Senior Animator

• Work with the Animation Director, leads & team to establish the animation style and requirement for the project, to ensure we achieve a unified look throughout the game.
• Create animation assets for gameplay prototypes all the way through to final shippable polished assets.
• Setting a standard of quality for animators and actively participate in game development, showing abilities to influence, innovate and communicate.
• Meet project deadlines in a timely manner whilst maintaining artistic integrity.
• Communicate with the team and provide feedback to the other animators in a collaborative environment.
• Actively participate in animation system design and problem resolution taking ownership of the systems assigned to them and sees them through to completion
• Working closely with design and programmers to create an efficient development pipeline and ensure the quality of their animation upon integration.
• Play the game to validate movement control and identify improvements.
• Collaborate across the animation, art, design and programming teams to find solutions to animation related issues that feature movement components.
• Implement assets in the Unreal 4 game engine.
• Be involved in directing and preparing motion capture shoots.
• Assisting in the development of tools and working with the programming team to ensure these tools are continuously improved

• Highly skilled in (one or more of) Maya, 3DS Max or Motionbuilder
• Experience with one or multiple character systems: Locomotion, Weapon Systems, Melee, Non Player Characters
• Passion for pushing animation quality of interactive systems with an open mind.
• Good eye and understanding of animation is key, attention to detail
• Good general technical knowledge of game play systems
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills
• Ability to accept feedback and constructive criticism.

• Experience with Unreal Engine
• Experience in developing character systems
• Strong sense of how gameplay and animation relate to one another
• Excellent Problem solver

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