Senior Animator

What you will do?

• Use traditional animation fundamentals to craft game motions that range from stylized to hyper-realistic
• Lead the combat animation of a free-to-play PC game built
• Support the Game Director in enhancing the overall design of the game
• Work with the Lead Game Developer to create, test, and iterate on combat animations
• Contribute to and implement the vision of the game
• Work with the technical art team to bridge the gap between animation, art and engineering
• Work autonomously to rapidly deliver feature prototypes
• Establish and maintain good animation workflows
• Create recruitment and development roadmap and work with the recruitment team to hire top talent

What are we looking for?

• 3+ years experience across multiple projects
• 1+ years of combat game experience
• Ability to create combat animations
• Technical animation skills such as rigging, skinning and scripting
• Experience with motion capture editing
• Strong animation fundamentals with a focus on human movement (timing, weight, balance)
• Ability to think philosophically about character movement
• Superb documentation and communication skills
• Desire to contribute to the growth of the overall studio. Someone that wants to make the leap to becoming a senior leader within a studio.
• Willing to proactively contribute to new ideas, able to give and receive feedback, and enjoy building an exciting and inclusive working environment
• Able to work well on your own to develop ideas, vision, and direction for the team, as well as work as part of the larger team.
• Willingness to take initiative and responsibility to ensure the quality of the game is not compromised
• Worked across all life cycles of game development (concept, pre-production, production, live)

Additional skills/experience?

• Experience working on combat animations
• Experience working across different time zones
• Able to work in both cartoony and realistic styles

Who will you report to?

You will report directly to the Founder of the Studio (Game Director)