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Experienced Animator - (Unannounced non-historical GSG)

Are you a creative and dedicated game developer who loves a challenge? Paradox Development Studio is excited to be working on a new unannounced non-historical grand strategy game, which will take GSGs to the next level ! Sounds interesting ? Then you may be the one we’re looking for!

Paradox is looking for an Animator to join our development team. You will be working with the Art Director and Lead Artist to bring characters, vehicles and environments to life !

Responsibilities

• Work with the Art Director & Lead Artist to develop the right look and feel of our games animations.
• Create high quality animations for our games ranging from character closeups in the UI to units/vehicle animations on the map.
• Rigging and skinning characters, vehicles, etc
• Contribute to the animation style guides, creative briefs and art quality benchmarks for outsourcing and the team.
• Review and feedback on work produced by external artists.
• Work with tech artists and programmers to find optimised and workable solutions to game constraints while keeping design intentions in mind.
• Collaborate closely with the Art Producers to breakdown tasks and help planning..

Requirements

• 5+ years experience creating animations for the game industry.
• Strong key frame animations skill and solid understanding of animation principles.
• Comfortable with the technical side of game development like scripting, rigging and skinning.
• Articulate in contextualizing decisions, communicating ideas and giving and receiving feedback in English
• Vision and restraint to create concepts with tangible value over technical intricacy
• Ability to create, adapt, and iterate, within a variety of artistic styles
• Experience with VFX would be a huge plus.

It would be great if you had a passion for the strategy game genre. Additional skills like motion/facial capture would be a bonus but not essential.

This is a great opportunity to be part of the world's leading developer for Grand Strategy games!

As part of the recruitment process, you may be asked to perform a test.

Some of our benefits include:

If you think that this description matches you, we highly encourage you to apply as soon as possible as we will interview candidates continuously. If you don't match all the requirements, please demonstrate how your passion, attitude and interest in Paradox might compensate for this.

At Paradox Interactive we celebrate difference and care deeply about diversity and inclusion. We therefore encourage you, no matter who you are, to apply for this job if you think you’d be a great addition to our team.