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Animator
Framestore
- London (Hybrid)
- perm
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£Undisclosed
- Start Date: ASAP
Job description: The multi-Oscar-winning creative Film & Episodic Studio at Framestore has worked with some of the greatest storytellers in film today. Collaborating with directors and producers across the complete filmmaking process to help design, plan and create beautiful images, we focus on finding innovative creative solutions to support their vision and set new standards for visual effects in cinema. Framestore combines talent and technology to bring life to everything we create. Driven by creativity and inspired by the future, we set out every day to reframe the possible. The Role: As an Animator at Framestore’s London studio, you will work closely with our Animation Leads
Animator
Industrial Light & Magic
- London
- perm
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£Undisclosed
- Start Date: ASAP
Position Summary: Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) London is looking for talented Feature Animators (All Levels) to join our team and help us push the boundaries of storytelling. If you have a passion for bringing high-quality characters, creatures, and objects to life on the big screen, we want to hear from you. At ILM, you'll be at the intersection of artistic vision and cutting-edge technology, working on some of the most memorable feature animation projects in the industry. Start dates ranging from Autumn 2026 through to Spring 2027 for various contract durations What You'll Do: Animate believable characters of the highest quality for feature film
Animator - VFX
Industrial Light & Magic
- London
- perm
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£Undisclosed
- Start Date: ASAP
Position Summary: Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) London is looking for talented VFX Animators (All Levels) to join our team and help us push the boundaries of storytelling. If you have a passion for bringing high-quality characters, creatures, and objects to life on the big screen, we want to hear from you. At ILM, you'll be at the intersection of artistic vision and cutting-edge technology, working on some of the most memorable VFX animation projects in the industry. Start dates ranging from August 2026 through to December 2026 for various contract durations What You’ll Do: Responsible for the successful animation of a series of shots
Senior Animator
Framestore
- London (Hybrid)
- perm
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£Undisclosed
- Start Date: ASAP
About the role: This is an existing role within our team. As a Senior Animator, you'll be a key creative force in breathing life, weight, and personality into complex three-dimensional characters and photorealistic creatures. You’ll jump straight into the heart of our storytelling, crafting everything from nuanced, emotional facial expressions to epic, high-action combat performances. If you have a passion for mastering complex anatomy and love the challenge of making mythical beasts—whether they walk, fly, or breathe fire—feel completely grounded in reality, this is the place to do it. What you’ll do: Collaborate closely with your Animation Lead and Supervisor to produce premium,
Senior Visual Development Artist
Framestore
- London
- perm
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£Undisclosed
- Start Date: ASAP
About the role: This is a senior role within our Visual Development team for an artist who brings both deep craft and genuine creative leadership. You'll operate at the intersection of concept and execution — shaping the visual language of major productions, driving technical innovation, and helping define how our team works. We aren't looking for standard workflows - we want someone who views generative AI as a core creative pillar. You'll bring extensive experience across traditional workflows, compositing, and advanced generative tools like ComfyUI, and you'll be as comfortable mentoring artists as you are solving the hardest visual problems on a
Principal Technical Animator
Hangar 13
- Brighton
- perm
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£Undisclosed
- Start Date: ASAP
The Principal Technical Animator (Gameplay) will help define the technical vision, architectural framework, and long-term strategy for character animation integration across the studio. In this highly influential role, you will champion innovation, driving the adoption of cutting-edge technologies to ensure our games achieve world-class animation quality and responsiveness. You will serve as a technical authority on gameplay animation, solving the studio’s complex R&D challenges while collaborating with design, animation and engineering to establish future-proof pipelines. While not a people manager, you will inspire, mentor, and elevate the technical capabilities of the entire animation department. Duties and Responsibilities: Architect and oversee the high-level design
Animator
Frontier Developments
- Cambridge
- perm
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£Competitive
- Start Date: ASAP
WHAT’S THE ROLE: Are you passionate about crafting compelling character and creature animation that elevates gameplay? At Frontier, animation is at the heart of our storytelling. We’re looking for an experienced Animator to join our talented team and help bring our worlds to life. WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING: Create high-quality, expressive character and creature animations using Maya. Implement animations into our proprietary Cobra engine. Collaborate across disciplines including Character Art, Code, Design, and VFX. Take direction from the Lead Animator and Game Director to realise the creative vision. Contribute to a culture of feedback and continuous improvement. Solve production challenges with creativity and technical know-how. Maintain accurate task tracking
VFX Artist
Frontier Developments
- Cambridge
- perm
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£Competitive
- Start Date: ASAP
WHAT’S THE ROLE? We’re looking for a talented VFX Artist to join our VFX team who will help bring our next generation of immersive experiences to life. This is a multi-faceted role that requires a strong grasp of VFX principles and a passion for creating stunning, believable effects that elevate gameplay and visual storytelling. WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING: Collaborate with the VFX team to plan and deliver realistic and stylised VFX using our proprietary game engine (Cobra) and tools. Create high-quality effects such as fire, smoke, explosions, debris, and clouds using our in-house particle editor and other tools. Influence the development of internal technologies and tools. Work closely
Principal VFX Artist
SEGA
- London
- perm
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£Undisclosed
- Start Date: ASAP
The Role: Creative Assembly is looking for an experienced Principal VFX Artist to join our Total War team based at our studio in Horsham, in the heart of West Sussex. In this new role, you will help define the VFX quality bar for our Total War products, mentor our VFX team, and collaborate with our core technology groups to develop proprietary tools and pipelines. An excellent communicator and organiser, you will play a key role in delivering high-quality, performant visuals across our projects. What you’ll be doing Key Responsibilities: Inspire and guide the VFX team to create high-quality, performant visuals. Create and develop high-quality visual effects that set the artistic and
Senior Animator
SEGA
- London
- perm
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£Undisclosed
- Start Date: ASAP
Position Overview: We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Animator to join the Art & Animation team at Sports Interactive. Following our transition to Unity, we are entering a new phase of development focused on raising the quality bar across our animation systems and overall visual output. As we continue to evolve our technology and workflows, we’re looking to expand our talented team with individuals who can help drive this next level of quality. This is a great opportunity to work with modern engine technology and tools, contributing to the development of high-quality animation content while helping shape the future of
Senior VFX Artist
Electronic Arts
- Guildford
- perm
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£Undisclosed
- Start Date: ASAP
Electronic Arts creates next-level entertainment experiences that inspire players and fans around the world. Here, everyone is part of the story. Part of a community that connects across the globe. A place where creativity thrives, new perspectives are invited, and ideas matter. A team where everyone makes play happen. We're looking for a Senior VFX Artist with the skill and vision to help bring intense combat, large-scale destruction, and environments to life. As part of the VFX team, you'll shape the atmosphere of land, sea, and air across some of the most VFX-packed levels in gaming. Working with artists, designers, and engineers,
VFX Supervisor and Lead Compositor (Advertising)
Sky UK
- Osterley
- perm
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£Undisclosed
- Start Date: ASAP
Seeking VFX Supervisors - coming from an Advertising background - ready for your next on-set and hybrid workflow challenge. As a VFX Supervisor, you’ll lead on-set and hybrid (virtual + practical + AI-assist) shoots—capturing the data VFX and AI need, partnering with directors/DoPs, and collaborating with clients, artists and pipeline to land consistent, on-model results. This is a rare opportunity to join something new, fast-growing, and genuinely pioneering with a huge brand name behind it, this will sit at the heart of Sky Creative - NxGen Studio is a bold, creatively led and technology-driven studio built for the next era of storytelling. Our NxGen Studio exists
VFX Artist [Rainbow Six]
Ubisoft
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- perm
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£Undisclosed
- Start Date: ASAP
Ubisoft is a global leader in gaming with teams across the world creating original and memorable gaming experiences, from Assassin’s Creed, Rainbow Six to Just Dance and more. We believe diverse perspectives help both players and teams thrive. If you’re passionate about innovation and pushing entertainment boundaries, join our journey and help us create the unknown! As a VFX Artist on the Rainbow Six brand, you'll bring passion, excitement, atmosphere and explosivity to a game through the creation of stunning effects. You will deliver visually impressive moments that positively enhance the player experience. Be it smoke, fire, an explosion, falling snow,
Senior Technical Animator
Ubisoft
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- perm
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£Undisclosed
- Start Date: ASAP
Ubisoft is a global leader in gaming with teams across the world creating original and memorable gaming experiences, from Assassin’s Creed, Rainbow Six to Just Dance and more. We believe diverse perspectives help both players and teams thrive. If you’re passionate about innovation and pushing entertainment boundaries, join our journey and help us create the unknown! As a Senior Technical Animator on the Rainbow Six brand, you’ll play a key role in designing and building rigging systems that support the creation of a variety of high-quality assets. Your technical proficiency with character aesthetics will bring immersive, authentic worlds to life. You’re adaptable, thrive
