Lead Technical 3D-Animator (m/f/d)

Reference ID: DE-LEAD-TAN-22

• Immediately
• Full time
• In Hamburg/ Remote (Europe)

Your tasks:

• Fulfil your own dream and work with a highly motivated team on the multi-platform title “The Lord of the Rings: Gollum” (UE4) as well as its follow-up project (UE5)
• Bring Middle-earth to life, optimise the animation and rigging pipeline for The Lord of the Rings: Gollum 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
• You have a very good command of German and/or English, both written and spoken

Our offer:

• The opportunity to work with us on several multi-platform AAA productions, based on the world-renowned IP “The Lord of the Rings”
• 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

If you are looking for a challenge, like to learn new things and would like to practically apply and deepen your existing knowledge, then we look forward to receiving your application.

Contact:

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