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Associate Animator
2 years ago
At Wizards of the Coast, we connect people around the world through play and imagination. From our genre defining games like Magic: The Gathering® and Dungeons & Dragons® to our growing multiverse, we continue to innovate and build new ways to foster friendship and connection. That’s where you come in!
The Arena team is seeking an exceptionally skilled and passionate Associate Animator to bring the Planeswalkers, characters, creatures and planes of Magic to life or send them to the afterlife!
As an Associate Animator for Arena you will create 3D and 2D stylized animations and shape the great aesthetics of Magic into the digital realm. Your exceptional understanding of traditional and 3D animation techniques, problem-solving abilities and gamer sensibilities will all be crucial as you work with artists, designers and programmers to contribute to the richness and fantastical world of Magic and build truly extraordinary game play experiences.
What you’ll do:
- Develop, maintain, and raise the quality of animations for real time game assets.
- Collaborate with artists to bring creative animations into Arena.
- Collaborate with all members of the art team to make sure our animations fit within technical, design, and production requirements.
- Visualize and develop animation features along the TechArt team.
What you bring:
- 2+ years professional experience as a 3D Animator in game development or an equivalent field, creating or working from concepts to create the most excellent and amazing animations.
- Solid background in traditional arts, lighting, creature and character design and animation.
- Proven expertise in human, animal, and creature anatomy.
- Ability to express and display means of animation through word and physical gestures.
Pluses
- Experience creating animations for game engines such as Unity.
- Solid understanding of modeling, and/or VFX.
- Artistic background in either/multiple art disciplines (concept, VFX, modeling, animation).
- Have experience with mobile development.
- Passion for Card games, and/or Video games in general.
- Having shipped a AAA mobile game.
We are an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer
The above is intended to describe the general content of and the requirements for satisfactory performance in this position. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of the duties, responsibilities, or requirements of the position.
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