Studio: Magic Media
Job Opening: Senior Animator
Location: Remote
Type: Contract (Freelance)
Responsibilities:
- Work closely with the Lead Animator and team to create industry-leading, appealing animation that is immersive, memorable, and entertaining.
- Give characters unique personalities that embody the artistic style and vision of the project.
- Constantly push animation quality higher.
- Collaborate with character and art teams during all character creation phases.
- Collaborate and iterate quickly with designers and riggers from blocking stage to final.
- Work in engine creating, implementing, tuning, and regularly testing animation assets with attention to detail.
- Help establish and refine animation pipeline and tools.
- Coordinate with all departments to achieve project goals.
Qualifications & Skills:
- Strong understanding of animation principles.
- Experience animating humanoid characters and creatures.
- Experience with animation systems in Unreal.
- Creative problem-solving at all stages of production.
- Strong communication skills, a team player, and a positive attitude.
- Able to provide objective feedback and take direction well.
- Strong work ethic and self-motivated, able to maintain the high quality of in-game animation and consistent progress without constant supervision.
Desirable pluses:
- 7+ years of animation and cinematic industry experience.
- Expert with Maya or similar package.
- Working knowledge of modeling, skinning, and rigging for broadcast and how it pertains to animation.
- Familiarity with development and communication tools such as Slack, JIRA, and Confluence.
