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Games & Interactive Freelance Callout Bristol, England

Aardman Animations

Full Time Bristol, England 10.56 - 12.04 GBP Today

Job description

About The Role

We are looking for talented and passionate people across a number of initially freelance roles to support across a range of exciting upcoming productions for both short/ad-hoc and longer term opportunities.

Immersive Creative Director/ Creative Technologist:

Talented creative minds with solid experience in developing immersive XR and realtime experiences. Proven expertise in developing exceptional ideas and leading creative teams to implement your vision. Excellent knowledge of emerging technologies and understanding of working with realtime engines (Unreal/Unity) required. Game design and narrative expertise desired alongside user centred approach.

Realtime Artist:

Experienced generalist artists to drive cutting-edge visuals and performance across our realtime productions. Expertise in character and environment modelling, materials, shaders and lighting with a good eye for design composition required alongside supporting the pipeline and workflow between our 3D artists, animators and programming teams across a range of productions including games, XR and realtime animation. Experience in ideally both Unreal and Unity as well as Substance Painter and Designer, Houdini and Maya desired.

QA Tester:

Meticulous individuals with exceptional eye for detail and strong pride in their work to support the testing and QA process across our productions. You will need to communicate effectively with our Programming and Design teams across games, apps and immersive experiences to ticket and track issues and ensure the high quality of our work. Some experience in a similar role is preferred but not essential.

This role is for short term and ongoing ad-hoc QA support. For a longer term QA Tester role, please see: https://jobs.aardman.com/vacancies/134/qa-tester.html

Please send details of your experience, skills and availability to [email protected] to find out more.

About Us

Aardman’s mission is to put characters & storytelling at the heart of everything we make, and for the last 15 years the Interactive team having been finding new homes for these characters in the current and emerging digital spaces of games, apps, AR and VR. http://www.aardman.com/work/

The work we do is an exciting, innovative and diverse mix of digital entertainment and educational products for family audiences with our own characters but also independent productions and work for hire with partners such as BBC, British Council, Meta, NSPCC, Sky and The Science Museum.

Based in Aardman’s vibrant dockside HQ in the centre of Bristol, the Interactive team are a creative and relaxed team of directors, designers, artists, developers and producers.

In November 2018, Aardman became an Employee Owned organisation, ensuring that the studio remains independent and securing the creative legacy and culture of the company for the future.

Our Diversity & Inclusion Charter is our commitment to building a workforce that is truly reflective of society, underpinned by the belief that a diverse and inclusive workforce is essential in delivering on our mission: to create entertainment for all and to be the most inspirational animation company in the world. We welcome applications from all individuals and are always happy to discuss flexible working needs. Aardman is proud to be both a Disability Confident Employer and a Living Wage Employer.

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