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Senior Animator
1 year ago
Overview
Arkane Studios is seeking an Animator to join our Austin team! The ideal candidate will be responsible for creating real-time animation for in-game characters and cinematics. The Animator will report to the Lead Animator and the ideal candidate should have a strong sense of body mechanics, appealing poses, and strong sense of timing.
Responsibilities
- Create high quality hand keyed animations that span from realistic to stylized realism
- Create blockouts through to polished animations that showcase weight, interesting body motion, and facial expressions
- Integrate and clean up motion-captured animations and adapt them to the defined animation style and parameters
- Collaborate with other disciplines to create a cohesive vision and experience
- Troubleshoot and solve animation issues with all departments
- Implement animation assets into game engine and iterate as needed
Qualifications
Preferred Skills
- Experience animating humanoid characters, quadrupeds, and other creatures
- Experience editing Motion Capture using Motion Builder or other software packages
- Bachelor’s degree in Art, Animation, or Game Development
Salary Range
Senior Animator - The typical base pay range for this position at the start of employment is expected to be between $75,000 - $165,000 per year.
ZeniMax has different base pay ranges for different work locations within the United States, which allows us to pay employees competitively and consistently in different geographic markets. The range above reflects the potential base pay across the U.S. for this role; the applicable base pay range will depend on what ultimately is determined to be the candidate’s primary work location. Individual base pay depends on various factors, in addition to primary work location, such as complexity and responsibility of role, job duties/requirements, and relevant experience and skills. Base pay ranges are reviewed and typically updated each year. Offers are made within the base pay range applicable at the time.
At ZeniMax certain roles are eligible for additional rewards, such as merit increases and discretionary bonuses. These awards are allocated based on individual performance and are not guaranteed. Benefits/perks listed here may vary depending on the nature of employment with ZeniMax and the country work location. U.S.-based employees have access to healthcare benefits, a 401(k) plan and company match, short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, wellbeing benefits, paid vacation time, paid sick and mental health time, and several paid holidays, among others.
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