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Sr. 3D Character Animator - PeopleFun

AppLovin’s leading marketing software provides mobile app developers a powerful set of solutions to grow their mobile apps. AppLovin’s technology platform enables developers to market, monetize, analyze and publish their apps. The company’s first-party content includes over 200+ popular, engaging apps and its technology brings that content to millions of users around the world. AppLovin is headquartered in Palo Alto, California with several offices globally.

AppLovin was named one of the Hottest Adtech Companies of 2021 by Business Insider, as well as a Certified Great Place to Work in 2021 and 2022. The San Francisco Business Times and Silicon Valley Business Journal awarded AppLovin one of the Bay Area’s Best Places to Work in 2019, 2020, and 2021. Our team members are regularly recognized for their work and leadership, including recent award wins in Business Insider’s Rising Stars of Adtech 2022, Glassdoor’s Top CEOs 2019, and the 2021 Women in Content Marketing Awards.

Responsibilities

• Supports team in all animation efforts, working closely with programmers, designers, production, and everyone else on a tightly-knit game development team
• Build/Maintain high quality character animations for our project
• Coordinate and take part in the design of early 2D or 3D elements during pre-production: storyboard/animatic/previs, gameplay prototyping, fake footage, blocking, etc.
• Help develop and maintain animation standards for the project.
• Supporting/Creating a character pipeline that can lean into customization or modularity.
• Drive quality and style standards for additional animation development with outsource partners.
• Full animation pipe expertise. Take an unrigged static character model all the way to animating in the Unity engine

Requirements

• 5+ years prior professional experience as a 3D animator developing games (Preferably worked in Unity engine before)
• Ability to quickly rig and animate a variety of characters and creatures for real-time use in the Unity engine.
• Mastery in breathing life into characters of all shapes and sizes.
• Excellent blocking skills that allow for rapid results in early iteration and testing.
• Highly collaborative. Experience working with other artists and can take the lead on strike teams, features, or art lead projects.
• Takes initiative and will help create and maintain a vision for a game, understanding that following through with memorable game experiences is a team effort
• A passionate, performance-driven self-starterGood 2d skills, but a mastery in 3D animation.
• Experienced in creating Style guides, Brand guidelines & other necessary documentation
• Be passionate, and love the games you are helping to create.
• Understand the market and the broad audience that we are reaching with PeopleFun games, and be able to create artwork that continues to grow and evolve in that space.
• Actively seeks out additional ways to learn and grow.
• Flexible, and adaptable to changing and evolving needs of a live product
• MUST have a portfolio with work samples that illustrate your expertise in your craft, and have shipped quality games in the mobile space.

Additional Skills

• Mastery and deep understanding of Unity for mobile game development
• Photoshop (or equivalent) painting masteryInterest in player behavior and player experience, with a solid understanding of how character assets in games drive collectibility
• Deep mobile market knowledge
• Ability to work with internal and external artists and outsource companies
• Ability to create 3d character artwork by taking all the way from start to finish (in engine)3d animation skills in 3dmax/ Maya or similar 3d software

Benefits

• Competitive compensation package
• Performance bonuses
• 401K with 3% employer matching
• Family friendly culture
• Flex PTO policy
• Medical/Dental/Vision insurance
• On-Site Gym and free Yoga classes
• $1,000 annual game device and IAP budget
• Free drinks & snacks, catered lunch on Fridays
• Happy hours, social events and more

AppLovin is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, national origin, age, disability, medical condition, religion, marital status or veteran status, or any other basis protected by law.