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Senior Animator

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 , winners of the Develop: Star Awards 2019 Best Studio ; big things are on the horizon and we want you to be part of our continued journey. Join us!

Sumo Video Games Pune, India is looking for a passionate Senior Animator who aspires to create realistic and stylized animations alongside Sumo’s other studios based in the UK. You will be key in helping bring life to the world of games, working on of some of our world class AAA projects across major consoles.

As a Senior Animator at Sumo you will be required to:

• Work closely with the Lead Animator and other project animators to deliver high quality animations
• Ensure Animations are created following the outlined art direction, within the agreed production deadlines whilst conforming to required technical specifications
• Collaborate and communicate daily and weekly with project teams in the UK

Our ideal candidate should:

• Have strong commercial experience creating animations for console games
• Demonstrate through their portfolio solid in game animations illustrating a clear understanding of the various animation principles
• Be highly skilled in all areas of 3D animation and have strong understanding of animation principles.
• Have excellent knowledge of Maya, Max, or Motion Builder
• Be a quick learner and master new tools, process and pipelines
• Show working experience of game engines such as Unreal and Unity
• Have excellent communication skills to communicate internally in teams and externally to UK project teams.

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.