Senior Animator

Responsibilities

• Create animations that meet the aesthetic and technical requirements of the project.
• Collaborate with the animation lead and Technical Art to ensure we have the tools, technology, and implementation support needed to deliver animation efficiently and effectively.
• Work with the team to improve animation processes, workflows, and pipelines.
• Challenge yourself and your team to generate more responsive and expressive assets.
• Respond to feedback appropriately, iterate on assets as needed, and help evaluate team work and provide feedback when asked.
• Develop expert-level knowledge of the game engine’s animation tools.
• Stay current with industry animation trends and techniques, set personal goals, and continually improve your craft.

Qualifications

• 7+ years’ experience as an Animator, with a minimum of one shipped Unreal Engine title in an Animation role.
• Proficiency working directly in Unreal Engine.
• Experience with Blender and other related animation software.
• Extensive knowledge of animation pipelines; strong documentation and debugging skills; able to troubleshoot and diagnose animation issues.
• Self-starting, organized, highly collaborative, motivated, and comfortable working in a remote environment.
• Able to mentor more junior team members and set a high standard in aesthetics and approach.
• Excellent written, visual, and verbal communication skills.
• Strong understanding of art fundamentals, and able to demonstrate strong aesthetic judgment.
• Curious and willing to take risks and learn from failure.

Preferences

• Advanced Blender experience.
• Creature or non-bipedal animation experience.
• First-person animation experience.