Senior Animator, Unannounced Super Fun Video Game

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Develop high-quality animations for characters, gameplay, and combat.

• Infuse characters with personality, charisma, emotion, and charm through performance and facial animation.

• Produce responsive, clear, and engaging gameplay animations that enhance combat and provide player feedback.

• Rig, skin, and prepare assets for animation purposes.

• Implement, refine, and polish animations directly within Unreal Engine.

• Collaborate closely with Design and Engineering teams to enhance gameplay feel, responsiveness, clarity, and overall player experience.

• Coordinate with Character Art, Environment Art, and VFX teams to ensure seamless integration of assets into the game.

• Identify workflow bottlenecks and enhance processes through tooling, automation, technical solutions, or improvements.

• Assess and utilize AI-assisted workflows when they significantly boost iteration speed, content creation, or production efficiency.

• Occasionally work with external art partners to review deliverables, provide feedback, and uphold quality standards.

• Take ownership of animation as a discipline from initial concept through to final implementation.

⛳️ Requirements

• A portfolio showcasing outstanding animation work.

• Proven expertise in both character performance animation and gameplay animation.

• Strong grasp of character acting, facial expressions, appeal, timing, and physicality.

• Comprehensive understanding of gameplay readability, responsiveness, combat feel, and player feedback.

• Proficient rigging skills.

• Experience in implementing animation content within Unreal Engine.

• Ability to work directly in-engine to troubleshoot and iterate on content.

• Capability to independently manage a discipline and make progress with minimal supervision.

• Strong written communication skills and comfort working in a fully remote, asynchronous setting.

• Ability to engage in discussions about technical and creative trade-offs with designers, engineers, artists, and external partners.

• Willingness to learn new tools, workflows, or disciplines when beneficial to the project.

• Comfort in utilizing AI-assisted tools as part of a contemporary game development workflow.

🏝️ Benefits

• Health benefits