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Senior 3D Animator
3 years ago
As a leading mobile games developer, Jam City is looking to “level up” our talent. We’re searching for innovators who consider themselves dynamic, collaborative, and thrive in a fast-paced environment.
PERKS & BENEFITS
Unlimited Vacation, Paid Sick Days & Holidays
100% Employee Covered Medical, Dental, Vision Plan Base Plan
Life Insurance, 401k, Flexible Spending Accounts, Commuter Benefits & More
Catered Lunches & Well-stocked Kitchens
Yoga & Wellness Activities
Happy Hours
Company Events
Dog Friendly
We are currently looking for a talented Senior 3D Animator to join our tightly knit group of artists! The ideal candidate will have experience in games and a strong passion for creating fun and exciting animations. You will work alongside our world class art team to create visually stunning animations for our upcoming and live games!
**In order to be considered, you MUST provide us with a Demo Reel with examples of your most current animations, including a shot breakdown with an explanation of responsibilities!
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Create high quality game-ready 3D character animations using Maya.
- Collaborate with the Art Director and team to conceptualize entertaining animation that meets the defined requirements of gameplay.
- Contribute to development of cinematic sequences for games.
- Build and integrate optimized best in class 3D animation processes & pipelines.
- Propose solutions and ideas to increase the product animation quality and optimize for performance.
- Solve technical issues in partnership with the engineering team.
- Document the vision and processes throughout the development.
- Support the studio leadership in designing and iterating on an animation style.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Advanced/Expert Maya abilities.
- Strong cinematic / storytelling background.
- Technical Pipeline set-up experience.
- Experience with Unity Game Engine.
- Vast range of animation styles & skills.
- General 3D modeling and some rigging ability.
- Experience with bipedal & quadruped character animation.
- At least 3+ years working in gaming.
- Must have completed one full production cycle on a 3D game from beginning to end.
- Ability to take initiative to solve problems with excellent follow through.
- Avid gamer across multiple platforms.
- Strong communicator and exceptional ability to give positive and constructive feedback.
NICE TO HAVE
- Experience in FX or particle animation.
- Rigging and Skinning expertise.
- Outstanding 2D animation.
- Skeletal / Cut-out animation (Spine).
- Motion graphics (Adobe After Effects).
OUR COMMITMENT TO EQUITY, DIVERSITY, & INCLUSION
We believe in creating games that unite people across the world and that showcase our commitment to providing an environment that is both inclusive and diverse for our players and employees. We strive to create a workforce that is reflective of our global player community as we know that we are stronger and better when we play together. To help promote an inclusive culture, we celebrate the visible and invisible diversity of our Jam Citizens through initiatives including Employee Resource Groups, cultural events, trainings, speaker series, and more.
Jam City is an equal opportunity employer. We enthusiastically accept our responsibility to make employment decisions without regard to race, age, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, ancestry, religion, ethnicity, marital, or domestic partnerships status, disability, genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing), predisposing genetic characteristics, military status, veteran status, domestic violence victim status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expressions, or any other classification protected by federal, state, and local laws. Our management is committed to following this policy with respect to hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, termination, recruiting, pay, and other forms of compensation, training, and general treatment during employment.
ABOUT JAM CITY
Jam City is an award-winning mobile entertainment studio providing unique and deeply engaging games that appeal to a broad, global audience.
Led by CEO Chris DeWolfe, former MySpace co-founder and CEO, and COO Josh Yguado, former 20th Century Fox executive, Jam City is the creative powerhouse behind some of the highest-grossing and most enduring mobile games. Jam City’s global franchise Cookie Jam has generated more than half a billion dollars, and Panda Pop has more than 120 million downloads to date.
The company also is the go-to studio for Hollywood, having developed immersive, narrative-rich mobile games around iconic entertainment brands. The company’s popular RPG game Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery was the #1 game in more than 40 countries at its launch in April 2018.
Jam City has nine studios located in Los Angeles (HQ), Berlin, Buenos Aires, Bogotá, Burbank, Cedar Falls, San Diego, San Francisco, and Toronto.
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