Expert Animator [Rainbow Six] at Ubisoft2

Please note: Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. Candidates must possess current eligibility to live and work in the UK in order for their application to be considered.  As an Expert Animator, you’ll play a key role in shaping animation practices across the studio, acting as a recognised authority within your discipline. You will champion animation excellence for the Rainbow Six brand and the wider organisation, defining standards, improving workflows, and supporting teams in delivering high-quality, scalable animation systems. Alongside your strategic influence, you will contribute directly to the creation of complex and high-impact animation assets. Your expertise in hand-keyed and motion-capture animation enables you to tackle technically demanding work, resolve challenging animation problems, and set the quality bar by example. By leading through craft, your work will help establish visual benchmarks and guide teams in delivering consistent, high-quality gameplay animation across characters, weapons, and other gameplay elements. Working closely with Directors, Technical Leaders, and cross-discipline teams, you’ll help translate creative vision into cohesive animation standards across features, including characters, weapons, and gameplay elements. Through research, feedback, and innovation, you will identify opportunities to improve pipelines and raise the overall quality of animation output. This role extends beyond production. You will contribute to studio-wide initiatives, support multiple projects where needed, and help shape the long-term direction of animation within a globally recognised franchise. Your influence will support collaboration, strengthen craft knowledge, and elevate animation quality across the studio. What you'll bring • A portfolio/showreel that demonstrates solid fundamentals of human kinetics. • Ability to translate mocap across a variety of game genre styles (photorealism, fantasy, stylised etc). • Mastery of knowledge with industry-standard 3D software, such as 3DS Max or Maya. • Highly proficient in MotionBuilder. • Ability to mentor Artists and Animators. • Strong understanding of game engines, both proprietary and commercial. • Experienced in a full development life-cycles within a gameplay environment.  • Evidence of process & documentation of your work.Joining Ubisoft, you’ll be part of an inclusive global brand. With us, you will build upon your ongoing success and place your stamp on the production of our games and the development of our people. You’ll have the prestige of developing and producing exciting world-class AAA games and help showcase our studio as a market leader within our industry. With us, you will find your future in one of the strongest knowledge bases in the games industry coupled with brilliant opportunities for career progression on a critically acclaimed brand portfolio. What we'll provide  We put our people first through nurturing their creativity and wellbeing and the reason we continue to create engaging and compelling AAA titles that are loved across the world. We also value the art of collaboration and a sense of belonging, which is why we've embraced a working model that requires our team members to be on-site, fostering a vibrant and creative work environment that unites us in pursuing our shared goals. • Everything you need to keep your life in balance - flexible core hours, 25 days of annual leave, Christmas shutdown, and a plan that will enable you to work from anywhere in the EU for up to four weeks per year • Life insurance, income insurance, private healthcare, an annual well-being allowance, and more • Generous resources committed to your perpetual personal and professional development • Investment in our community - with paid volunteering days • Fun and entertainment - with free games, activities, and celebrations • Generous relocation support - should you need itPositive mental health and wellbeing at work are priorities for us. We are a Gold Employer in the Mind Workplace Wellbeing Index, and partners of Safe in Our World. We run an inclusive Wellbeing Champions programme and provide a wide range of training and resources to support all of our people to proactively discuss and manage their own mental health, as well as support their team members. Ready to Apply? We aim to build the world’s most distinctive and diverse gaming studio; therefore, we strongly encourage you to apply. We’d love to hear about you and your background. Find out more about Ubisoft Reflections by contacting Luke Murtagh, our Talent Acquisition Partner managing this vacancy: Website:  [Upgrade to PRO to see link] TA Partner:  [Upgrade to PRO to see link] Our Social Channels: linktr.ee/UbisoftReflections Link to Job Description Expert Animator (Updated April 2026)