Direct and support animation efforts for an upcoming Fighting Game, focusing on high-quality 3D combat animations and managing external outsourcing pipelines.
Compensation
$90,000 - $120,000
Responsibilities
Own the execution of the combat animations so they meet Fighting Game standards for timing, weight, responsiveness, and frame-count constraints.
Drive quality standards and give clear, actionable feedback to our external animation partners.
Partner with the Lead Combat Designer to deliver combat animation that feels satisfying, impactful, and responsive.
Collaborate with Design and Engineering to ensure animations integrate seamlessly with gameplay mechanics.
Iterate and refine gameplay animations, incorporating playtesting and stakeholder feedback.
Instrumental in driving the team to deliver high fidelity animated characters, vehicles, and environments in a large-scale interactive universe using a bespoke, multi-threaded engine.
Responsibilities
Designing and implementing well-engineered, reliable, scalable and robust code.
Document and peer review technical designs across several multi-disciplinary teams.
Collaborating with team members, including mentoring, and other cross-functional disciplines to develop various animation systems.
Working closely with animators to assist with asset pipeline, provide access to procedural solutions, handle complex transition flows and ensure end result achieves expected fidelity.
Driving engineering principles and practices for your team, pushing boundaries and promoting new innovative ways of working.
Lead the delivery of high-impact video content for major campaigns, brand moments, and business-critical projects, overseeing production from concept to final edit.
Oversee design and implementation of well‑engineered, reliable, scalable and robust code
Document and peer review technical designs across multi‑disciplinary teams
Provide mentorship, day‑to‑day management and career progression support for other animation programmers
Work closely with animators to assist with asset pipeline, provide access to procedural solutions, handle complex transition flows and ensure end result achieves expected fidelity
Drive engineering principles and practices for the team, pushing boundaries and promoting new innovative ways of working
As a Senior Animator, you’ll bring top-tier character performance and believable body mechanics to a highly ambitious adult animated series that features painterly, cinematic visuals. You’ll tackle complex, visually driven sequences that demand mastery of realistic movement, acting, posing, timing, and visual storytelling.
Responsibilities
Demonstrate mastery in animation techniques, consistently delivering top-tier work that exceeds established quality standards.
Provide leadership and mentorship to junior and/or intermediate animators, sharing insights, techniques, and best practices to enhance the overall skill level of the team.
Take a comprehensive view of the animation process, ensuring a cohesive and seamless flow across complex sequences, technically challenging shots, and larger group animations.
Uphold a deep understanding of the show's unique style, ensuring all animations align with and enhance the established artistic vision.
Streamline the shot approval process by leveraging your experience to address feedback promptly, minimizing the need for revisions.
Animator responsible for creating polished action, cinematic, dialogue, and supporting animations for AAA titles, using motion capture, hand-key authoring, and generative AI tools.
Compensation
In the U.S., the standard base pay range for this role is $30.47 - $56.35 Hourly.
Responsibilities
Work with the Narrative team to create cinematics and scripted in-game animations
Create polished action, cinematic, dialogue, and supporting animations using motion capture and hand-key authoring techniques
Create previsualizations and present animation concepts to the Narrative team
Collaborate with teams across the studio to meet project goals and deliver high-quality work
A highly skilled professional responsible for creating innovative and visually engaging video editing, color correction, VFX, and SFX, contributing to the success of projects by delivering exceptional design solutions.
Responsibilities
Conceptualization and execution of creative video editing solutions, including VFX and SFX integration
Collaborate with the video editing team and project stakeholders
Participate in project planning and resource allocation
Create engaging 2D and 3D animations and motion graphics
Contribute to video editing, color correction, and post-production tasks
A highly skilled professional responsible for creating innovative and visually engaging video editing, color correction, VFX, and SFX, contributing to project success by delivering exceptional design solutions.
Responsibilities
Conceptualization and execution of creative video editing solutions, including VFX and SFX integration
Collaborate with the video editing team and project stakeholders
Participate in project planning and resource allocation
Create engaging 2D and 3D animations and motion graphics
Contribute to video editing, color correction, and post-production tasks
Design, modify, coordinate, and review process piping and equipment for power generation and industrial manufacturing facilities, including 3D modeling, isometric drawings, and support structures.
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