Ninja Theory is a six-time BAFTA award winning games company based in Cambridge, UK, and part of Xbox Game Studios. Our diverse and welcoming team values collaboration, quality, and excellence. We strive to maintain an inclusive culture that empowers deep focus, rewards creativity, and supports personal and professional growth.

Our Mission is: To Craft Life-changing Art with Game-changing Tech and we are committed to bringing together the best talent in the industry help us fulfil that promise. 

Our Values: Greatness through Excellence, Teamwork & Integrity.

Requirements

We're looking for an experienced animator to create final gameplay animations on a 12-month, freelance contract. During this time, you will be responsible for the creation and implementation of various gameplay orientated assets. You'll collaborate closely with other disciplines to iterate on the work, making sure the final quality hits our visual fidelity and mechanics standards. You'll be working in both offline DCC packages and engine. Being able to work from our Cambridge studio when required would be an advantage, but not essential.

Your Skill: 

• Demonstrable understanding of real-world body mechanics and timing.
• An awareness of the full modern games pipeline.
• Working knowledge of Motion builder, Maya & Unreal
• Great communication and problem-solving skills.
• Passion for games and game development.

Your Experience: 

• Produced final animation content in a development environment.
• Demonstrable skill set in Motion builder, Maya and Unreal, or comparable applications.

This advert closes on Sunday 15th March.