Senior 3D Animator (Short Term)

Job Summary

A career at Roblox means you’ll be working to shape the future of human interaction, solving unique technical challenges at scale, and helping to create safer, more civil shared experiences for everyone. We're seeking a talented Senior 3D Animator to join our team at Roblox for a 6-month engagement.

About the Role

You will focus on creating high-quality, foundational character animations for the Roblox platform—specifically basic ability and locomotion sets that bring avatars to life with polish and personality. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute directly to core Roblox avatar experiences used by millions of players worldwide.

Responsibilities

• Create and refine a suite of standard locomotion and ability animations, including: Idle poses (variations for personality/stance), Walk, run, sprint cycles, Jump, land, fall animations, Other basic movement/ability actions as needed
• Deliver clean, weighty, and expressive animations optimized for Roblox's avatar system (R15 preferred)
• Iterate quickly based on feedback from animation leads, designers, and engineers
• Export animations properly for Roblox Studio integration (using compatible formats and best practices)
• Use SyncSketch (or similar) for review and approval workflows

Requirements

• Strong experience in character animation, with a focus on creating believable, game-ready locomotion and action animations
• Excellent acting skills through motion—conveying emotion, weight, timing, and personality in movement
• Proficiency in FACS-based facial animation (Facial Action Coding System) or equivalent high-quality facial rigging/expression work
• Expert-level skills in Autodesk Maya for animation production and Tools
• Familiarity with SyncSketch (or comparable online review/approval tools)
• Proven track record creating animations for video games (mobile, PC, or console experience a plus)
• Strong sense of timing, weight, anticipation, follow-through, and polish in game animation principles

Qualifications

• Experience with R15 preferred
• Experience with SyncSketch (or similar) for review and approval workflows
• Experience creating animations for video games (mobile, PC, or console experience a plus)

Skills

• Character Animation
• Facial Animation
• Autodesk Maya
• SyncSketch (or similar)
• Video Game Animation

Benefits

For US based roles only, please note the Company may not be able to employ candidates for this role who have United States work authorization related to certain U.S. visa categories, or support future H-1B sponsorship at this time.

Pay

The starting base pay for this position is as shown below. The actual base pay is dependent upon a variety of job-related factors such as professional background, training, work experience, location, business needs and market demand. Therefore, in some circumstances, the actual hourly rate could fall outside of this expected range.

Monthly Salary Range $9,103—$11,152 USD

Schedule

Roles that are based in an office are onsite Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional presence on Monday and Friday (unless otherwise noted).

Equal Opportunity Employer

Roblox provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. Roblox also provides reasonable accommodations to candidates with qualifying disabilities or religious beliefs during the recruiting process.