Game Animator

• Assist a team of animators in the development of high quality in-game animations and cinematics.

• Reference storyboards if provided.

• Develop excellent visual frames and strong poses that represent the characters and serve the game's design goals.

• Partnering with the animation team to help develop a unique animation style for specific characters

• Present work to the team, seek input, and incorporate feedback from leads and teammates.

• Commit to deliverables and manage your goals within regular milestones and deadlines, while maintaining the appropriate style over the course of a project.

• Continually refine processes for animation throughout production to increase productivity for the animation team.

• Animate a diverse range of compelling, alluring, and fear inducing creatures/characters that support unique and dynamic gameplay.

• 2+ years of experience animating in Autodesk Maya

• 1 + years of experience with animation implementation utilizing Unreal Engine

• Ability to match the style and bar for animation on project's through the delivery of high quality animation

• Strong understanding of body mechanics

• A keen eye for performance and weight

• Experience with creature animation (bipedal & quadrupedal)

• Self-motivated, strong work ethic, able to work collaboratively and inspire in a team environment

• Creativity in problem-solving and the ability to think outside of the established solutions

• Experience with game animation implementation into engine

• Working with animation blend trees and have previous experience with node-based animation editors in a commercial or proprietary game engine.

• Your Resume

• Your Portfolio or Reel – Only digital applications will be accepted such as a website, blog, or online album. Physical media will not be accepted.

• Storytelling
• Quality
• Obsession
• Creativity
• Subversion
• Collaboration
• Scrappiness

• Kindness
• Result-Oriented
• Autonomy
• Efficiency
• Humility
• Be real.
• Be weird.

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