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Lead Animator
1 year ago
We are seeking a talented, motivated, and experienced Lead Animator to help bring the Core metaverse to life. You will collaborate with fellow animators, designers and engineers to bring to life stylized avatars and characters for a vast range of games and experiences spanning many themes and genres. Our headquarters are located in San Mateo, CA but this role can be fully remote.
Responsibilities
- Assess design and product specifications, features, mechanics, for animation related requirement
- Conceive of, and create, top-quality key-frame, character animations for use in gameplay, emotes, prop interactions, crafting
- Review, critique and refine others’ work on a variety of creatures from mobs to mounts - biped, quadruped, avian rigs
- Work with character, tech, vfx and audio artists to design animation solutions for the project as it develops
- Standup prototypes and technical proofs of concept
- Implement and maintain animation state machines and procedural animation pipelines using Unreal Engine
Requirements
- Communicate and present complex technical and aesthetic idea
- 5+ years experience in game development as a lead or senior animator
- 1+ years experience in a leadership role
- Self-motivation, passion for animation, and a great team-player attitude
- Ability to execute high quality animations from both loose and detailed design requirements
- Ability to provide individual animation contributions as well as manage and mentor other animators
- Portfolio and/or reel showing mastery of body mechanics, expression, storytelling and animation principle.
Pluses
- Experience working with external artists and outsourced teams
- Implementation of blueprints in Unreal Engine
- Familiarity with facial blendshape and facial animation pipelines
- Experience producing animatics, cinematics and/or trailers
- Previous experience working on a game in the action, fantasy, or shooter genres
- Shipped multiple finished products as a lead or senior artist
- Fluency with LUA scripting
- Proven problem-solving and prototyping ability
- Fluency in NFTs, Crypto, Metaverse
Perks
- Medical, Dental, Vision & Life/AD&D Insurance
- 401(k)
- Maternity & Parental Leave
- Flexible PTO
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Commuter Benefits
- ADP Employee Discount Program
- Monthly Snack/fruit Boxes
- Daily Lunch (in office only)
- Free Snacks & Beverages (in office only)
$105,000/year to $145,000/year
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