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Lead Gameplay Animator [Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora]

Job Description

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora™ is a first person, action-adventure game developed by Massive Entertainment – a Ubisoft studio in collaboration with Lightstorm Entertainment and Disney. Built using the latest iteration of the Snowdrop engine, and developed exclusively for the new generation of consoles and PC, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora brings to life the alluring world of Pandora with all of its beauty and danger in an immersive, open world experience.

At Massive, we are currently looking for a Lead Gameplay Animator to contribute to the development of an skilled and growing gameplay animation team working on James Cameron's world of Avatar. You will contribute to crafting stunning and life-like animations, by bringing your own thoughts to the table. As our Lead Gameplay Animator you are the expert and support on how to setup and motivate a team in both conceptual and production phases as well as guiding the team to deliver great quality across the board.

This is a permanent position based in Malmö Sweden and requires working onsite. We kindly ask you to apply with your CV and message to the hiring manager/cover letter in English. Applications will be reviewed whilst the job-ad is posted.

Responsibilities

• Supervising the development of high quality AAA animations
• Creating and maintaining a prospering art culture within the Animation Team
• Ensuring a productive internal workflow and beneficial relationships with external partners
• Work alongside Production to prioritize and coordinate the Animation Team’s tasks to ensure that deliverables are completed on time
• Collaborating with other Leads, Directors and cross-functional teams to advance project quality
• Providing constructive feedback, mentoring and coaching a team of Animators

Qualifications

You as a person
As a Lead, you are well organized, like to be on top of things and find the teams achievements to be motivating and important. By interest in the process, you aim to have effective workflows for production. As an animator, you share our enthusiasm for film and the games industry, and are motivated by the chance to bring things to a higher level.

Besides the above we’re looking for someone aligned with our core values and the following skills and experience:

• Several years of creating animations for next gen AAA game environments
• At least 1 years' experience of supervising a team, for example in an agile project management environment
• Working knowledge of Maya and State Machine systems
• Experience with co-development is a bonus

Good to know

We aim to build a team that continuously pushes the boundaries of what’s possible in game development, and because we love to learn and grow from the people around us, we might ask you to complete a practical test as a part of the recruitment process.

We look forward to receiving your application and learning more about you. Meanwhile, please check out the videos posted below and our employee perks here, to gain greater insight into life at Massive.

Additional Information

Massive Entertainment is a world-leading AAA studio located in Malmö, Sweden and part of the Ubisoft family. We’re a multinational team of more than 650 passionate and highly skilled people from 50+ different countries. Our studio’s goal has always been – and still is – to craft the finest gaming experiences for all players.

At Massive, you get to do what you love most while bringing your own experience to our ongoing projects, like Tom Clancy’s The Division 2, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, and The Star Wars Project. We're also developing new tech here, such as our in-house engine Snowdrop, and Ubisoft Connect - Ubisoft's digital ecosystem and distribution platform. All your application information will be kept confidential according to EEO & GDPR guidelines.