Senior Animator required at Respawn Entertainment

Senior Animator required at Respawn Entertainment

Studio: Respawn Entertainment

Job Opening: Senior Animator

Location: California, United States

Type: Full-Time

Responsibilities:

  • Create a variety of awesome animations for AI systems, scripted in-game scenes, vehicles and environments within Maya.
  • Work with Motion Capture data in Maya when necessary.
  • Implement animations into the project’s engine with full ownership of your work.
  • Work with multiple departments such as Art, Design and Code to complete tasks. Communication is key to understanding how each discipline contributes to the asset.
  • Take animations from conceptualization to shipping without direction if necessary.

Qualifications & Skills

  • 5+ years of professional game development experience.
  • A strong understanding of video game animation development.
  • Very strong keyframing ability. Ability to keyframe realistic human motion.
  • Ability to critique your own work as needed. Do you have “the eye”?
  • Ability to handle critiques. The more feedback you receive, the more you can tailor your work towards what is best for the game.
  • Must be a strong team contributor. Sounds cliché, but it is very important to our success.
  • Must enjoy what you love. Animation!
  • Mastery of relevant software packages such as Maya.
  • Passion for making and playing games.
  • Experience with first-person weapons and full-body animations.
  • Motion Capture cleanup experience.

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