Animator (Contract)

Requisition Number: 173018

Position Title: Animator

External Description:

EA SPORTS is one of the leading sports entertainment brands in the world, with top-selling videogame franchises, award-winning interactive technology, fan programs and cross-platform digital experiences. EA SPORTS creates connected experiences that ignite the emotion of sports through industry-leading sports videogames, including Madden NFL football, FIFA Soccer, PGA TOUR® golf and UFC. For more information about EA SPORTS, including news, video, blogs, forums and game apps, please visit www.easports.com.

Role Overview:

Animators portray movement and behavior by building their animations from connecting through production, at multiple points in the asset pipeline.

Responsibilities:

• Create high quality animation using a variety of tools and techniques including motion capture cleanup, motion blending,  hand keyframed animation etc.
• Ensure all animations contribute to the overall direction of the game, both in the experience and the story being told

Qualifications:

• Ability to animate believable weight, personality, and mood, through realistic human performances - includes interactivity with props
• Experience with facial animation solving and ability to deliver and work within their technical workflows and tool sets
• Strong proficiency in animation packages including Maya and MotionBuilder
• Production experience or demonstrated ability of working in a production game engine (e.g. Unreal, Unity, Frostbite etc) 
• Understand feedback, interpret notes, and deliver animation revisions at expected quality levels and within schedule needs
• Able to work as part a team, responsible for organizing their work within the production schedule, managing files, and meeting deadlines
• Collaborate and communicate with project animation directors, management, animators, production staff and peers
• Degree in Fine Arts or Computer Animation preferred

 

Pluses:

• Experience with facial animation solving solutions
• Technical animation background
• Experience with Speech Graphics tools

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Community / Marketing Title: Animator (Contract)

Company Profile:

Electronic Arts Inc. es una empresa de software de entretenimiento interactivo líder a nivel mundial. EA distribuye juegos, contenido y servicios en línea para consolas, ordenadores personales, teléfonos móviles y tabletas conectados a Internet.

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Days Open: 37

Can this position be remote?: 1

EEO Employer Verbiage:

EA ofrece igualdad de oportunidades. Nuestras decisiones de empleo se hacen independientemente de raza, color, nacionalidad, ascendencia, sexo, género, identidad o expresión de género, orientación sexual, edad, información genética, religión, discapacidad, condición médica, embarazo o estado civil, familiar o de veterano. EA también lleva a cabo ajustes de espacios de trabajo para individuos cualificados con discapacidades, de acuerdo con la ley aplicable.