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Technical Animation Trainee - 源·计划

Job Description

About Program Origin (源·计划):

The focal point of the Program Origin is the recruitment of young talents with good potential and high motivation joining the creation of our great games.

Upon the successful completion of the extensive training sessions conducted by our industry-renowned mentors & trainers set for the first six months of this program, the graduates will be given the much-anticipated opportunities of participating in the very core AAA game development in Shanghai Studio.

Join us and create your world.

Job Summary:

The Technical Animator Trainee is a support role inside the Technical Animator team, as a Technical Animator, you will quickly learn an existing AAA game animation system and pipeline. You will be responsible to create the game characters rigs and to develop some tools for the Animation team.

Responsibilities:

• Implementing optimizations and monitoring the performance of the game;
• Train animators in workflow, tools and anything else surrounding implementation of animation assets into the game-engine
• Supervise all integration of the animation assets into the game engine
• Have good knowledge of existing engines and animation packages within the industry
• Communicate with Engine and Animation Programmer
• Provide constant technical support of the tools and engine to the animation team and communicate regularly the technical restrictions and their rationale
• Assist the design, integration and validation of animation assets

Qualifications

• At least Bachelor’s degree;
• Strong Gamer Culture and interest in videogame development;
• Good communication skills in both Chinese and English (spoken and written);
• Analytical mind and good problem-solving skills;
• Any relevant experience with game editors and engines is considered a plus;
• Excellent knowledge of Human Anatomy
• Knowledge of script is strong plus (e.g. python/C++ /node based coding)
• Familiar with maya; good knowledge of motion builder is optional

Additional Information

Why Ubisoft Shanghai?

Be a part of the most exciting and innovative video game company in China. Come to work in Shanghai, an amazing city renowned as “Paris of the East”.

Together with a team of multi-national professionals equipped with cutting-edge technologies, you can be assured of an experience that is both aspirational and fulfilling.

By working in the Shanghai studio, you will also be offered with an array of career development opportunities, abundant training resources, and moreover, a stimulating and creative work environment.

If you’re looking for this kind of job opportunity, you’ll find it here at Ubisoft Shanghai.

Join us for an exciting adventure and make great games!

Company Description

About Ubisoft Shanghai Studio:

Ubisoft opened its door in China in 1996. Today, Ubisoft Shanghai is one of the largest and most influential video game companies in this country with full creation and production capacities. There are 450+ talents working on the developing of console and mobile games, and already shipped Far Cry®, The Crew®, Just Dance®, Assassin’s Creed® and Tom Clancy’s video game series.

Shanghai studio established its expertise in Wildlife Animation, Open World and AI through the co-development with other studios in the group. In addition, the studio also plays a major role in the Publishing and APAC Network Infrastructure.