Animator

Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada

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Requisition Number: 162232

Position Title: Animator

External Description:

The Role: Animator

This role requires the candidate to have specialized in the area of animation realization, focusing on the implementation process.

Core responsibilities

Work closely with the animation team to implement animation content.
Work closely with the Animation Software Engineer, together with the Animation Director and Technical Director, to solve technical animation challenges.
Ensure that the animation team are able to achieve a high level of fluidity and believability with the animations at run time i.e. smooth transitions, natural weight shifts, variety and depth
Ensure that the responsiveness and overall design of the character motions conform to the objectives of the design team
Innovate and push the boundaries for achieving believable character motion, from a technical implementation perspective – with a particular focus on marrying the characters to both their environments and the situations that they’re in, whilst ensuring that they have plenty of personality!
Proactive in problem identification and forging solutions
Help to design, plan and coordinate the animation workloads for the project (from a more technical perspective)
Help to establish efficient pipelines and procedures
Define, communicate and estimate tasks in a proficient and organized manner

Required skills and experience

Experience working on at least 2 AAA titles, Action Adventure genre preferred
4+ years using proprietary animation tools and setting up state flows with an established game engine i.e. Unreal, Unity, CryEngine
Experience working on at least one title that demonstrates more advanced locomotion/animation techniques, that your position has been pivotal in realizing
In depth knowledge and experience working with core animation implementation techniques, for example; parametric blends, additives, partitioned animations, phase matching, IK solutions, ragdoll… (and numerous other procedural solutions)
Experience working with both animation driven and physics driven gameplay systems with an understanding of the requirements for root/trajectory motion.
Experience helping to realize the motions - from a technical implementation perspective - for bipedal, quadrupedal and creature based motions
Excellent problem solving skills. The candidate must be able to identify issues and resolve them efficiently
A solid understanding of animation principals and anatomy
Have a proactive work ethic – not afraid to take on sizeable animation related challenges
Able to communicate well with other disciplines (especially designers and software engineers)
Have a very positive outlook and an approachable persona – a solid team player!

Beneficial skills and experience

Experience working with character motion that has a more exaggerated, heavily stylized aesthetic
Experience utilizing true squash and stretch techniques > blend-shapes and pose space deformation would prove beneficial
Experience working with advanced facial animation rigs
Experience with MEL, Python, C# or C++
A capable key-framer and motion editor
Experience working with Maya and Motion Builder

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