame.
- Be comfortable with putting your work into a game engine to make sure it works and or make changes where needed.
- Being able to work with and communicate with your fellow animators/peers
Requirements
- A good understanding of the principles of animation that you can apply to either keyframe or mocap animation work.
- Able to animate human/creature motions so they look natural.
- Good knowledge of Maya and or Motion builder.
- A basic understanding of how animations are implemented into game engines.
- Basic understanding of the video game development process.
- Good communication skills and being able to receive constructive feedback.
Benefits
We offer an extensive benefits package to our team including:
- 26 days holiday + Bank holidays (increasing with service at 5 years – one day each year until you reach 31 days)
- Private Medical Insurance, healthcare cash plan, including dental and Vision
- Life Assurance, Income Protection & Critical Illness Cover
- Enhanced Family Leave
- Interest Free, Tax-Free loans
- Enhanced Pension Scheme
- EAP a range of Mental Health and Wellbeing Support
- Plus loads more… including a wide range of discounts, freebies, and social events!
About Us
Whichever team you join at Rebellion we are proud of our open, friendly, and creative atmosphere. We love what we do, and we have fun doing it! As a big indie developer, we have complete creative freedom over our titles which allows us to work on a massive variety of projects across all the major platforms.
Find out more about us here
Our size, stability, and the variety of in-house expertise across multiple industries, makes Rebellion completely unique! We work in our own way, and we celebrate that as the key to our success. We foster an inclusive culture where you are encouraged to be yourself, to express your creativity and your talent. We are people focused and will support you in every way to can be the best at what you do. We recognise the importance of enjoying what you do and having a healthy work-life balance. We offer a friendly, creative, and relaxed working atmosphere, with sensibly managed projects and a wide variety of benefits and development opportunities for all our teams to ensure you are fully supported with your physical and Mental Well-being.
We are actively recruiting for a diverse team and continue to add to our culture of growth and inclusion. Rebellion encourages innovation in all areas, and we look forward to hearing how you can help us to be better. We encourage all demographics of culture, gender, ethnicity, neurodiversity and beyond, because a representative team makes better products.
If you are interested in working at Rebellion, but this role doesn’t sound quite like you, we’re recruiting for a range of positions across the studio and we’re always happy to receive speculative applications via our website. Visit our Careers website to view all our live vacancies: Rebellion: Careers
