Though most well-known for stop motion feature films, Aardman has been making games for around 14 years, and moved into console gaming for the first time in 2018 with the co-production 11-11: Memories Retold, published by Bandai Namco. Since then, Aardman have been working on a brand new gaming IP for a multi-national publisher, filled with all the character, humour, love and craft you would expect from an Aardman film. Based in Bristol in the South West, Aardman work from a custom built HQ building with an on-site 40 seat cinema amongst other perks, as well as another base which houses the stop motion feature production. Founded in 1976, Aardman has become one of the UK’s biggest names in storytelling, and sees games and interactive as the future of telling really exciting, interesting, and characterful stories for years to come.

Come and work within a fantastic team of experienced programmers, helping us build the foundations of an amazing new PC/Console title.

The Role

This role will be supporting the Animation team in the creation of animated assets for the game.

This could involve creating environmental animations, character animations, importing animation assets in the engine and getting them set up, creating and manipulating cameras, and other animation tasks.

Depending on the candidate, this could also involve rigging, skinning and weight painting, working on character controllers and dynamic animation systems.

Requirements

Ideal candidate must have experience with 3D animation and Unreal or Unity game engine.

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