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Senior Animator - Game
1 year ago
The Shrapnel team is seeking bright minds from every culture, discipline, and background to join us on a new creative endeavor.
We’re a mission-focused team with industry roots in world-class game development, studio building, and platform creation.
Our goal is empowering the world to share in our playful collaboration at the intersection of gaming, creation, and ownership.
The Shrapnel team is seeking bright minds from every culture, discipline, and background to join us on a new creative endeavor.
We’re a mission-focused team with industry roots in world-class game development, studio building, and platform creation.
Our goal is empowering the world to share in our playful collaboration at the intersection of gaming, creation, and ownership.
Shrapnel is looking for a talented Senior Animator to join our mission in creating the future of game entertainment. On this team, you will be responsible for delivering cinematic performances, through action and storytelling. You possess a strong understanding of traditional animation principals, and can generate best in class animations across characters, weapons, and vehicles. You are creative and technical when it comes to problem solving and take on any challenge put in front of you. You’ll be empowered and given autonomy. Your ideas will matter.
The Job
- Rapid prototyping of character animations that demonstrate believability, personality, and energy.
- Deliver industry leading animations across characters, weapons, and vehicles.
- Identify and demonstrate animation trends in the industry.
- Collaborate with all departments to ensure task requirements are met.
- Effectively implement feedback from the Lead and Art Director while advancing the established art aesthetic.
- Manage timelines and tasks accordingly.
Who Will Be A Great Fit
We welcome your uniqueness. Research shows that diverse teams do the best work. Our customers are all over the world, and from all walks of life. It's important that we’re not all the same, so that we can draw on our differences, what we’ve experienced, and how we think.
- 5+ Years of experience as a senior animator in games or film.
- Minimum 2 AAA shipped titles.
- Exceptional knowledge of Unreal Engine animation systems.
- Strong examples of animation principles and foundations.
- Experience creating AAA animations for multiplayer combat games.
- Expert skills in Maya, After Effects, Photoshop (or equivalent software).
- Strong communicator and seeks collaboration.
- Self-motivated and self-directed.
- A passion for playing and making video games.
Nice to Have
- A strong portfolio showcasing traditional skills and classic fundamentals.
- An understanding of military tactics and fire arm handling.
- Experience using Unreal Engine 5 Niagra
- Office365 and Google Suite proficiency.
- A mindset of continuous improvement; humble and ambitious.
- Prior experience in a startup environment or small business.
- Adaptable, with a good sense of humor.
- Multi-lingual
The Perks
- Competitive Salary and excellent Benefits.
- Flexible hours, with the potential of remote working.
- Visibility and input to business strategy, including technology and creative partners.
- Autonomy and latitude within your role.
- Seattle’s healthy living and vibrant city culture.
- Tight knit, highly experienced, fun-loving team.
Employment Type: Full-time, On-Site, Not open to remote candidates at this time
Seniority Level: High-Level
Industry: Video Games, Art
Employment Type: Full-time
Job Functions: Art
The Fine Print
At Shrapnel we prefer working in-office, together. We believe working in the same space can accelerate progress, improve collaboration, and is definitely more fun. But in-office work doesn't make sense for everyone at this time, and technology makes certain remote work possible. So for certain roles we are open to discussing remote work. Please apply and we’ll decide case by case.
We’re following WA state’s health guidelines regarding COVID-19. We make every effort keep our office safe and our employees healthy. No one comes to work sick, not even a sniffle. Our office is big enough to stay 6-feet apart easily, but if you’re in a meeting where distance is not possible and you’re not vaccinated then we require a mask (vaccinated folks might want to wear one too, your choice). Hand sanitizer is always close by, and the nightly janitor crew sanitizes work surfaces for the next day. We believe in the benefits of vaccines, but don’t require it. For now, masks are required in the public areas of our building, whether vaccinated or not, but if you’re working alone in a room you don’t need to wear a mask. https://coronavirus.wa.gov/information-for/business/workplace-safety-guidance
NEON Machine Inc and its subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, mental or physical disability, and genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status or any other category protected by law.
The Fine Print
At Shrapnel we prefer working in-office, together. We believe working in the same space can accelerate progress, improve collaboration, and is definitely more fun. But in-office work doesn't make sense for everyone at this time, and technology makes certain remote work possible. So for certain roles and perfect candidates we are open to discussing remote work. Please apply and we’ll decide case by case. In all cases, though, you must be allowed to work in the US without a visa.
We’re following WA state’s health guidelines regarding COVID-19. We make every effort keep our office safe and our employees healthy. No one comes to work sick, not even a sniffle. Our office is big enough to stay 6-feet apart easily, but if you’re in a meeting where distance is not possible and you’re not vaccinated then we require a mask (vaccinated folks might want to wear one too, your choice). Hand sanitizer is always close by, and the nightly janitor crew sanitizes work surfaces for the next day. We believe in the benefits of vaccines, but don’t require it. For now, masks are required in the public areas of our building, whether vaccinated or not, but if you’re working alone in a room you don’t need to wear a mask. https://coronavirus.wa.gov/information-for/business/workplace-safety-guidance
NEON Machine Inc and its subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, mental or physical disability, and genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status or any other category protected by law.
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