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EXPERIENCED TECHNICAL ANIMATOR (£65K-£75K)
Remote/Hybrid (Brighton, UK)
EXPERIENCED TECHNICAL ANIMATOR (£65K-£75K)
Dream Harvest, a Brighton (UK) based Indie Studio, are looking for a talented Lead Technical Animator to join their close-knit team to help push the quality of their games to the next level.
You'll be joining the team as they move onto their next project and will have a hand in designing a brand new narrative and systems rich IP from the ground up.
Responsibilities
- Work directly with design and art teams teams to define and create the best rigs, control interfaces, tools and workflows for Animation.
- Create the standard for Animation at the studio for Characters, Creatures and other elements of our games.
- Help build and solidify our asset pipelines for both our internal projects as well as facial mocap and animation service offerings.
- Create the tools and establish the pipeline for rigging characters and getting key frame animations or motion capture data to create high quality simple to complex biped and quadruped animation sets.
- Help build our internal Animation and Character teams in collaboration with our Art Director and Creative Director.
- Be the go-to regarding any potential pitfalls and make our Character artists aware of concerns and issues dealing with animation production.
- Be self-driven – Produce work in an efficient and timely manner, adhering to an agreed-upon schedule.
- Be diligent – Insure quality of related assets by maintaining responsibility over animations tools and pipeline throughout the projects development including fixing bugs, assigned by project leads.
- Provide support to games in production – Contribute to the success of the team, and the studio, through your personal contribution to the product.
- Provide team/company support – Each team member is expected to provide feedback on ideas, features, game-play, and process.
- Document pipeline and tools development processes.
- Inspire and empower the art team to optimize their processes.
Required Skills
- A minimum of 5 years’ experience designing, creating and supporting complex character, facial and Monster Rigs and animating to a AAA quality.
- Experience building tools to improve animation, rigging and / or character pipelines
- Able to own the skinning process for a variety of Monsters, characters, garments, and gear
- Extensive knowledge of Python and other tools and API’s to support the animation pipeline
- Experience managing other Animators, Riggers, both internally and outsourced
- Good understanding of real time animation systems and any platform constraints.
- Experience using motion capture systems
- Key Frame Animation Experience
- 3D modelling and texturing skills a strong plus
- Strong interpersonal skills-able to interact with team members of different disciplines
About Dream Harvest
At Dream Harvest, we're building thought-provoking narrative experiences wrapped in deep strategic gameplay. We aim to challenge genre norms by pushing mechanics in new directions and offering our players new experiences that get them thinking in new ways. We are a multiplatform studio developing premium games across PC, Consoles and Mobile.
Dream Harvest is made up of a highly experienced team, with members having worked for studios such as Creative Assembly senior alumni, having worked across the Total War Franchise, from early games all the way up to the latest Total War: Warhammer 3.
Other team members have worked on projects and games such as Riots' Arcane animation series, The Witcher 2, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Broken Sword 5, Fable 2 & 3, among many others and have worked at companies & studios like Ubisoft, Fortiche, Disney, SIDE and OMUK.
Our first title, NeuroNet: Mendax Proxy, tells the story of a city-management AI discovering its humanity in a world losing theirs to technology.Our next title, which is currently in pre-production, is a turn-based tactical RPG set within a grimdark Victorian London and combines elements of Xcom, Monster Hunter, Bloodborne and This War Of Mine.
Our Culture
Dream Harvest is built on the foundation of creative collaboration, where every team member’s voice can be heard in the pursuit of building amazing games.
We embody “Brighton values” - we’re liberal, accepting and strive towards diversity in all things that we do.
To nurture our talent we provide a friendly, low-stress environment, where everyone knows and respects each other’s worth and values. Most importantly, we make sure that everyone knows their own value, and responsibilities and is able to focus on building great experiences for our players.
Paramount to our values is a healthy work-life balance and family over work. As such we have a no-crunch policy.
We’re looking for talented, motivated, smart, highly communicative, diverse and just plain nice people to become part of our team, to collaborate, shape and build amazing experiences for our players.
What We Offer
1. Competitive salary (please apply with your salary expectation).
2. 30 days holiday + Christmas week shutdown (inclusive of bank holidays).
3. Flexible working hours + no crunch.
4. Hybrid working (spend time working from home as well as the office).
5. Being a start-up studio, you'll have a hand in shaping the company in a wide variety of ways.
6. Employee share Option Scheme (eligible after 1st year).
7. Visa sponsorship + relocation assistance.
TO APPLY
Please press the button below and fill out an application form and we'll be in touch as soon as possible.
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WHAT WE OFFER
WHAT WE OFFER
Office Hours
Flexi-Time - Start between 09:00-11:30 and end between 17:00-19:30
Overtime
No Overtime or Crunch - we’d rather push projects back than affect our team’s work/life balance.
Holidays
25 days + 8 Bank Holidays + Christmas Week Shutdown.
Hybrid Working
3 days in the office, 2 days from home
Sick Leave
Full Pay When Sick
Paternity Pay
2 Months Full Pay
Maternity Pay
6 Months Full Pay
Medical
Full Private Medical Insurance is provided by Vitality.
Dental, Optical and Hearing
Full Dental, Optical and Hearing Insurance is provided by Vitality.
Other Health
Out-patient Cover
Consultations, consultants' fees, physiotherapy and diagnostic.
Mental Health Cover
In-patient, day-patient and outpatient mental healthcare
Therapies Cover
full cover for chiropractic treatment, osteopathy, acupuncture, homoeopathy, podiatry/chiropody and up to two consultations with a dietician.
Employee Assistance Programme
up to six face-to-face counselling sessions and unlimited access to a confidential telephone advice service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
A Personal Health Fund
for a range of regular healthcare costs, such as dental check-ups and treatment, sight tests, glasses, contact lenses and health screens.
Pension
Matched Contribution up to 3%
Life Insurance
Group Life Insurance
Critical Illness Cover
Group Critical Illness Cover
Wellbeing
A Range of discounts and rewards to help you understand your health, get healthier, active, Eat well, Stop smoking as well as support your mindfulness, wellbeing and relaxation. Provided by the Vitality Programme.
Game Research Budget
Game Research Budget Provided when requested.
Learning & Development
Discretionary budget towards learning and development.
Conferences
Conference budget so you can attend and learn
Working From Home
Equipment bought and loaned as needed
Salary Sacrifice & Other
Cycle & Tech Scheme
Order up to £1000 worth of cycles and tech and pay over 12 months via salary sacrifice.
Food & Drink
Fully Stocked Beer Fridge, Monthly Industry Drinks, Monthly Team Lunch
WEDNESDAY LUNCH
Weekly team lunch on Wednesdays
Parties, Cinema Trips and Team Nights Out
We work hard together so it’s good to let off steam and spend some time together seeing what the wonderful city of Brighton & Hove has to offer.
Monthly Brighton Games Industry Drinks
On the last Friday of every month we host the Brighton Games Industry drinks and social at the Foundry. This is a great opportunity to meet other people working in the Brighton Games industry hub, share ideas and experiences and enjoy some awesome live music together.
Video Game, Board Games and Books
Board gaming and D&D nights in the office, Borrow a board game or books from our extensive library.
Office Coffee and Tea
Free locally roasted Coffee & Speciality Teas
Perks At Work
Exclusive discounts and rewards at over 30,000 brands
Enjoy up to 44% off cinema tickets
Save up to 15% off at 80+ high street retailers
Earn “WOWPoints” as you shop, then spend them like cash
Share deals and discounts with up to 10 of your friends and family
Employee Share Scheme
Available after your first year with us.
Visa & Relocation
For qualified employees, we will pay for the visa costs for you and your family. We will also provide you with a relocation allowance.
