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Narrative Designer [Anno] (f/m/d)
Mainz - Full-time - 744000003837977
JOB DESCRIPTION
As a Narrative Designer you will participate in the crafting of a game’s story, defining the story behind locations or objects, designing the narrative of quests, contributing to building the player’s emotional journey.
The primary objective of the Narrative Designer in the Anno franchise is to create emotionally stunning and immersive narrative elements, like questlines, that transport players into captivating worlds, bringing historical and fictional settings to life through meticulous design and attention to detail.
This is a parental leave cover role until the end of Aug 2025.
What you will do:
- Designing quests and narrative-driven content
- Implementing designed content via internal tools
- Planning assets required for the creation of your content
- Cooperate with other departments within an interdisciplinary team for content creation
- Integrating delivered assets (like gameplay elements, items, dialogue etc.) into a seamless, engaging and unique experience
- Support the Game Design team in defining systems and structures to support the game experience throughout the entire game, not just during story-driven moments
- Maintaining the highest possible quality of quests, and fixing reported bugs.
- Creating and maintaining design documentation
Qualifications
What you bring:
- A minimum of 3 years’ experience in the games industry
- At least one shipped commercial AAA title is a plus
- Experience translating emotionally impactful storylines into compelling Anno gameplay
- Basics of Storytelling
- Experience implementing content with Ubisoft’s internal tools
- Keen eye for details, especially narrative coherence and historical accuracy
- Be a team player at heart but also able to work autonomously and within a project structure
- Be forward thinking and anticipate the needs of your project with a high degree of self-motivation and initiative
- Eager to grow and seek feedback
- Great communication skills and a positive can-do attitude
- Fluent in English, both verbally and written
- Familiarity with the Anno Franchise and strategy games is a plus
- Examples of style variety is a plus
What to send our way:
- Your CV, highlighting your education, experience and skills
- A cover letter including your earliest starting date, expected salary and why you would like to join us
- Please provide a portfolio with examples of your previous work/projects - be sure to check the link is working when applying
Additional information
What we offer:
- Relocation support: We offer financial support in form of a cash allowance and assistance with accommodation search and settle-in support via our relocation partner, for international candidates we offer visa assistance
- Ubisoft Blue Byte Academy: We offer multiple opportunities for you to discover your full potential and develop yourself in various areas. Guest speakers from the industry, workshops, and access to our training and development platform as well as to our in-house library
- Discounted and free games: Discount on employee game orders & free Ubisoft games on Ubisoft Connect
- Hybrid work model: Provides the flexibility to combine working from the studio and your home within Germany
- Monthly Mobility Budget: 80€ per month that can be used on bicycle lease, parking spot rental or public transportation ticket
- Up to 350€ childcare support per child per month
- Company Pension Scheme: We offer an attractive company pension scheme
- Gym subsidy: We contribute 50% (up to a maximum amount of 25€) towards the monthly cost of a gym membership of your choice
- English and German online lessons for free: Good to know - our main language in the studio is English
- 26 days paid vacation per year
- Corporate Benefits web portal: Employee discount program for affiliated retailers, shops, and service providers
Ubisoft offers the same job opportunities to all, without any distinction of gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, social status, disability, or age. Ubisoft ensures the development of an inclusive work environment which mirrors the diversity of our players’ community.
For further information, please check https://mainz.ubisoft.com/en/.
Lead C++ UI Programmer [Rainbow Six Siege] (f/m/d)
Düsseldorf - Full-time - 744000002703650
JOB DESCRIPTION
Rainbow Six Siege
Rainbow Six Siege is the acclaimed first-person shooter franchise. Inspired by the reality of counter terrorist operatives across the world, Rainbow Six Siege invites players to master the art of destruction. Intense close quarters confrontations, high lethality, tactics, team play, and explosive action are at the center of the experience.
What you will do:
You will be working with our UI implementation team in laying the foundation and architecture of the user interface for our online systems. Your systems should be cleanly designed, favor simplicity, and be flexible enough to allow for future expansion.
You will be working as a part of our feature teams, specifically focusing on the ingame Shop and other features related to Monetization within Rainbow Six Siege.
- Collaborate with artists and designers in delivering world-class user interface systems.
- Mentor, grow and lead the other UI programmers within the Shop team.
- Work on User Interface features from conception to final implementation.
- Improve and extend existing game UI and UI framework.
- Collaborate with architects, technical leads and other teams working on Rainbow Six Siege around the world.
Qualifications
What you bring:
- Master or Bachelor degree in (Applied) Computer Science or similar qualifications with a strong technical background.
- 5+ years of professional software development experience.
- Strong C++ skills.
- Leadership experience as team lead or people manager.
- Good understanding of the MVVM paradigm.
- Good understanding of modern Software Engineering.
- Excellent communication skills, and desire to work as a team-player.
- Self-direction and motivation.
- Fluent in English.
- You are open to relocate to Düsseldorf, Germany.
* A strong interest in the video game industry is a plus
Additional information
What we offer:
- Relocation support: We offer financial support in form of a cash allowance and assistance with accommodation search and settle-in support via our relocation partner, for international candidates we offer visa assistance
- Ubisoft Blue Byte Academy: We offer multiple opportunities for you to discover your full potential and develop yourself in various areas. Guest speakers from the industry, workshops, and access to our training and development platform as well as to our in-house library
- Discounted and free games: Discount on employee game orders & free Ubisoft games on Ubisoft Connect
- Hybrid work model: Provides the flexibility to combine working from the studio and your home within Germany
- Monthly Mobility Budget: 80€ per month that can be used on bicycle lease, parking spot rental or public transportation ticket
- Up to 350€ childcare support per child per month
- Company Pension Scheme: We offer an attractive company pension scheme
- Gym subsidy: We contribute 50% (up to a maximum amount of 25€) towards the monthly cost of a gym membership of your choice
- English and German online lessons for free: Good to know: Our main language in the studio is English
- 26 days paid vacation per year
- Corporate Benefits web portal: Employee discount program for affiliated retailers, shops, and service providers
Ubisoft offers the same job opportunities to all, without any distinction of gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, social status, disability, or age. Ubisoft ensures the development of an inclusive work environment which mirrors the diversity of our players’ community.
For further information, please check https://bluebyte.ubisoft.com/en/studios/
Lead Technical Animator (f/m/d)
Düsseldorf - Full-time - 743999977887259
JOB DESCRIPTION
As our new Lead Technical Animator (f/m/d) at Ubisoft Düsseldorf, you will lead, motivate and develop your team of Technical Animators and Technical Artists to push the visual and technical quality to the next level. You will be responsible for developing, supporting and documenting our animation systems, rigging, pipelines and techniques used by the Art, Technical Art and Animation teams. Additionally, you will collaborate closely with the Animation Director, Art Director and other leads to ensure high quality in-game animations that are in line with the artistic vision.
What you will do:
- Build a strong and versatile team of technical experts as part of a AAA development team
- Design, implementation and improvement of our animation state machines and runtime solutions
- Develop, test and maintain complex animation systems in conjunction with animators, gameplay programmers and other team members as required
- Recognize inefficiencies and pipeline issues and identify solutions
- Help improving the tools and pipeline that are used for animation, rigging and implementing of animations in collaboration with our internal engine programmers
- Assist in the design, integration and validation of animation assets
- Guide/Coordinate Animation teams on demanding tasks
Qualifications
What you bring:
- 5 years of experience as senior or lead in a similar role during all stages of a video-game production and at least one shipped AAA title
- Excellent practical understanding of animation logic: node graphs, animation trees and similar engine editors and technologies
- High level expertise of 3D engines and in game engine implementation of animation features, including ragdoll physics
* Experience with character action focused games is a plus
What to send our way:
- Your CV, highlighting your education, experience and skills
- A cover letter including your earliest starting date, expected salary and why you would like to join us
Please provide a portfolio with examples of your previous work/projects - be sure to check the link is working when applying. The portfolio should contain:
- Scripts or application examples, code samples
- Examples of rigs, visual effects, animation, procedural visualization
Additional information
What we offer:
- Relocation support: We offer financial support in form of a cash allowance and assistance with accommodation search and settle-in support via our relocation partner, for international candidates we offer visa assistance
- Ubisoft Blue Byte Academy: We offer multiple opportunities for you to discover your full potential and develop yourself in various areas. Guest speakers from the industry, workshops, and access to our training and development platform as well as to our in-house library
- Discounted and free games: Discount on employee game orders & free Ubisoft games on Ubisoft Connect
- Hybrid work model: Provides the flexibility to combine working from the studio and your home within Germany
- Monthly Mobility Budget: 80€ per month that can be used on bicycle lease, parking spot rental or public transportation ticket
- Up to 350€ childcare support per child per month
- Company Pension Scheme: We offer an attractive company pension scheme
- Gym subsidy: We contribute 50% (up to a maximum amount of 25€) towards the monthly cost of a gym membership of your choice
- English and German online lessons for free: Good to know: Our main language in the studio is English
- 26 days paid vacation per year
- Corporate Benefits web portal: Employee discount program for affiliated retailers, shops, and service providers
We offer a highly motivating challenge for team players interested in showing personal initiative in an innovative and international company. If you are passionate about video games and would like to join an industry leader - please apply via our career portal.
For further information, please check https://duesseldorf.ubisoft.com/en/.
Animation Programmer (f/m/d)
Düsseldorf - Full-time - 743999993247387
JOB DESCRIPTION
As our new Animation Programmer (f/m/d) at Ubisoft Düsseldorf, you will work closely with designers and gameplay programmers to implement gameplay interactions using animation technology.
What you will do:
- Work as a key part of an agile development team, organizing and planning the implementation of features with direction from your lead.
- Use practical solutions to implement feature requests, taking into account performance, maintainability and resource usage.
- Development with an in-house engine, Snowdrop™, you will ensure coding standards are followed in your own and others' code.
- Collect, interpret and analyse the technical feasibility of system/feature specifications.
- Write clear and well-structured code using the appropriate data structure and algorithms while bearing in mind performance, maintenance and architectural requirements.
- Include comments in the code and document implemented features.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the basics of load testing and game feature testing and write test code.
- Stay up-to-date with technology advances within the field.
- Perform code reviews for peers.
- Extract and interpret relevant runtime system resource information (disk IO, network, CPU, memory, etc).
Qualifications
What you bring:
- Knowledge of character animation, IK, procedural or physics based animation.
- Good mathematics and physics skills.
- Very good C/C++ programming skills, with very good knowledge of object oriented development including design patterns and UML.
- Experience working with a large game codebase, and it's modules, middleware and associated pipeline.
- Understanding of speed and memory considerations, and able to implement basic optimizations.
- Knowledge of common algorithms, data structures and patterns, and their application.
- Ability to analyse unfamiliar code of a reasonable complexity to understand, extend and refactor an existing module.
- Ability to debug defects of a reasonable complexity, including memory related issues, and multi-threading.
- Knowledge of different software development methods such as Test Driven Development, Unit Testing, Agile etc.
- Understanding the constraints and technical requirements for console platform development within their area.
- Ability to adapt to change.
- Good interpersonal and communication skills.
What to send our way:
- Your CV, highlighting your education, experience and skills.
- A cover letter including your earliest starting date, expected salary and why you would like to join us.
Additional information
What we offer:
- Relocation support: We offer financial support in form of a cash allowance and assistance with accommodation search and settle-in support via our relocation partner, for international candidates we offer visa assistance
- Ubisoft Blue Byte Academy: We offer multiple opportunities for you to discover your full potential and develop yourself in various areas. Guest speakers from the industry, workshops, and access to our training and development platform as well as to our in-house library
- Discounted and free games: Discount on employee game orders & free Ubisoft games on Ubisoft Connect
- Hybrid work model: Provides the flexibility to combine working from the studio and your home within Germany
- Monthly Mobility Budget: 80€ per month that can be used on bicycle lease, parking spot rental or public transportation ticket
- Up to 350€ childcare support per child per month
- Company Pension Scheme: We offer an attractive company pension scheme
- Gym subsidy: We contribute 50% (up to a maximum amount of 25€) towards the monthly cost of a gym membership of your choice
- English and German online lessons for free: Good to know: Our main language in the studio is English
- 26 days paid vacation per year
- Corporate Benefits web portal: Employee discount program for affiliated retailers, shops, and service providers
Ubisoft offers the same job opportunities to all, without any distinction of gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, social status, disability, or age. Ubisoft ensures the development of an inclusive work environment which mirrors the diversity of our players’ community.
For further information, please check https://duesseldorf.ubisoft.com/en/.
Local IT Technician (f/m/d)
Düsseldorf - Full-time - 744000001554373
JOB DESCRIPTION
As our new Local IT Technician (f/m/d) at Ubisoft Düsseldorf, you are responsible for delivering support for the local site employees. You have a passion for simplifying things and support us in the continuous optimization of IT-supported processes.
What you will do:
- Offer on-site and remote support to end users within the local responsibility
- Incidents and requests management
- Manage local infrastructure (servers and network)
- Ensure approved security best practices and policies are being applied
- Provisioning and maintaining the employees work environment
- Interact with external vendors regarding support requests
- Provides support for events and meetings
- Support employees during equipment moves
- Maintain the IT asset inventory
- Build and update documentation
- Strive to continually improve IT policies and processes
Qualifications
What you bring:
- Relevant education in Information Technology or equivalent experience
- 2+ years of experience in technical support to end users (Workstations, Laptops, Smartphones)
- Expertise in PC and laptop support and latest hardware news
- Excellent knowledge of Microsoft operating systems
- Good knowledge of the Microsoft Office Suite
- Good knowledge of networking, cabling
- Ability to work autonomously in a fast-paced changing environment
- Good English skills (spoken and written)
- Great sense of customer service
- Good listening, communication, and organizational skills
What to send our way:
- Your CV, highlighting your education, experience and skills
- A cover letter including your earliest starting date, expected salary and why you would like to join us
Additional information
What we offer:
- Relocation support: We offer financial support in form of a cash allowance and assistance with accommodation search and settle-in support via our relocation partner, for international candidates we offer visa assistance
- Ubisoft Blue Byte Academy: We offer multiple opportunities for you to discover your full potential and develop yourself in various areas. Guest speakers from the industry, workshops, and access to our training and development platform as well as to our in-house library
- Discounted and free games: Discount on employee game orders & free Ubisoft games on Ubisoft Connect
- Hybrid work model: Provides the flexibility to combine working from the studio and your home within Germany
- Monthly Mobility Budget: 80€ per month that can be used on bicycle lease, parking spot rental or public transportation ticket
- Up to 350€ childcare support per child per month
- Company Pension Scheme: We offer an attractive company pension scheme
- Gym subsidy: We contribute 50% (up to a maximum amount of 25€) towards the monthly cost of a gym membership of your choice
- English and German online lessons for free: Good to know: Our main language in the studio is English
- 26 days paid vacation per year
- Corporate Benefits web portal: Employee discount program for affiliated retailers, shops, and service providers
Ubisoft offers the same job opportunities to all, without any distinction of gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, social status, disability, or age. Ubisoft ensures the development of an inclusive work environment which mirrors the diversity of our players’ community.
For further information, please check https://duesseldorf.ubisoft.com/en/.
Senior Level Artist (f/m/d)
Düsseldorf - Full-time - 743999995725946
JOB DESCRIPTION
As our new Senior Level Artist (f/m/d) at Ubisoft Düsseldorf, you will be responsible for creating exceptional high quality and playable game environments with our Ubisoft in-house engine.
What you will do:
- Support Level Design with your artistic vision and experience, prototype and implement stunning game worlds and environments for our projects.
- Creation of high-quality level art content to setup the benchmark in respect of technical constraints and artistic direction.
- Define, manage and delegate out resources from creation to placement.
- Assess artistic content with Lead Artist and establish time and planning estimates by priority and level.
- Share technical and artistic knowledge to mentor junior members of the team.
- Be a reference for the level art team in relation to various artistic elements and find solution to complex issues that arise.
- Close collaboration with the Art Teams and the Level Design Team to develop an exceptional player experience.
- Communicate and collaborate with key stakeholders to confirm task direction and ensure consistency of work within the team.
- Documentation, asset briefing, set-up placeholders and final beautification of in-game scenes with a focus on mood and storytelling.
- Cooperation with other Ubisoft teams all around the world on a daily basis.
- Scene management, asset integration and performance optimization.
Qualifications
What you bring:
- A minimum of 5 years’ experience in the games industry.
- At least one shipped commercial AAA title.
- Being used to work on tasks autonomously and to deliver results in time.
- Be forward thinking and anticipate the needs of your project with a high degree of self-motivation and initiative.
- Ability to accept feedback and adapt to change.
- Willingness to share your experience with other artists and drive to grow.
- Drive to push the limits of current workflows and seek ways to improve them.
- Fluent in English, both verbally and written.
- A keen eye for composition, proportion, and sense of scale.
- Strong ability to tell stories through level art.
- Understanding and skills in lighting.
- Solid understanding of industry standard 3D modelling packages as well as texture & material creation workflows.
- Ability to work with level art specific techniques like scattering, terrain blending etc.
- Solid understanding of Level Design.
What to send our way:
- Your CV, highlighting your education, experience and skills.
- A cover letter including your earliest starting date, expected salary and why you would like to join us.
Portfolio:
It is required that you submit a portfolio of your work with your application. You may do so by providing a link to an online portfolio (preferred), or attaching documents to your resume.
All portfolios must contain a detailed shot breakdown of the work. It must be very clear what you, the applicant, are responsible for in your reel, portfolio, screenshots etc. The portfolio should contain the following:
- Examples of stylized and realistic environments scenes.
- Examples of mood and lighting.
- Examples of environmental storytelling.
- Examples of style variety.
Additional information
What we offer:
- Relocation support: We offer financial support in form of a cash allowance and assistance with accommodation search and settle-in support via our relocation partner, for international candidates we offer visa assistance
- Ubisoft Blue Byte Academy: We offer multiple opportunities for you to discover your full potential and develop yourself in various areas. Guest speakers from the industry, workshops, and access to our training and development platform as well as to our in-house library
- Discounted and free games: Discount on employee game orders & free Ubisoft games on Ubisoft Connect
- Hybrid work model: Provides the flexibility to combine working from the studio and your home within Germany
- Monthly Mobility Budget: 80€ per month that can be used on bicycle lease, parking spot rental or public transportation ticket
- Up to 350€ childcare support per child per month
- Company Pension Scheme: We offer an attractive company pension scheme
- Gym subsidy: We contribute 50% (up to a maximum amount of 25€) towards the monthly cost of a gym membership of your choice
- English and German online lessons for free: Good to know: Our main language in the studio is English
- 26 days paid vacation per year
- Corporate Benefits web portal: Employee discount program for affiliated retailers, shops, and service providers
Ubisoft offers the same job opportunities to all, without any distinction of gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, social status, disability, or age. Ubisoft ensures the development of an inclusive work environment which mirrors the diversity of our players’ community.
For further information, please check https://duesseldorf.ubisoft.com/en/.
Lead Tech Programmer [Snowdrop] (f/m/d)
Berlin - Full-time - 743999968869203
JOB DESCRIPTION
As Lead Tech Programmer your role is to lead a team of tech developers to extend the capabilities of the Snowdrop engine. You collaborate with related departments and game productions to define optimal workflows and technology that will help the entire development team to build the best games possible.
Qualifications
What you will do:
- Help your team members to grow and acquire more knowledge
- Support your team members to achieve their development goals
- Foster the collaboration between the different departments
- Define the roadmap together with other related leads and the Technical Director
- Break down the roadmap and support handling of all tasks for the departments
- Collaborate with other Ubisoft studios to extend the capabilities of our in-house technology
- Define budgets and workflows for all related departments
- Establish workflows and techniques to improve the overall development process for all departments
- Participate in the hiring process
What you bring:
- Lead Graphics Programmer or similar role in at least one AAA title
- Ability to work in a dynamic and collaborative team environment
- Self-direction and motivation
- Excellent communication and good English skills
- Strong skills in C/C++
Nice to have:
- Experience as developer in a related tech area (engine/graphics/physics/…)
- Experience in using different CPU/GPU and memory profiling tools to drive your decisions
- Experience with platforms where performance/bandwidth restrictions exist
- Understanding of hardware architecture and details
Additional information
Your benefits:
- Relocation Support: We offer financial support in form of a cash allowance and assistance with accommodation search and settle-in support via our relocation partner, for international candidates we offer visa assistance
- Ubisoft Blue Byte Academy: We offer multiple opportunities for you to discover your full potential and develop yourself in various areas. Guest speakers from the industry, workshops and access to our training and development platform
- Discounted Games: Discount on employee game orders & free Ubisoft games on Ubisoft Connect
- Monthly Mobility Budget: 80€ per month that can be used on bicycle lease, parking spot rental or public transportation ticket
- Up To 350€ Childcare Support Per Child Per Month: In addition, we also offer 5 ‘care for ill children days’ per child per year
- Self-study And Training Hours: You have access to our in-house library
- Company Pension Scheme
- Gym Subsidy: We contribute 50% (up to a maximum amount of 25€) towards the monthly cost of a gym membership of your choice
- Flexible Working Hours: We have core working times between 10:00 AM – 04:00 PM and the distribution of the other hours is up to you
- Hybrid Work Model: Provides the flexibility to combine working from the studio and your home within Germany
- 26 Days Paid Vacation Per Year: Additionally, you will get half a day off on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve and approximately 11 bank holidays in the Düsseldorf region
- Corporate Benefits Web Portal: With employee discount programs for affiliated retailers, shops and service providers
We offer a highly motivating challenge for team players interested in showing personal initiative in an innovative and international company. If you are passionate about video games and would like to join an industry leader - please apply via our career portal.
For further information, please check https://berlin.ubisoft.com/en/
Technical Director [Beyond Good And Evil 2] (f/m/d)
Mainz - Full-time - 743999948730663
JOB DESCRIPTION
Beyond Good And Evil 2 is an action-adventure sci-fi RPG set in the same universe as Ubisoft’s original cult classic. You can now join our crew at Ubisoft Mainz to help us shape this amazing project with cutting edge graphics.
As a Technical Director you are responsible for the course and direction for our Tech-Art, Engine-, UI-, Tools- and Graphics Programming Teams in a Co-Development Environment. Your main duty is helping them shape a coherent direction that is consistent across the Teams.
You are the first point of contact for our partners in other Studios. You regularly interact with other Directors to align on Vision and technical direction. You have the big picture in mind and make sure that your Teams are aligned on the vision.
You speak for your Teams and make sure they are set-up for success. You mentor your Teams and grow new Leads. You enable your team through autonomy and coaching.
What you will do:
- Mentor the Programming and Technical Art Team and grow new Leads. You enable your team through autonomy and coaching
- Work with Directors/Producers to align high-level visions
- Define guidelines to ensure technical realization
- Contribute to studio strategic development, for example recruitment, investment, portfolio, trainings, R&D etc
- Guarantee that our part of the game is delivered on time with the expected level of quality and craftsmanship on all the target platforms
- Define the team's requirements and technical constraints with a view to realizing the creative vision
Qualifications
What you bring:
- You have an extensive experience in leading technical teams and you understand the notion of Servant Leadership
- You are always studying where the industry is going and what are the latest technologies and trends related to programming in video games are
- You are a strategic thinker. You observe, reflect and challenge the status quo. You do not wonder what the future holds, you define it
- You are comfortable with a risk taking approach in a very complex context where you do not control every aspect and every detail
- You are ambitious and strive for the highest quality. You know how to bring a team there in a considerate manner but know when and how to be stricter
- You have hands-on experience with several programming aspects of game development: gameplay, AI, engine, rendering, tools, online, audio, physique
- You have a deep understanding of other related domains: Game design, art, animation, production and more
- You ideally have a good understanding of procedural generation Techniques.
- You have shipped several games
What to send our way:
- Your CV, highlighting your education, experience, and skills
- A cover letter including your earliest starting date, expected salary and why you would like to join us
Additional information
Your benefits:
- Relocation Support: We offer financial support in form of a cash allowance and assistance with accommodation search and settle-in support via our relocation partner, for international candidates we offer visa assistance
- Ubisoft Blue Byte Academy: We offer multiple opportunities for you to discover your full potential and develop yourself in various areas. Guest speakers from the industry, workshops and access to our training and development platform
- Discounted Games: Discount on employee game orders & free Ubisoft games on Ubisoft Connect
- Monthly Mobility Budget: 80€ per month that can be used on bicycle lease, parking spot rental or public transportation ticket
- Up To 350€ Childcare Support Per Child Per Month: In addition, we also offer 5 ‘care for ill children days’ per child per year
- Self-study And Training Hours: You have access to our in-house library
- Company Pension Scheme
- Gym Subsidy: We contribute 50% (up to a maximum amount of 25€) towards the monthly cost of a gym membership of your choice
- Hybrid Work Model: Provides the flexibility to combine working from the studio and your home within Germany
- 26 Days Paid Vacation Per Year: Additionally, you will get half a day off on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve and approximately 11 bank holidays
- Corporate Benefits Web Portal: With employee discount programs for affiliated retailers, shops and service providers
We offer a highly motivating challenge for team players interested in showing personal initiative in an innovative and international company. If you are passionate about video games and would like to join an industry leader - please apply via our career portal.
For further information, please check https://mainz.ubisoft.com/en/
Lead Animator [Unannounced Project] (f/m/d)
Berlin - Full-time - 744000007310225
JOB DESCRIPTION
As our new Lead Animator (f/m/d) at Ubisoft Berlin, you will be responsible for leading and managing a projects’ Animation team, setting objectives for both short term and long term, driving quality standards, creating benchmarks, and collaborating with Directors and Technical Animators to deliver AAA game animations.
What you will do:
- Build, develop, and nurture a strong, empowered team with a healthy, diverse, and supportive team culture
- Define, prioritize, assign, and regularly follow up on tasks and the team’s progress together with the producers and production managers
- Provide support, guidance, and feedback for the internal animation team
- Establish animation standards and provide feedback for animations internally and potentially from external vendors
- Be the main point of contact for other teams and act as a representative of the animation team
Qualifications
What you bring:
- 5+ years’ experience as an Animator in game development
- Experience in leading, coaching, mentoring or training other team members
- Strong understanding of keyframe animation, motion capturing and procedural animation
- Proven experience on at least one shipped title
- Being able to work with complex game animation systems and extensive animation state machines
- Excellent knowledge of Maya, Motion Builder, 3DSMAX, and/or other commercial 3D authoring packages
- Understand the technical workflows and tools in animation production for games with the ability to modify and improve them
- Great communication skills and a positive attitude
- You are Fluent in English, both verbally and written
- Experience with node-graphs and node-based engines is a plus
- Ability to create custom tools and scripts with Python is a plus
- Rigging experience is a plus
What to send our way:
- Your CV, highlighting your education, experience, and skills
- A cover letter including your earliest starting date, expected salary and why you would like to join us
- Portfolio: It is required that you submit a portfolio of your work with your application. You may do so by providing a link to an online portfolio (preferred) or attaching documents to your resume. All portfolios must contain a detailed shot breakdown of the work. It must be very clear what you, the applicant, are responsible for in your reel, portfolio, screenshots etc.
The portfolio should contain the following:
- Examples of character animation (full body motion, emotions etc.)
- Examples of animation style variety
- Examples of environment animation or visual effects (optional)
- Examples of animation rigs and their functionality in a 3D package (optional)
Additional information
What we offer:
- Relocation support: We offer financial support in form of a cash allowance and assistance with accommodation search and settle-in support via our relocation partner, for international candidates we offer visa assistance
- Ubisoft Blue Byte Academy: We offer multiple opportunities for you to discover your full potential and develop yourself in various areas. Guest speakers from the industry, workshops, and access to our training and development platform as well as to our in-house library
- Discounted and free games: Discount on employee game orders & free Ubisoft games on Ubisoft Connect
- Hybrid work model: Provides the flexibility to combine working from the studio and your home within Germany
- Monthly Mobility Budget: 80€ per month that can be used on bicycle lease, parking spot rental or public transportation ticket
- Up to 350€ childcare support per child per month
- Company Pension Scheme: We offer an attractive company pension scheme
- Gym subsidy: We contribute 50% (up to a maximum amount of 25€) towards the monthly cost of a gym membership of your choice
- English and German online lessons for free: Good to know: Our main language in the studio is English
- 26 days paid vacation per year
- Corporate Benefits web portal: Employee discount program for affiliated retailers, shops, and service providers
Ubisoft offers the same job opportunities to all, without any distinction of gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, social status, disability, or age. Ubisoft ensures the development of an inclusive work environment which mirrors the diversity of our players’ community.
For further information, please check https://berlin.ubisoft.com/en/.
Benefits
Here is a selection of our attractive employee benefits.
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Relocation Support - We offer financial support, help with accommodation, support settling-in and provide visa assistance.
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Flexible Working Hours & Hybrid Work Model – Choose your working hours between 6 AM and 10 PM, combining studio time and home office work within Germany.
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Training and Career Development - Discover your potential and develop yourself with our extensive learning and development programs.
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Mobility Allowance - €80 per month that you can invest in leasing a bicycle, parking spot rental or a public transportation ticket.
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Company Pension - We offer an attractive Company Pension arrangement.
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Childcare Support - We offer a monthly support of up €350 per child.
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Free Games - Get Ubisoft Games on PC & Consoles for free.
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Press Pause Sabbatical Program - Take a few months to “pause” your career and re-energize yourself.
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Gym Subsidy - We contribute up to 50% towards your monthly gym membership subscription.
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Language Classes - We offer free online English and German language classes.
Meet our Recruiters
Meet your Ubisoft Blue Byte Recruiting Team. Feel free to reach out for questions about starting your career at our studios. We would love to hear from you!
![.. Karolina Böhm](https://bluebyte.ubisoft.com//content/uploads/2022/02/Karolina_Boehm.jpg)
Karolina Böhm
Head of Talent Acquisitions - We are looking for passionate individuals with ambition and an open mindset. Join our international family and develop AAA Games today!
Contact Karolina![.. Alexander Rausch](https://bluebyte.ubisoft.com//content/uploads/2022/07/Alexander_Rausch.png)
Alexander Rausch
Senior Recruiter - You have the opportunity to work on the biggest and most exciting games of Ubisoft’s portfolio. Create new worlds and the technology behind them. Be part of an environment full of creativity, team spirit and great talent. I am looking forward to meeting you!
Contact Alexander![.. Larissa Schad](https://bluebyte.ubisoft.com//content/uploads/2022/06/Larissa_Schad-scaled.jpg)
Larissa Schad
Junior Recruiter - We are looking for authentic and open-minded personalities who want to make a difference in the world of gaming. Unleash your creativity and show us your talents.
Contact Larissa![.. Anastasiia Korolchuk](https://bluebyte.ubisoft.com//content/uploads/2024/07/Anastasiia_Korolchuk_Profile.png)
Anastasiia Korolchuk
Recruiter - Join us to bring your creativity to life in a collaborative environment, where innovation drives every project and every team member can make an impact. We value diversity, authenticity, and a passion for gaming, inviting talents from various areas to help shape the future of gaming.
Contact AnastasiiaFrequently Asked Questions
Ubisoft Blue Byte thrives on the passion of our employees, and the secret of our success is that we love what we do. So we encourage applicants to find out about Ubisoft Blue Byte and the relevant positions in further detail first.
You should explain why you want to join our team and what excites you about the job. For your further questions, the following FAQ section should have the answer for you.
One studio network, three unique Ubisoft studios
Ubisoft Blue Byte is the renowned network of three development studios operating out of Germany. Each studio contributes to Ubisoft’s global success through excellent AAA projects.