Animator

Attacks, leaps, smirks, and glowers with people, creatures and more. Join us and make the characters and worlds that millions of players will love come alive with movement.

A full-time permanent role, helping the worlds we build come alive for players, based in our Christchurch office.

Digital Confectioners is a highly effective game development studio and close-knit team built on a warm and personal ethical foundation. Our people have an inclusive and co-operative approach to the work environment. As a small team, we set some very high expectations for each other and work to meet those accountabilities and standards. There is a very strong loyalty and Esprit de Corps within the group.

We are particularly interested in gameplay innovation and look for new artistic and creative possibilities. For this reason, we have set some disciplined targets for stability and sustainability and are working steadily towards those targets. As a result, we now look to grow our animation capabilities with another 3D Animator.

The Role:
This is a full-time position located in our Christchurch city studio.
We will consider Graduate, Junior, Intermediate or Senior animators.

Duties:
To support the creation of skeletons, rigging of meshes, and creation of animations for creatures, characters, and items in our games.

You are:

  • Well-practiced in animation fundamentals.
  • Have practical experience with UE4 or UE5.
  • Are positively committed to the game industry.
  • Personally commitment to supporting and building other members of the team.

Tech: Unreal Engine 4 & 5, Blueprints, Maya.

Related/close roles:

  • 3D Artist
  • UI Development
  • Technical Artist

We offer:

  • An excellent career growth opportunity within a very knowledgeable and experienced studio.
  • An opportunity to join a hand-picked team.
  • A fair salary commensurate with knowledge and experience.

If you would like to live and earn your living in one of the most beautiful parts of the country then why not come and join us in Canterbury. Send your CV and a covering letter to jobs@digitalconfectioners.com