Studio: Amazon Games
Job Opening: Lead Animator
Location: Montreal, Canada
Type: Full-Time
Responsibilities:
- Create keyframe animations for the playable and non-playable in-game characters
- Create animations that support and enhance the gameplay as well as the visual characteristics of the characters
- Collaborate with game designers and developers to implement and test animation content in the game
- Actively participate in production planning by providing estimates and proposing solutions to meet deadlines
- Discuss artistic and technical challenges with colleagues to ensure interdisciplinary clarity and alignment
- Experiment with the most recent tools and techniques to enhance the quality of animations
- Increase team skills through mentoring on technical or artistic topics
Qualifications & Skills:
- 10+ years of experience creating in-game character animation for AAA games
- Fluency in French and English
- Due to the nature of the role that requires interaction with other Amazon entities globally and with Amazon employees and stakeholders in other provinces in Canada, bilingualism French and English is required for this position.
- Artistic skills in storyboarding, previewing and hand drawing
- Mastery of animation principles
- Understanding of character anatomy
- Technical skills in rigging, scripting, and facial animation
- Communication and mentoring skills
- Proficiency in Maya or equivalent software
- Proficiency in Unreal or similar game engine
