Senior Cinematic Animator – CONTRACT

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

📋 Description

• Create high-quality cinematic animation content utilizing both motion capture and hand-key techniques.

• Work collaboratively with Animation Directors and Lead Animators to craft cinematics that reflect the game's vision and cinematography style.

• Assist in establishing and maintaining performance standards while integrating cinematics into the game engine.

• Enhance body and facial character animation to achieve lifelike scenes.

• Engage in feedback sessions with the cinematic team and integrate constructive critique.

• Employ animation and camera principles to produce realistic, immersive cinematics.

• Utilize Jira and Flow for tracking progress and managing workload effectively.

• Communicate progress and obstacles to the Animation Director and Project Management team.

• Undertake additional related responsibilities as assigned.

• Provide mentorship to junior artists.

⛳️ Requirements

• Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States.

• Proficient in Maya.

• Familiarity with Microsoft Office Suite.

• Capability to perform calculations and apply basic algebra and geometry concepts.

• Knowledge of MotionBuilder is advantageous.

• Familiarity with Adobe Premiere is a plus.

• Understanding of common state machine flow in any game engine is beneficial.

• Experience with Insomniac proprietary tools is preferred.

• No supervisory responsibilities; the role includes mentoring junior artists.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical insurance.

• Dental insurance.

• Vision insurance.

• Background checks conducted at the offer stage.