[Hiring] Lead Animator @nDreams Limited
Mar 25, 2025 - nDreams Limited is hiring a remote Lead Animator. đź’¸ Salary: competitive and dependent on experience. đź“ŤLocation: UK.
Role Description
As a Lead Animator, you will design, create, and refine animations for characters, creatures, vehicles, and environments, ensuring they meet the artistic vision and technical requirements of the game. You will be accountable for a broad area of animation, and for the organisation and direction of the animation team.
- Lead the animation team to create high-quality animations for VR games.
- Collaborate with designers, artists, and programmers to ensure animations integrate seamlessly into the game.
- Develop and maintain animation pipelines and tools, ensuring efficiency and scalability.
- Mentor and provide feedback to junior animators.
- Work closely with the Art director to achieve the artistic vision of the project.
- Ensure animations meet technical requirements and performance standards.
- Stay updated with the latest animation techniques and technologies.
- Implement animations within Unreal Engine.
- Conduct regular reviews of animation work, providing constructive feedback to the team.
- Define motion planning and the implementation process of various characters and their respective responsiveness.
Qualifications
- An accomplished Lead animator with proven experience in producing AAA content for games.
- Strong understanding of animation principles and techniques.
- The ability to understand game genres and art styles and create animations that suit those worlds.
- Expert in animation software such as Maya, Blender, or equivalent.
- Experience with motion capture and rigging.
- Excellent communication and leadership skills.
- Ability to work collaboratively in a remote team environment.
- Knowledge of game development pipelines, including asset management and version control systems.
- Strong analytical skills to solve technical and creative challenges in animation.
Requirements
- Experience with VR animation.
- Passion for VR and innovative technologies.
Benefits
- Flexible hours
- Duvet days
- Your birthday off
- Dedicated personal development time and support
- Regular socials
- Excellent holiday offering
- Pension scheme
- Health insurance
- Life cover
- And much more
Company Description
We are a virtual reality games publisher and developer based in Farnborough, UK. Since 2013 we’ve been focused entirely on virtual reality. As one of the lucky few to get our hands-on Oculus Rift and PlayStation VR prototypes, we were among the first to step into this immersive new medium. We haven’t looked back since.
- Combining innovation with excellence, the culmination of our work so far is the #1 selling, Best of E3 Award-winning, Phantom: Covert Ops.
- We’ve got several exciting projects planned for 2021 and beyond, including Fracked, our recently announced PS VR exclusive.
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Salary
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competitive and dependent on experience
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Remote
Location
UK
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Job Type
full-time
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Posted
Mar 25, 2025
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| đź“Ť | Be aware of the location restriction for this remote position: UK |
| ‼ | Beware of scams! When applying for jobs, you should NEVER have to pay anything. Learn more. |
