Animator, The Sims (Remote Opportunity in Europe)

Requisition Number: 169591

Position Title: Animator 2

External Description:

Animator, Remote in Europe

At Maxis, we excel at outrageous thinking. It’s the fuel that inspires the best games in the world. We’re trailblazers and great storytellers. But it’s not just about amazing your peers – it’s about amazing yourself and our fans. Take risks. Work with dazzling minds and dare to dream big. Together, we can change the way millions play every day. We are looking for someone with deep insights on how to create the best experience for our players.

You will report into a studio Development Director.

Key Responsibilities

• Work with Animation Lead and Director to produce feature film quality keyframe animation with heavy emphasis on full body character acting and performance.
• Produce content under tight game development deadlines.
• Work with the Animation Lead and Director to ensure quality, animation style, and philosophy are maintained for work you or others produce.
• Partner with a small team of other essential contributors of the Production process to deliver on player goals and experience. Essential contributions include:
• Collaborate with engineering and art disciplines to solve implementation challenges and ensure animation and state machines meet all technical and game play requirements.
• Use both Maya and art tools to implement animated characters and objects in a proprietary engine.
• Own a small domain of animation assets and state machines using our proprietary engine and tools.
• Estimate and provide scoping options for content to ensure we can meet tight game development deadlines.
• Present implementation strategies alongside other contributors.
• Keep Animation Leadership and Development Directors up to date regarding Production status.
• Use proprietary engine and previs tools to technically verify animation content for self and others.
• Work with other essential disciplines to solve complex game bugs.
• Maintain and track animation assets related to your implementation designs.
• Create technical documentation of your implementations.
• Hold focused discussions concerning technical implementations you have contributed to, to spread knowledge across the animation team.

Required Experience

• 5+ years of experience as a Gameplay Animator working with and designing animation state machines in a game engine such as Unity, Unreal or similar.
• Extensive experience creating full body keyframe animation with a primary emphasis on full body character performance in Maya.
• Experience ramping up quickly on new animation tools, engines, and workflows.
• Proficient understanding of both game animation and in-engine state machine design.
• Experience mentoring, training, or providing aesthetic feedback to a small group of Animators.
• Experience working across diverse groups to find creative solutions.
• Experience evaluating human/creature/object rigs for production.

Bonus Experience

• Experience in the Simulation genre of games 
• Comfortable creating entertaining acting performances for reference for your animations or others.
• Experience working with motion capture processes
• Experience with Atlassian Confluence, Jira software, Shotgun or similar tools 

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Community / Marketing Title: Animator, The Sims (Remote Opportunity in Europe)

Company Profile:

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Days Open: 81

Can this position be remote?: 1

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。