Studio: Epic Games
Job Opening: Senior Animator
Location: Cary, North Carolina, United States
Type: Full-Time
Responsibilities:
- Create character-specific animations such as gameplay animations for the main player and AI as well as dances and emotes or cosmetic items in Maya using our ART/Armature tools set, as well as in Unreal Engine using our Control Rig toolset.
- Take animation from initial concept through implementation in Unreal Engine 5 using our animation blueprint system.
- Drive collaboration across disciplines, including Production, Design, Technical Animation, Technical Design, and implementation to help drive the style and feel of Fortnite’s animation.
- Collaborate with leads in a dailies-style critique environment, and find optimal solutions and address basic issues as they arise.
- Refine animations and gameplay feel as needed to get the best quality animation within the timeline.
Qualifications & Skills:
- A strong animation reel showing expertise in key-framed character and creature animation.
- Relevant experience in Maya and gameplay systems.
- Good instincts for realistic and stylized motions.
- Familiarity with the Unreal Engine 5 art pipeline.
- Related skills; such as modeling, skinning, and rigging.
- Experience working with Motion Capture is a plus.
- Experience shipping at least one title.
