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Senior Player/ViewModel Animator (Star Wars FPS Team)
1 year ago
Founded in 2010 by the original creators of the Call of Duty Franchise, Respawn was created with the philosophy that when talented people have creative freedom, they’ll make extraordinary games that achieve the unexpected. From our roots as an indie studio to joining the expansive roster of studios at Electronic Arts, this remains our guiding principle. We truly love what we do and want to share our passion with players worldwide. Our shipped titles include critically acclaimed multi-platform games Apex Legends, Titanfall, Titanfall 2, Star Wars™ Jedi: Fallen Order and Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond. Join us for the opportunity to create groundbreaking games with some of the best developer talent in the industry.
You can learn more about our studio and values at respawn.com/studio.
Our Star Wars FPS team is looking for an experienced Senior Player/ViewModel Animator who will embrace our philosophy and share their hard-earned expertise to create an incredible Star Wars experience for our players. We're picturing someone who will help us tell stories and express emotions through remarkable animations and gameplay. If this sounds like you, we're looking forward to seeing your resume!
What you'll do…
- Reporting to the Lead Animator and working closely with the ViewModel Principal Animator, you will create a variety of high-quality view model animations within Maya.
- Create a variety of hand Keyed first person and weapon animations in Maya.
- Work with Motion Capture data in Maya and be able to add flair to it with key frame technique for gameplay purposes.
- Implement animations into the project's engine with full ownership of your work.
- Work with multiple departments such as Design, Tech Animation, and Code to complete tasks. Communication is key to understanding how each discipline contributes to the asset.
- Take animations from conceptualization to shipping without direction if necessary.
Ideally, you will have…
- 5+ years professional game development experience.
- Keen eye for the art and craft of animation.
- Experience with full body character animations and first-person weapon animations.
- Strong understanding of Body mechanics on humanoid and fantasy characters
- Very strong keyframing ability.
- Range of animation to match realism in style.
- Motion Capture cleanup experience.
- Experience integrating animations into Unreal engine.
- Shipped a AAA game as a Senior Animator with a focus in ViewModel animations.
- Strong understanding of video game animation development.
- Experience in working closely with Designers, Tech Anim and Engineers
If this opportunity sounds like a great fit for you, please submit your resume and portfolio and we will get back to you once we have reviewed.
In addition to opportunities for creative impact and professional growth which come with being a member of our team, working at Respawn has many other perks and benefits! You can read more about these at respawn.com/perks.
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