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Senior Animator

What makes us Epic?

At the core of Epic’s success are talented, passionate people. Epic prides itself on creating a collaborative, welcoming, and creative environment. Whether it’s building award-winning games or crafting engine technology that enables others to make visually stunning interactive experiences, we’re always innovating.

Being Epic means being a part of a team that continually strives to do right by our community and users. We’re constantly innovating to raise the bar of engine and game development.

Art at Epic

What we do

Push your artistic talent to the limit on a team of world-class artists who strive to innovate and inspire. Cubic Motion has grown to become the leading provider of automated performance-driven facial animation. The team has a reputation for ultra-high quality, and an extensive list of triple-A clients.

What you’ll do

You will produce high quality facial animation for AAA video games, feature films, and TV animation. You will work in a wider team of animators working on a variety of projects whilst working closely with the Lead Animator to create highly realistic and detailed facial animation with convincing performances and motion.

In this role, you will

• Create accurate detailed facial animation control rigs.
• Meet project schedules and deadlines.
• Highlight potential problems with assigned tasks.
• Ensure timely completion of animation commitments at the desired quality and pace levels.
• Collaborate and support lead animators on meeting project schedules.

What we’re looking for

• Industry experience
• An enthusiasm for a career within the video games or Visual Effects industries
• 2+ years experience with Maya
• Someone who is user-focused, passionate, scrappy, solutions-focused, and innovative. These traits equal success at Epic and influence everything we do.

Nice to have skills

• image or video editing e.g. Photoshop, Premier Pro and After Effects

Epic Job + Epic Benefits = Epic Life

We pay 100% for benefits except for PMI (for dependents). We offer private medical insurance, one fund cash plan, pension, disability and life insurance, transportation and meals.

All Epic employees enjoy drinks, snacks, and lunches every day, free of charge - and we offer plenty of annual celebrations for employees and family members to show the love we have for our people. Additionally, each year, we celebrate the Epic family with company-wide paid breaks, generous paid time off, and recognize individuals for 7 years of employment with a paid sabbatical - we think our people are pretty awesome!

Like what you hear? Come be a part of something Epic!

Epic Games deeply values diverse teams and an inclusive work culture, and we are proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. Learn more about our Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy here.