Studio: Bonfire Studios
Job Opening: Senior Gameplay Animator
Type: Full-Time
Responsibilities:
- You’ll collaborate with a lean team of skilled and passionate game developers.
- You will have the opportunity to participate in focused, cross-disciplinary teams to jam on character development, creating combat that feels amazing, as well as other features and team goals.
- You’ll have the opportunity to meld minds with engineers and tech artists to develop custom rigs, tools, and animation technology to improve our workflows, streamline development, and create high-quality motion for the game.
- You’ll collaborate closely with the animation team and other developers to align on animation look/feel, quality bar, process/efficiency, tech, etc.
- You’ll join playtests, learning what is best for the game through experiencing the game as a player and adjusting your animations for the best gameplay experience.
- You’ll wear many hats, have ample opportunity to utilize your prior experience, and also be supported in experimenting with new areas of interest to you.
- Your ultimate impact on the studio will be unbounded; we lean on each other’s passions and embrace one another’s unique perspectives on game development to help us all grow as a team together. You will have many opportunities to contribute to areas of the game and the company outside your core focus.
Qualifications & Skills:
- Have proven experience creating high-quality, in-game animations, ideally on multiple shipped titles.
- Are excited by the competitive multiplayer combat space and understand the importance animation plays there.
- Have a keen understanding of combat systems and exceptional skill in crafting satisfying, impactful assets to drive those systems.
- Have experience developing animation systems in new engines.
- Feel comfortable taking ownership of features and seeing them through to the end.
- Are highly self-motivated and good at understanding and focusing on the biggest needs of the game.
- Are highly skilled at animation and are able to convey character through gameplay animations.
- Push for animation fidelity, but are always ready to put gameplay quality first.
- Believe, as we do, that great games are the product of great teams that put their people first.
- Want to have a large impact while collaborating with other talented developers in a tight-knit AAA studio, rolling up your sleeves and using your passions and interests to shape your role at the company
- Thrive on collaboration and communicate well with developers of all disciplines.
- Are open, humble, eager, and excited about learning and contributing in multiple areas of the studio. Your curiosity propels you to jump in and dive deep into new problems.
- Value building trust with the people you work with.
- Value working with a diverse team and welcoming different perspectives.
- Have a growth mindset and also care about helping others develop.
- Are as passionate about the creative process and developing games as we are!
