Studio: Cloud Chamber
Job Opening: Senior Animator (Gameplay)
Location: Montréal, Quebec, Canada
Type: Full-Time
Responsibilities:
Qualifications & Skills:
- Shipped multiple AAA titles, ideally using Unreal or a comparable engine.
- Exemplary skills in keyframe stylized 3D animation.
- Exceptional knowledge of how to create and maintain gameplay and AI systems in game engines as they pertain to video game animation.
- Excellent problem solving and debugging skills.
- A very strong understanding of character performance, form, gesture, and silhouette in regard to player character and AI.
- Excellent understanding of anatomy and caricature.
- Exceptional skill in animating the human bipedal figure, organic forms, quadrupedal, and mechanical objects.
- An exemplary understanding of traditional animation principles and how they support and enhance gameplay.
- Experience working with Motion Capture data and editing it.
- Experience with hand key facial animation and tools such as FaceFx.
- Experience structuring & maintaining animation processes such as rigging, or prototyping.
- A love for research, reference, and documenting your findings to share with the team.
- Strong collaborative and flexible spirit.
- Mentorship, coaching, and training experience is a bonus.
