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Gameplay Animator

We are Fatshark

We are a critically acclaimed Swedish game development studio with about 180 experienced and skilled employees. We are most well-known for developing the Warhammer: Vermintide franchise, but have also helped develop a number of AAA titles and we recently launched the highly anticipated game Warhammer 40,000: Darktide.

We have grown quite a bit over the last few years and are almost two-hundred “Sharks” now, but we still embrace the same values that we started with and still think of ourselves like one big family with fun at the center. Come into our world, a world known for our crazy internally designed socks, hackweeks, and Friday afternoons for studio-wide “social play” time. It all adds up to an approachable, fun, passion-driven yet communal environment for us to work in

The role

We're looking for a great Game Animator to make our future plans for Vermintide 2 come alive. You will need to be versatile, as you will work on, among other things: players, enemies, NPC's, cutscenes, events and more. For this to work you will need to have a close collaboration with Game Design and AI, in a team where every member has a lot of responsibility and influence. You will need to be comfortable with creating your own tasks, and plan your work to meet deadlines.

As an Animator on Vermintide 2 you will work closely with a small team, where you will have a lot of influence in how the characters behave and move. You will also be responsible for implementing your animations and making sure they work as intended. You need to be an excellent team player, communication and collaboration is key in this highly creative environment.

What we offer

Here at Fatshark, we do what we love most: design high-profile games for PCs and consoles. We offer you:

• A playful, friendly and inclusive work place
• Hands-on production environment with an emphasis on cooperative/multiplayer games
• Opportunities for personal growth with varied projects, experienced co-workers and recurring hack weeks
• Developing games with our own engine - Stingray
• Regulated flex time and paid overtime
• Occupational pension
• Wellness benefits and health checkups
• Yearly bonus program
• Office located in central Stockholm

What you'll do

• Work closely with Game Design and programmers to create impactful Animations for a FPP experience
• Animate first & third person rigs for the playable characters
• Develop and animate enemies, using both motion capture and hand-key animation
• Design and implement Animation State Machines
• Meet challenges with creative solutions
• Estimate workload and plan animation work
• Work to improve character animation quality in all areas

Required qualifications

• 2+ years experience animating in the game industry, with a heavy focus on gameplay animations
• Experience of First Person animations
• Experience working with motion capture
• Strong skills in hand key animation
• Expert proficiency in Autodesk Motionbuilder, Maya or similar Animation software
• Great understanding of designing and maintaining Animation State Machines
• A problem solving mentality
• Ability to work independently, as well as in a multidisciplinary team

Bonus qualifications

• Experience with acting & not being afraid of doing your own motion capture inhouse
• Experience in scripting (Mel/Lua/Python for example)
• Experience in leading a team

Application details

We are following the policy of working 4 days in the office per week, with 1 day option to work from home. The onboarding is being done fully in the office.

We look forward to review applications and will be interviewing candidates continuously until the position has been filled.

Location: Stockholm
Start: ASAP (June 2023)
Form of Employment: full-time, permanent