Senior Cinematic Animator at Warner Bros. Discovery
Company: Warner Bros. Discovery
Location: London, United Kingdom
Job Type: Full-Time (Hybrid)
Salary: Not Disclosed
About Warner Bros. Discovery
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) is home to an expansive portfolio of iconic brands, characters, and world-class storytelling. From cinematic universes and beloved franchises to groundbreaking real-time experiences, WBD brings together creative visionaries and technology innovators to shape the future of entertainment.
The company offers career-defining opportunities, curated benefits, and a collaborative environment where talent can thrive and grow.
Role Overview
The Senior Cinematic Animator will join the Cinematic Team to bring life, mood, and tone to real-time in-engine cinematics. This role focuses on delivering high-quality character animation, composition, camera work, and editing to create immersive narrative sequences.
You will drive cinematics from motion capture stage to in-engine playback, collaborating across disciplines including design, narrative, art, technical animation, and programming to achieve a cohesive creative vision.
This role follows a hybrid working model combining remote and in-office work in London, subject to company policy.
Key Responsibilities
- Create industry-leading cinematic scenes supporting game narrative
- Develop cinematography, composition, layout, and editing for in-game sequences
- Work with motion capture data, keyframe animation, and in-engine animation manipulation
- Set up cinematic scenes from previsualization to final quality in Unreal Engine
- Animate characters to deliver memorable storytelling under WB-branded IPs
- Collaborate closely with the Cinematic Director to achieve quality standards
- Ensure timely task delivery and review content directly in-engine
- Partner with neighboring departments to solve technical and creative challenges
- Help define best practices, processes, and pipeline improvements
Qualifications
- Experience shipping at least one AAA video game title
- Strong proficiency in Unreal Engine 5 (Sequencer and Metahuman highly desired)
- Advanced understanding of body mechanics, facial animation, camera language, and timing
- Strong cinematic storytelling skills in composition and editing
- Proficiency with 3D animation software such as Maya or MotionBuilder
- Experience supporting motion capture production pipelines
- Strong understanding of game development and animation pipelines for PC and consoles
- Excellent communication and organizational skills
- Portfolio or demo reel demonstrating high-quality cinematic animation work
Why Join Warner Bros. Discovery?
- Work on globally recognized IPs and narrative-driven AAA projects
- Hybrid working model supporting flexibility
- Access to thoughtfully curated employee benefits
- Collaborative, innovation-driven creative environment
- Strong commitment to inclusion, diversity, and equal opportunity employment
How to Apply
Apply through the official application page below:
Please include a portfolio or demo reel demonstrating your cinematic animation expertise.