Climax is one of the leading creative lights of independent games development and is currently working with publishing partners that include amongst others: EIDOS, Konami and THQ on stunning projects such and Silent Hill as well as our groundbreaking original next-gen game  for the PS3 and the Xbox 360  Climax truly is an exciting and fun place to work and has an exceptional opportunity for an experienced 3D Animator on a forthcoming next-gen, third-person, action-adventure game.

Our ideal candidate will be:

•    An exceptionally good character animator.
•    A motivated team-leader with attention to detail and respect for deadlines & budgets who is task driven with excellent time management skills and with the ability to prioritise their work as well as the team members beneath them.
•    Previously experienced in the mentoring and tutoring junior animators.
•    Able to supply well-presented examples or a pertinent show reel that demonstrate your knowledge and execution of timing, weight, expression, posing, etc.
•    Able to showcase a healthy percentage of your work showing realistic, human-proportioned bipedal animation.
•    Experienced enough to have worked on one or more published titles at a senior level of responsibility as a character animator.
•    Experienced in systems control animation as opposed to just cinematic and cut scene work.
•    Professionally conversant in Maya and Max with some Mo Cap experience.
•    Professional and effective at communicating directives, ideas and critique within an animation team as well as attending and contributing to departmental lead and producer meetings as required.
•    Experienced at troubleshooting technical problems and creating solutions with regards to 3D animation in a game engine, from constraints to exporting, whatever the problem may be.


Relocation packages are available
                        
Benefits:

Competitive Salary package
Comprehensive Health Cover
Flexi Time
Child care Voucher Scheme
Extensive Training
Stakeholder Pension
Project & Performance related Bonus Scheme
Free Refreshments
Exciting games and a friendly working environment

Visit www.climaxgroup.com for more information