Studio: Treyarch
Job Opening: Lead First Person Animator
Type: Full-Time
Responsibilities:
- Effectively collaborate with Production, Animators, Designers, Artists, and Engineers to providing guidance on any gameplay features
- Working on gameplay features such as, but not limited to, weapons and player movement
- Managing a team of animators, giving constructive feedback, while identifying, mentoring, and growing talent
- Reviews first person animations assets daily to ensure that implementation is correct and that the quality is high, ensuring it’s in line with the Animation Director’s vision
- Collaborate with the Animation Director and Production to create and maintain an animation schedule that works with the overall project milestones
- Works with Animation Director and Designers to plan and direct an animation style in line with the overall design gameplay feature
- Drive improvements to the animation pipeline, explore a wide variety of ideas that push the Call of Duty style of animation, and a passion to push it forward
- Represents the Gameplay Animation team in all meetings
- Identify potential areas of risk and work with other groups to mitigate that risk
- Completes all work assigned at the highest quality possible while staying on schedule
Qualifications & Skills:
- 8+ years of experience in the game industry
- At least 2+ titles shipped as a Lead Animator on a AAA title
- Expert first person animation skills
- Great understanding of realistic body mechanics as well as animation principles
- Expert knowledge of Maya
- Proven mentorship and interpersonal skills
- Excellent organizational, verbal, and written communication
- Expert knowledge of animation implementation and debugging techniques
- Self-starter and problem solver
Bonus items that will be even more helpful:
- Expert camera animation skills
- Knowledge of weapon mechanics
- Experience in a “realism” style of animation
- Passionate about games and the Call of Duty franchise
Apply for the Job Online: To apply, visit https://careers.treyarch.com/apply?jobSeqNo=TREYUSR009334EXTERNAL