Studio: Epic Games
Job Opening: Animation Lead
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Type: Full-Time
Responsibilities:
- Lead a growing team of animators, helping mentor and drive the style and feel of Fortnite’s animation
- Take animation from the initial concept through implementation in Unreal Engine
- Create character-specific animations in Maya using our in-house rigs and tools
- Work closely with the individual Epic Art Leads, and artists on the team, to ensure downstream depts have all the information they need when launched
- Ensure animation assets are delivered and shipped successfully and on time
- Be a point of contact for bug support, triage, and resolution of animation assets
Qualifications & Skills:
- You have an animation reel showing keyframed character and creature animations
- Strong experience with Maya and gameplay systems
- Good instincts for realistic and stylized motions
- Strong communication and leadership skills
- Familiarity with the Unreal Engine 4 art pipeline
- Related skills, such as modeling, skinning, rigging
- Experience working with mocap data
- Experience having shipped at least one title
