3D Technical Animator

Overview:

Our technical animator will collaborate closely with our CGI artists and interior designers to produce high-quality technical animations and illustrations for our Envizion (CGI for built environment) and Provizion (CGI for product) departments. In Provizion, you’ll create instructional installation videos and animated lifestyle shots, while Envizion projects will involve property videos and flythroughs, and interactive environments using Unreal Engine.

Reporting to the Associate Art Director, your role encompasses the planning, storyboarding, modelling, texturing, animating, lighting, and rendering of photorealistic CGI content.

Leadership responsibilities within the visualisation team may be required to support the ongoing growth of the team. Our technical animator will own a portfolio and their skill set will reflect a diverse range of animated and interactive visualisation content across various sectors, including residential architecture, product and brand design, and instructional assembly demonstrations.

Being passionate about animation, they possess a keen eye for detail, ensuring each animation surpasses client expectations with pixel-perfect precision and creativity.

Skills & Experience:

• Experience using 3DS Max with Corona and/or Vray rendering to create realistic animated videos and bringing life to inanimate objects.
• Experience with water simulation plugins such as Phoenix.
• Confident using post-production software to enhance your renders into truly photorealistic videos.
• Adept in the process of importing models into Unreal Engine using those models to create realistic environments.
• Experience producing animated and still photorealistic imagery.
• Storyboarding and pre-viz presentation skills.
• Passionate for detail, with an eye for bringing energy into images and animations.
• Ability to understand and interpret architectural drawings, models and concepts.
• Demonstrate the ability to achieve high-quality outputs in various media communication forms from across the Adobe package.
• Experienced in producing a range of finished work to various artistic styles and outputs.
• Pixel-perfect eye for detail.
• An interest in art/architecture and an understanding of design principles, composition and colour theory.
• Ability to prioritise tasks appropriately, managing your time effectively and independently.
• Outstanding verbal skills which enable you to describe your own work clearly and effectively both to in-house and external clients and stakeholders.
• Comfortable using a variety of means to communicate including telephone, email, presentations and video conferencing.
• Able to listen effectively, to understand what is required, asking questions where relevant.
• Diligent at recording information and keeping records of information and requests.
• Responding fully, accurately and in a timely fashion to tasks appointed.
• Make simple but effective presentations in-house as required.

Flexibility is vital. We are a dynamic and growing team and while this job description reflects the core activities of the role, it’s not intended to cover every aspect and other duties may be required from time to time.

Desirable:

• 3+ years professional experience in a fast- paced commercial environment.
• Knowledge of how to create animations and interactivity within Unreal Engine using blueprints.
• Compositing and motion tracking experience.
• Interactive content production experience.

Responsibilities:

As a key member of our CGI production team, your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to

• Independently modelling and lighting interior 3D scenes from scratch, using CAD drawings and interior design references to ensure accuracy and realism.
• Pre-visualising, producing, and finalising animations for our existing clients across the Provizion and Envizion sectors. This includes animating camera movements, object interactions, and any other elements necessary to bring the scenes to life.
• Creating realistic and detailed 3D models of physical products based on samples and references provided.
• Creating characterful assembly and instructional animations of seemingly inanimate products to bring life and fun to an otherwise procedural video.
• Collaborating closely with CGI artists, designers, and project managers to ensure animations align with project goals and client expectations. Effective communication and teamwork are essential for successful project outcomes.
• Conducting quality assurance reviews to ensure animations meet the desired standards of realism, accuracy, and creativity. This includes revising animations based on client feedback and internal reviews.
• Managing project timelines, milestones, and client feedback throughout the animation production process, ensuring projects are delivered on time and within budget.

Our Values:

Creativity:
Our Technical Animator has a passion for art/architecture and an understanding of design principles is critical. Allowing creativity to flow to provide the best solutions and outcomes for every project. They have energy and discipline for their work. They inspire the others in the team and challenge themselves towards ongoing technical and artistic growth.

Innovation:
Our Technical Animator has bags of initiative to solve problems and a can-do attitude to challenges. They always like to think “outside of the box” and stay ahead of the curve with trends and briefs.

Integrity:
Our Technical Animator can demonstrate enthusiasm, accuracy, confidence and honesty in their work, being reliable, following-through and completing tasks and always be prepared to go the extra mile.

Hospitality:
Our Technical Animator pushes the boundaries to create an environment where nothing is impossible. They lean on their creativity and expertise to offer a “partnership-feeling”, bringing warmth and attentiveness through the entire journey in working with TTC.

Reality:
Our Technical Animator is not a robot. They are a real person who works in a transparent, practical and authentic way to ensure expectations are managed closely and truth underpins their decision making and relationship building.

Trust:
Our Technical Animator is extremely proud of the work they produce, which allows them to work with the highest level of teamwork and collaboration. They rely on great systems and relationships to be confident in the work they produce and remain engaged with their colleagues and clients at all times.

Your Personal Attributes:

• Motivated self-starter.
• Positive and flexible attitude.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Naturally enthusiastic with a ‘can do’ attitude with the ability to work well under pressure.
• Ability to juggle tasks, and manage time.
• A people person - Able to build relationships quickly.
• Demonstrate enthusiasm, accuracy, confidence and pride in your work.
• Be reliable, follow-through, complete tasks and be prepared to go the extra mile.
• Be flexible to meet the needs of the company and its work.
• Bags of initiative to solve problems and a can-do attitude to challenges. Applying common sense.
• Able to work at pace whilst maintaing accuracy.
• Humble, and always looking for an opportunity to learn from others, taking critique well when it’s given.

Working For Us:

We believe our greatest assets are our staff and therefore, we take special care of The Table Creative family.

This Includes as Standard:

• Opportunity to grow your career.
• Special welcome gift on arrival.
• 20 days annual leave as standard (plus bank holidays).
• 1 extra day for every year you are with us.
• If workload allows, an extra week off at Christmas.
• Your birthday off - because no one should have to work on their special day.
• Charitable Leave Allowance - enabling you to give your time to a cause of your choice.
• Opportunity to buy more holiday.
• Unlimited sweet and savoury snack and drinks station.
• Monthly ‘feast and feedback’ sessions where we share lunch, our work, things we’ve learnt and what’s inspiring us.
• Bi-Annual team events and outings.
• Free FCA regulated personalised financial advice from independent advisors.
• The best ergonomic task chairs.
• Newly fitted office space that inspires creativity and collaborative working.

We believe that we are the most creative when we're together, so we all come into the studio 5 days a week. As a result, when we're home we can be fully off-duty. We think it's best that way.

Interview Process:

There will be a 3 stage process for all shortlisted applications; Firstly a phone call from our Associate Art Director or MD, followed by an in person interview at our Bath office and finally, a short test animation project which can be completed on our premises as part of your interview or remotely if you prefer.

Please ensure that your CV includes a link to your portfolio.