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Role Overview:

Animators portray movement and behavior by building their animations from connecting through production, at multiple points in the asset pipeline.

Responsibilities:

• Create high-quality animation using a variety of tools and techniques including hand key, motion capture cleanup, motion blending.
• Ensure all animations contribute to the direction of the game, both in the experience and the story being told

Qualifications:

• Animate both human and quadruped characters
• Show believable weight, personality, and mood, through realistic performances - this includes interactions with props and/or vehicles
• Proficiency in animation packages including Maya and MotionBuilder
• Familiarity of animation and motion capture production processes
• Production experience or demonstrated ability of working in a production game engine (e.g. Unreal, Unity, Frostbite etc)
• Learn and work with proprietary animation run-time integration tools
• Understand feedback, interpret notes, and provide animation revisions at expected quality levels and within schedule needs
• Work as part a team, responsible for organizing their work within the production schedule, managing files, and meeting deadlines
• Collaborate with project animation directors, management, animators, production staff and peers
• Degree in Fine Arts or Computer Animation

Pluses:

• Motion capture cleanup experience
• Technical animation background
• Passion for making and playing games