Senior Animator (View Model)

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Requirements:

• 5+ years of game industry experience, having shipped at least one AAA title.
• Strong understanding of animation principles.
• Proficiency in keyframe and mocap clean-up animation skills.
• Experience animating humanoid characters and creatures.
• Familiarity with animation systems in Unreal Engine 5 (animation blueprints, graphs, state machines, blend spaces, montages).
• Expert knowledge of Maya or a similar package.
• Creative problem-solving at all development stages.
• Strong communication skills and ability to be a team player.
• Positive attitude with the ability to take direction and provide objective feedback.
• Strong work ethic, self-motivated, able to maintain high-quality animation without constant supervision.

Responsibilities:

• Work closely with the Lead Animator and team to create industry-leading appealing animations and memorable gameplay experiences.
• Create detailed animations for weapons ensuring movements are natural and immersive.
• Infuse characters with unique personalities aligned with the game's artistic vision.
• Push animation quality higher consistently.
• Collaborate with character and tech art teams during character creation phases.
• Ensure animations align with gameplay mechanics, timing, and feel through collaboration and iteration.
• Create, implement, and tune animation assets in engine while maintaining attention to detail.
• Organize complex animation data and assets and help refine the animation pipeline and tools.
• Coordinate with all departments to achieve project goals.