Studio: Afterburner Studios
Job Opening: Technical Animator
Location: Fully Remote
Type: Contract
Responsibilities:
- Work within our established pipeline to rig new characters, ensuring animation compatibility across rigs.
- Identify pain points and improve previous technical processes on the animation side.
- Work in-engine to implement rigs and script solutions to problems when necessary, leveraging our tooling.
- Collaborate with our engineer for any highly technical animation work that comes up.
Qualifications & Skills:
- A strong demo reel or portfolio showcasing your technical animation chops (particularly character and creature rigging).
- Strong proficiency in Maya.
- Working knowledge of Unreal Engine’s animation systems.
- Understanding of animation principles, body mechanics, motion and character performance.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively within a small, multidisciplinary team.
- An openness to both giving and receiving feedback, in order to iterate quickly on solutions, identify problems, and ultimately achieve the best possible results.
- Creative problem-solving skills and adaptability to changing requirements.
- Highly self-motivated and proactive, you thrive while working without supervision.
Bonuses
- Keyframe animation experience and skills
- Experience with Rapid Rig
- Experience with Advanced Locomotion System in UE4 / 5
- Both humanoid and creature experience.
- Familiarity with perforce.
Apply for the Job Online: To apply, send your resume (or LinkedIn) and a link to your portfolio to ian@theafterburnerstudios.com with the title of the job you are applying for in the subject line.