Studio: Frontier Developments
Location: Cambridge, UK
Role Type: Full-time / Hybrid (Minimum 3 days in-studio)
Complex Games, Frontier is an independent, award-winning video game developer and publisher, renowned for crafting deeply immersive creative management simulation games. We are passionate about compelling gameplay and unparalleled artistic quality. We are looking for an experienced Animator to join our talented team in Cambridge and help bring our ambitious game worlds to life.
🎯 What’s the Role?
If you are driven by creating high-quality, expressive character and creature animation that elevates gameplay and storytelling, this role is for you. You will be a core contributor, translating creative vision into polished, game-ready assets within our proprietary engine.
✨ What You’ll Be Doing
| Focus Area | Key Responsibilities |
| Animation Craft | Create high-quality, expressive character and creature animations using Maya. |
| Implementation | Implement and test animations directly into our proprietary Cobra engine. |
| Collaboration | Work seamlessly across disciplines, including Character Art, Code, Design, and VFX. |
| Creative Direction | Take direction from the Lead Animator and Game Director to fully realize the creative vision. |
| Pipeline/Tech | Maintain accurate task tracking, validate assets to minimize bugs, and solve production challenges with technical knowledge. |
| Team Support | Provide feedback to external partners and support junior team members through mentorship and knowledge sharing. |
🛠️ What You’ll Bring (Required)
- Experience: Proven experience producing high-quality animation assets for games.
- Software Mastery: Strong proficiency in Maya’s character animation tools.
- Fundamentals: Excellent understanding of body mechanics, posing, timing, and acting choices.
- Specialization: Experience with creature animation and creating believable movement.
- Technical Pipeline: Familiarity with animation state machines and versioning software (SVN, Perforce).
- Soft Skills: Strong time management, communication skills, and basic knowledge of rigging pipelines.
➕ Bonus If You Have
- Experience with external animation behaviour tree software (e.g., Havok, Unity, Unreal).
- Scripting knowledge (Python, MEL).
- Experience mentoring or training junior animators.
🎁 What We Can Offer You
Frontier prioritizes well-being, offering a creative, collaborative, and inclusive environment. We offer a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package, including:
- Competitive salary and success-based annual bonus.
- Share option schemes and life assurance.
- Private family healthcare.
- Flexitime working hours.
- Enhanced maternity/paternity leave.
- In-house subsidised catering, Cycle to Work scheme, and free bike servicing.
- Comprehensive relocation support package available.