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Senior 2D Animator - SUMO INDIA

Established in 2007, Sumo Video Games is one of India’s leading video game developers. We work hand in hand with Sumo Digital’s UK studios to build ground-breaking games and content for some of the world’s biggest publishers including Microsoft, Sony, Apple and Sega.

It’s an exciting time to be part of Sumo; big things are on the horizon and we want you to be part of our continued journey. Join us!

What's your passion? Is it playing video games, working doodling/creating art work? -- if that's your answer, then we at SUMO are interested in YOU.

Sumo Video Games, India is looking for passionate 2D Senior Animator who aspire to create realistic & stylized animations alongside the Sumo UK Studios and help bring life to game world of some of the world class AAA projects on major consoles.

Responsibilities

• The candidate will be working on a current project in production, and will form part of the highly skilled Art team, and be required to:
• Work closely with Lead/Senior Animator to deliver high quality animations
• Ensure that the animations created follow the given art direction, and are within the agreed production deadlines and conform to the required technical specifications
• Collaborate and communicate daily and weekly with project teams in the UK

Skills, Experience and Qualifications

• Highly skilled and thorough understanding of digital/traditional 2D animation
• A portfolio demonstrating expertse in 2D game animations illustrating a clear understanding of the various animation principles
• An impeccable background in academic drawing, sketching/illustration
• 5+ years of experience as a 2D animator preferably in Gaming
• Experience working on Unreal/Unity engines
• Excellent communication skills to communicate with our project teams in India and UK
• Ability to multi-task and should be a quick learner and master new tools, process and pipelines

We also appreciate the following qualities

• Creating concepts, character and environment design (A real Plus)
• Exposure to 3D Animation, 3D software (Max, maya, motion builder)
• Texturing/modelling skill for 3D assets.

• Exciting work environment with Game zones

• Work life Balance

Our Studio is unique in India, giving our staff the opportunity to work directly on all leading gaming platforms, at every stage of game development.

Being part of Sumo's Pune studio is a rewarding experience, one that requires dedication, a strong sense of ownership over your work and an overwhelming enthusiasm for the games you work on.

In return we offer competitive salary, flexi-time & benefits, and excellent working environment and most importantly we will give you the room to be yourself and live your passion.

Additionally, we provide relocation reimbursement from other cities, a performance-linked bonus in addition to the fixed salary, opportunities to attend industry conferences and a complete and all-encompassing medical insurance package for our employees and their children.

Come join the team.