Senior Technical Animator [Rainbow Six]

Ubisoft

Newcastle upon Tyne, England, gb·Full-time·Posted 13 Apr 2026

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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 on creative challenges, and take pride in shaping the visual identity of realistic AAA games through thoughtful animation systems.

Working closely with multidisciplinary team members, you’ll ensure a cohesive visual style across features, with a core focus on gameplay character elements, such as skinning, physics, and modelling. Your ability to translate mock-ups into high-quality integrated visualisations will help guide production and inspire the wider art team. You’re passionate about your craft and committed to continuous improvement. From conducting in-depth research to participating in peer reviews, you actively seek and provide constructive feedback to elevate the team’s artistic output.

This is more than just a role! It’s an opportunity to contribute to a globally recognised franchise, collaborate with international teams, and see your character rigging come to life in one of the industry’s most respected series. You will play an integral part in telling a story, communicating the Director’s creative vision through realistic character movement and interaction inspired by the project’s narrative and design. As a natural collaborator and communicator, you’ll help motivate fellow Animators & Riggers, and take pride in knowing your work plays a key part in the Rainbow Six legacy.

What you'll bring

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.

Positive 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:  https://reflections.ubisoft.com/about/ubisoft-reflections

TA Partner:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/luke-murtagh-recruitment/

Our Social Channels: linktr.ee/UbisoftReflections

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Senior Technical Animator (Updated Apr 2026)

This role at a glance

This is one of 28 animation roles open in England today, out of 546 live games jobs across the UK, and Ubisoft is hiring for 1 other role alongside it. Going by the title it’s a senior role, usually asking for several years’ experience and shipped titles. Like most UK games roles it doesn’t publish a salary, and too few animation roles do for a fair comparison. Our salary guide covers typical ranges.

Discipline
Animation
Level (from the title)
Senior
On gamesJobs since
24 Jun 2026
Other Animation roles in England
27

About Ubisoft

Ubisoft is a French publisher and developer, known for series including Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, Rainbow Six and Just Dance. Its main UK studio is Ubisoft Reflections in Newcastle upon Tyne, which has operated since 1984 and is known for the Driver series before contributing to many Ubisoft games.

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