About the role
Location and Work Model
- Location: Cambridge, UK
- Work Model: Full in-studio or hybrid (minimum 3 days per week in-studio)
- Relocation: Comprehensive relocation support package available
Role Overview
Frontier is seeking an experienced Animator to join their team to craft compelling character and creature animation that elevates gameplay. Animation is central to the company's storytelling and immersive world-building.
Responsibilities
- Create high-quality, expressive character and creature animations using Maya.
- Implement animations into the proprietary Cobra engine.
- Collaborate across disciplines including Character Art, Code, Design, and VFX.
- Take direction from the Lead Animator and Game Director to realize the creative vision.
- Contribute to a culture of feedback and continuous improvement.
- Solve production challenges with creativity and technical know-how.
- Maintain accurate task tracking and validate assets to minimize bugs.
- Provide feedback to external development partners when needed.
- Support junior team members and contribute to team knowledge sharing.
Qualifications
- Core Experience: Proven experience producing high-quality animation assets.
- Technical Skills:
- Strong proficiency in Maya’s character animation tools.
- Familiarity with animation state machines.
- Understanding of versioning software (SVN, Perforce).
- Basic knowledge of rigging pipelines.
- Animation Proficiency: Excellent understanding of body mechanics, posing, timing, and acting choices.
- Creature Animation: Experience with creature animation and believable movement.
- Soft Skills: Strong time management and communication skills.
Bonus Skills
- Experience with external animation behaviour tree software (e.g., Havok, Unity, Unreal).
- Scripting knowledge (Python, MEL).
- Experience mentoring or training junior animators.
Benefits and Perks
- Competitive salary and benefits package.
- Success-based annual bonus.
- Share option schemes.
- Life assurance and private family healthcare.
- Flexitime working hours.
- Enhanced maternity/paternity leave.
- In-house subsidized catering.
- Cycle to Work scheme and free bike servicing.
- Support with relocation.
- Social activities and events.
- Commitment to wellbeing, work/life balance, and inclusivity.