TECHNICAL ANIMATOR

Sliema, Malta Island
€35,000-55,000 per year
Permanent
Full-time

2 days ago

FULL TIME
TAS-SLIEMA, MALTA
FULL DAY
01 October 2025
Ref: 422873

We are looking for a Technical Animator to join our team on a full time basis.Job Duties: Work directly with Animators, Designers, Modelers, and Programmers to deliver excellent character movements, facial animations, mechanics, and cutscenes. Work with Programmers to improve toolkit, systems, establish rigging standards. Create rigs and skinning for animated organic and mechanical objects. Proactively come up with ideas on how to improve animation pipeline. Troubleshoot complex problems as they arise and construct solutions to unforeseen design problems in a timely manner. Instructing colleagues and documenting necessary information. Requirements: Expert-level proficiency in Maya (rigging, skinning, scripting, animation tools). Strong experience building and maintaining custom rigs for humanoid, creature, mechanical, and facial animation. Solid experience with game engines such as Unreal, Unity, etc. Build and maintain creature locomotion systems, including custom movement logic, animation cycles, and dynamic state machines tailored for quadrupeds, flying or hybrid entities. 5+ years of experience in rigging in AAA quality. Good communicator with strong verbal and written English skills. Excellent problem-solving and time management skills. ...ProfilesIf multiple Education and Language Profiles are defined, please note that you must fit at least one of them, but not necessarily all.PROFILE 1LanguageReadingSpeakingUnderstandingWritingENGLISHCompetencies

Adapt/improve performance/role in line with audience response/instructions given by producer/film director
Determine conditions for the performance of an act (location, act duration, logistics, material means,...)
Think up visual acts and develop related technical, artistic and aesthetic aspects
Do body or voice exercises before rehearsals or performances
Imitate person or situation using poses, intonation or aids (make-up, costume...)

Past ExperienceOccupationExperience(months)ANIMATOR, ENTERTAINER36Driving LicencesNo Driving Licenses required for this vacancyApplyPlease be aware that you will be submitting the Application as and that your CV will be part of your application. For additional information, use the message box below.Message to employerYou must complete the account profile creation to be able to apply for a course.

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