Creative Assembly is seeking a Principal Animator for our award-winning Total War series.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Animation Vision: Collaborate with stakeholders to define and set benchmarks for animation style and quality.
2. Animation Expertise: Create high-quality keyframe and motion capture animations to enhance gameplay.
3. Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration: Work across disciplines to develop new systems and support gameplay mechanics with animations.
4. Pipeline & Tools: Improve animation workflows, tools, and pipelines for better efficiency and quality.
5. Outsourcing Management: Oversee outsourced animation processes, ensuring quality, style consistency, and effective communication with vendors.
6. Mentorship: Provide creative and technical guidance to the internal animation team, fostering growth and excellence.

Knowledge, Skills, and Experience:

1. Thorough knowledge of animation pipelines.
2. Strong hand-key animation skills for both humans and creatures.
3. Excellent problem-solving and communication skills, with experience in cross-discipline collaboration.
4. In-depth understanding of game development workflows and mechanics.
5. Experience with motion capture.

Desirable:

1. Interest in Total War strategy games.
2. Submission of a showreel link is required for application consideration (links to online drives are not accepted).

About Creative Assembly:

Creative Assembly creates detailed, long-lasting games enjoyed by millions worldwide. We value our team’s contributions, offering skills development and growth opportunities. Located in Horsham, UK, and Sofia, Bulgaria, most roles are hybrid, with specifics discussed during interviews. We offer various benefits, including flexible work arrangements, relocation packages, comprehensive insurance, generous holidays, diversity initiatives, and wellbeing support.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all qualified candidates. Further details can be found here.