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Senior Gameplay Animator - UFC

Electronic Arts exists to Inspire the World to Play. We create extraordinary new game experiences for our millions of players everywhere by bringing together experienced people that combine creativity, innovation, and passion. We immerse our employees into an inclusive culture and provide opportunities for learning and leading that allow our employees to do the most impactful and rewarding work of their careers.

We are looking for a Senior Gameplay Animator to join a small team focused on delivering an exceptional gameplay experience in a dynamic fighting game franchise. You will work with game design and our lead gameplay developer to help realize the vision set by the Creative, Art, and Animation direction on the project.

Your primary responsibilities:

• Create in-game animations from a motion capture base that conform to the style and quality benchmark set for the project
• Work with the game-play team to establish and create animations that conform to the design and technical requirements
• Work with the Technical Animator and animation-focused Engineers to ensure that all character motions appear as dynamic and fluid as possible in-game
• Work with Technical Artist's/Animator's and Engineers to manage and solve any technical problems that arise
• Tagging and branching of your animation content using EA's proprietary Frostbite engine & editor

Requirements:

• At least 8+ years of experience in animation with 3+ working on AAA console games
• Have experience motion editing and key-framing characters to a very high standard
• Expert in human anatomy & biomechanics
• A high level of proficiency working with Motion Builder or Maya
• Experience working and communicating with designers and engineers brainstorming and iterating on the results in the engine
• Solid and proactive problem solving skills; able to identify issues and help manage and resolve
• Have worked with external development, reviewing animation work, creating documentation both written and in video format to communicate quality expectations and workflows

Bonus marks for:

• Experience animating characters that use more advanced locomotion or motion blending systems
• Experience using proprietary animation/creation tools like Unreal and Unity – state-graphs etc ...
• An understanding of cinematography and experience animating cameras is helpful
• Experience working with project tracking software like Jira (or similar)
• You play games, with an interest in playing many different types of video games
• Martial arts, MMA, or boxing knowledge or experience is a huge plus!