Freelance Senior 3D Animator

We are looking for a talented freelance Senior 3D Animator to join our new project!

Are you a Senior 3D Animator with a passion for crafting breathtaking visual experiences? Do you love casual art and want to create big high quality games that will entertain millions of players? You want to see your creations on top of the world charts? Then this job will allow you to reach new heights of excellence!

The job will be closely connected with work on Cut the Rope titles, so we need a person who likes Om Nom and its universe, and is fond of the idea of working on such a big franchise in cooperation with some of the biggest companies in the industry! 

As a Senior 3D Animator, your job will involve animating 3D assets for the game - characters, props, environment elements, striving to achieve the highest possible quality for our games.

You will work closely with a dedicated professional team during game development and contribute to the company's external projects, iterating quickly on design ideas and shaping up fresh experiences for our players around the world. At ZeptoLab we believe that small high performance teams can make games tremendously successful worldwide and that every team member can have a huge impact and interesting challenges.

Responsibilities:

• Creating rigs and animating 3D assets for the game: characters, environments, props etc;
• Working hand in hand with your teammates and actively participating in discussions;
• Within our team of talented professionals, we expect you to continuously learn and improve your skills where it is needed.

Working conditions:

• Freelance remote temporary contract (we plan the project’s development for at least 1,5 years);
• Project workload: 40 hours per week (we expect you to be present at the same working hours as your team works (CET time zone));
• Fixed monthly payment rate.

What we expect from you:

• A high-quality portfolio in casual art style showing great animation skills;
• The ability to create rigs for 3D models;
• Minimum 3 years of experience in the game industry;
• Desire to work on a casual style project and mobile game development;
• Solid knowledge of 3D production tools Blender and Unity;
• Interest in market trends and innovative visual styles;
• Positive and proactive attitude;
• Open and willing to learn mindset, desire to develop and find new solutions; curiosity;
• Excellent communication skills;
• English proficiency.

These would be considered a plus:

• Experience animating with Unity;
• Art or game related education;

Why join us:

• We do something magical and unique – we create great games, big titles and work with the biggest partners all over the world;
• We operate in a challenging and rapidly growing mobile gaming industry - and we do it well;
• ZeptoTeam is a cohesive team of enthusiastic professionals - so your input will be heard and appreciated, and your role in the projects will be significant.

If you are interested in working with us, the next step after reviewing your portfolio will be a short test assignment to assess whether we would be a good fit for each other.