Lead Animator

Requisition Number: 157383

Position Title: Senior Animator 2

External Description:

Industrial Toys, creator of Midnight Star and Midnight Star: Renegade, is a AAA mobile developer founded by Halo veteran Alex Seropian. Industrial Toys is working on the cutting edge of FPS gaming on mobile and is looking for like-minded people to join the team who are also “Mobile To The Core!” If you’re interested in creating innovative experiences that will reach mobile players around the world, we would like to hear from you!

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Overview 

The Lead Animator works closely with the Art Director and Technical Leads and Designers to help define and execute best in class animation standards. In addition to creating high quality animations for characters, vehicles and cinematics, the Lead Animator sets processes and workflows for the project and helps design the animation system to support animation and design. The ideal candidate proactively seeks opportunities to elevate the game, gives and receives constructive feedback, and thrives in a highly collaborative environment.

We are seeking a Lead Animator who is passionate about creating an animation system and high quality animations that tell a story, define a character, and enhance gameplay. An expert understanding of movement, timing, posing is a must, as is the mission to elevate the state of animations in mobile games.

Responsibilities

• Create high quality in-game animations for characters, vehicles, props
• Partner with Art Director and Engineering to design an animation system that allows stellar animation and gameplay
• Provide artistic guidance to internal and external animators
• Use of Maya and/or Max
• Adapt and/or create the animation style that supplements the art direction.
• Collaborate with Technical Artists to create and improve tools and workflows.
• Direct Motion Capture sessions and oversee and/or execute clean-up of mocap files
• Work with technical rigger to assure quality rigged/skinned characters
• Setup anim trees and state graphs when necessary
• Identify animation needs and strategy for accomplishing them
• Review work from external partners and provide feedback.
• Work fast and collaboratively to make your stuff happen
• Drive the animation look and feel through hands-on work
• Create visually stunning characters, vehicles, weapons through stellar animation

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in videogame development including several development cycles
• A Strong animation portfolio demonstrating expert keyframing skills in multiple styles including realistic.
• Thorough understanding of current artistic/technical requirements for video game production pipelines
• Experience managing and mentoring other artists
• Mocap experience
• Experience working with a game engine and implementing animations into the pipeline.
• Strong ability to adapt and execute in different art styles (photorealistic and stylized)
• Expert understanding of fundamental animation principles like posing, timing, weight, anticipation, resolution
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Ability to find solutions from a visual, production, and technical perspective
• Experience working collaboratively with cross-disciplinary teams to envision, plan, schedule, and execute animations that support and enhance gameplay while raising the visual bar of the game.

 

 

Bonuses

• Experience in Unreal Engine
• Experience in technical aspects of animation such as rigging/skinning
• Experience in working with remote teams (outsourcing)
• Mobile gaming passion
• Facial animation experience

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Days Open: 41

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EEO Employer Verbiage:

EAは雇用機会を均等に提供します。 雇用に関する決定を下す際は、人種、肌の色、国籍、出身国、出身民族、身体的性別、社会/文化/心理的性別、性別自認または性別表現、性的指向、年齢、遺伝情報、宗教、身体障害、病状、妊娠、婚姻状況、家族状況、軍役経験の有無は考慮されません。 さらにEAでは、身体に障害のある方々のために、適用法令によって定められた職場環境を整えることも行っています。