Technical Animator

As a leading mobile games developer, Jam City is looking for dynamic, collaborative innovators who thrive in a fast-paced environment.

About Jam City

Jam City is a leading entertainment studio with a proven track record of creating some of the world’s most beloved casual puzzle and story-driven mobile games. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles with a global network of studios and talent.

Responsibilities

• Rig characters, creatures, and props that adhere to all the animation needs.
• Export, import, and assemble animations in Unity.
• Create State Machine and Blend Trees in Unity.
• Augment and maintain the animation pipeline.
• Propose or create tools to automate the animation pipeline.
• Assist the animation team with high-quality animation, including short loops, locomotion cycles, and full cinematics with camera and character animations.
• Collaborate with the Lead Animator to refine and maintain the game's animation style and feel.
• Embellish story scenes with high-quality FX using particles or shaders in Unity.
• Set up and maintain cloth simulation pipelines.
• Maintain clean and organized work files.

Requirements

• A minimum of 5 years of experience rigging characters and props using Maya.
• A minimum of 3 years of experience animating characters using Maya.
• Mastery of Unity, with emphasis on animation and rigging.
• Self-motivated, excellent communicator, and a team player.
• Commitment to creating outstanding work rather than settling for the bare minimum.
• Excellent understanding of human and animal anatomy.
• Skilled in 3D character animation for bipedal humanoids, creatures, and organic forms.
• Expertly apply animation principles to in-game animation: timing, acting, and body mechanics.
• Experience with Unity particle systems.
• Proven problem-solving and prototyping ability, collaborating within the animation team and across adjacent teams.
• Excellent grasp of the English language.
• Able to be onsite 5x a week.

Nice to Have

• Shipped AAA and/or mobile games as a technical animator, animator, rigger, or tech artist.
• Experience in creating animated shaders.
• Film animation experience.
• A passion for games!

Qualifications

To be considered, you MUST provide a demo reel with examples of your rigging and animation work, along with a shot breakdown explaining your responsibilities.

Benefits

• Unlimited vacation, paid sick days, kin care, and holidays (full-time positions only).
• 100% covered medical and company-sponsored dental & vision (plans vary).
• Life insurance, 401k, flexible spending accounts, and more.
• Wellness activities & programs.
• 12 weeks paid parental leave.
• Happy hours and company events.

Pay

The pay range for this full-time position is $90,000 – $110,000 salary per year. Starting pay depends on education, training, experience, certifications, location, business needs, or market demands. In addition to salary, Jam City provides a variety of benefits including medical, dental, vision, parental leave, paid time off, a 401(k) plan, life, disability, and accident insurance.