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Principal Technical Animator
2K
Brighton, England
ABOUT THE ROLE
2K is hiring at lead level for technical animation work in games, based in Brighton, England. The post names Unreal, Systemic gameplay and Motion matching.
It is hybrid working and offered as fixed term. Pay, benefits and the full description are on 2K’s own page.
Summarised from 2K's post
LEVEL
Lead
From the title
WORK
Hybrid
In Brighton, England
CONTRACT
Fixed term
EXPERIENCE
Not stated
The studio did not say
POSTED
29 Sep 2026
2 weeks ago
LAST VERIFIED
14 Oct 2026
Still open today
The role in short
1
Get animation into the engine
The post covers taking animation from the DCC into the game engine.
2
Build systemic animation
Animation that responds to the player, built with design and engineering.
3
Motion capture work
The post names motion capture, on the stage or in the clean-up after it.
4
Tools and scripting
The post asks for scripting or tool work next to the animation.
5
Mentor the team
Helping other animators is listed as part of the job.
6
Keep it inside budget
Performance or memory budgets are named in the post.
Skills they mention
REQUIRED
Unreal
Systemic gameplay
Motion matching
A BONUS IF YOU HAVE THEM
Maya
Houdini
MotionBuilder
Python
Motion capture
What applying looks like
- 1 Apply on 2K's careers page The form is on Greenhouse, via 2K careers. It takes your CV and contact details.
- 2 Send your reel The post asks for a reel. Lead with the work closest to what they listed.
- 3 Interviews With the 2K animation team.
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