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Animator

Electronic Arts Inc. is a leading global interactive entertainment software company. EA delivers games, content and online services for Internet-connected consoles, personal computers, mobile phones and tablets.

The team at Metalhead comes from diverse backgrounds, unified by a passion to make original games. We've supported and inspired each other through the development and evolution of the Super Mega Baseball series and have built a fiercely loyal fanbase in the process. And we get to do it all from downtown Victoria. We're growing the studio and hope you'll consider joining us.

Our twitch-input sports games are viscerally paced, stylized and often satirical – but they are also faithful to the sports they represent. Animation that hits all these notes is a keystone in our creative approach. We’re looking to expand our in-house team with someone who can help us reach the next level with these ideas on our next title. Good in-game animation is a product of cross-disciplinary communication; this position requires being able to work closely with teammates across the gameplay, core technology, and tools teams. A good sense of humor will go a long way here too!

What you'll do:

• Create fun and responsive animations for our stylized sports games.
• Expand our gameplay animation systems and blend trees.
• Work with leads to design fluid workflows for teammates across multiple disciplines.
• Animate cinematic sequences.
• Push and elevate the humor of our characters.
• Retarget animations between differently proportioned skeletons.

Qualities we're looking for:

• Professional experience in game development and animation blending systems.
• Ability to plan and execute work independently.

Bonus points for…

• Experience in cinematic planning and timing.
• Experience working in 3ds Max CAT and/or Motion Builder.
• Experience with motion capture workflows.

Regardless of your specialization, a few things we’re always looking for:

• You love to consume art as much as you love to make it and you continually seek to hone your craft.
• A sense of humility and ability to thrive in a team environment. You look for help when you’re stuck and you want to help your teammates when they need it.
• A knack for managing your time. You know when to go deeper on a task versus recognizing that it’s time to get ‘er done and move on to the next thing. Quality is important, but so is speed!
• A willingness to branch into areas outside your core expertise. It’s just a fact of life in a small studio as we adapt to the changing demands at each stage of a project.
• Drive to execute. Projects you’ve worked on in the past (personal or professional) got finished, and got finished properly… and it had a lot to do with you.
• A sense of humor. At least enough that you can tolerate our dumb jokes.