A successful Senior Gameplay Animator will bridge animation, engineering, and design to identify potential issues and deploy correct solutions. You must be highly organized and have outstanding communication skills. While working with a Lead Animator, you will champion the animation vision and become an essential pillar of the animation team. Additionally, a Senior Animator will provide relevant input that will influence animation technology development, resources, and tool development.
Your Mission:
- With a focus on character performances and gameplay, produce high-quality animations using the tools at your disposal.
- Collaborate with animators, designers, artists, and software engineers to identify and address areas of need or concern.
- Contribute to the development of new techniques and processes involved in the implementation and creation of animations.
- Participate in the planning and directing process of motion capture shoots.
- Identify potential areas of risk, create/execute mitigation plans before issues happen, and keep yourself operating at a high level of productivity.
Player Profile:
- 2 - 7 years of experience in the game industry
- 2 - 7 titles shipped as a Senior Animator
- Great understanding of realistic body mechanics as well as animation principles
- Mentorship skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Facial animation experience
- Expert knowledge of Motion Builder
- Excellent organizational, communication and interpersonal skills
- Expert knowledge of animation implementation and debugging techniques
- Self-starter and problem solver
Extra Points:
- Creature animation experience
- Camera animation skills
- Experience working with outsourcing
About Treyarch
Founded in 1996, Treyarch is an award-winning videogame studio, driven to create awesome games for the world to enjoy. It is an approach that has helped make the studio behind the Black Ops series an industry-leading developer. Call of Duty®: Black Ops , Call of Duty®: Black Ops II , Call of Duty®: Black Ops III , Call of Duty®: Black Ops 4, and the studio’s most recent release, Call of Duty®: Black Ops Cold War , have all gone on to break industry records . Additionally, Treyarch is the birthplace of fan favorite, Call of Duty ’s Zombies.
Working at Treyarch means having the opportunity to work on some of the biggest videogames in the industry, all within a culture that values individual talent and the teams that bring games to life. We provide our teams with the cutting-edge development tools needed to make their most ambitious plans a reality, allowing for rapid iteration and the ability to create the kinds of memorable gameplay moments that are ultimately shared by millions of fans around the world. We also embrace challenges, knowing that together, we can overcome anything…and hopefully inspire a few new game developers along the way.
Treyarch is wholly owned by Activision. To learn more about our studio, please visit us at www.treyarch.com , on Facebook at www.facebook.com/treyarch , and @treyarch on Twitter.