Senior Animator

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Requirements:

• Shipped multiple AAA titles, ideally using Unreal or a comparable engine.
• Exemplary skills in keyframe stylized 3D animation.
• Exceptional knowledge of how to create and maintain gameplay systems in game engines as they pertain to video game animation.
• Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills.
• A very strong understanding of character performance, form, gesture, and silhouette in regard to player and AI characters.
• Excellent understanding of anatomy and caricature.
• Exceptional skill in animating the human bipedal figure, organic forms, quadrupedal, and mechanical objects.
• An exemplary understanding of traditional animation principles and how they support and enhance gameplay.
• Experience working with Motion Capture data and editing it.
• Experience with hand key facial animation and tools such as FaceFx.
• Experience structuring & maintaining animation processes such as rigging or prototyping.
• A love for research, reference, and documenting your findings to share with the team.
• Strong collaborative and flexible spirit.
• Mentorship, coaching, and training experience is a bonus.
• Highly detail-oriented, deadline-driven, and able to embrace change for a fast-growing organization.
• Ability to partner with a diverse group of personalities effectively and constructively.
• The ability to problem-solve and prioritize issues while developing a production pipeline.
• Mature outlook on work ethics and responsibilities.
• Champion of high standards, pushing for progress, embracing change, and challenging the status quo.
• Able to respond elegantly to difficult creative changes, often late in the process.
• A positive force multiplier with a great team-player attitude.
• Self-motivated, curious, and collaborative.
• Uncompromising ethics and unwavering integrity.
• Willing to uphold the values of Cloud Chamber.

Responsibilities:

• Create gameplay, AI, and scripted animation that matches the visual style of the game, using both keyframe and augmented mocap techniques.
• Work closely with programmers and designers to support a multitude of features.
• Collaborate with Senior Animators on complicated sets of animation data to fulfill various gameplay and AI systems.
• Participate in reviews with the gameplay team, give and receive constructive feedback.
• Communicate with individuals in other disciplines from model, art to design and engineering.
• Estimate the time required to carry out your own tasks and to meet deadlines.
• Provide knowledge and solutions for everyday animation challenges.
• Work closely with programmers to establish and refine the animation pipeline.
• Act as an advocate for a positive collaborative process.
• Embrace and evangelize the Cloud Chamber values.