Sr Animator - Maxis

Requisition Number: 174346

Position Title: Senior Animator

External Description:

Welcome to Maxis, home to tinkerers, craftspeople, & storytellers. Our drive is to inspire everyone to make a better world through creative play. As the developer of the Sims, we create games and experiences for millions of people around the world and are always looking for new ways to inspire our players. Maxis is a place where you can do what you love and help others grow while doing it; a place where your unique voice can be heard and seen. We put creativity and inclusivity at the core of our work and don't settle for seeing the world only as it is, but strive to build a world as it could be. Read on to see how you can join our team and dream big.

Your Skills:

• Extensive experience as a seasoned gameplay animator contributing to all phases of game production on a AAA title
• Expert in creating full body keyframe animation with a primary emphasis on full body character performance in Maya
• Excellent technical comprehension in relation to designing and implementing animation state machines in a game engine such as Unity, Unreal or similar.
• Effective decision making defining and setting priorities for self or others as needed
• A keen eye in evaluating human/creature/object rigs for production
• Adaptable to new animation styles, in game animation production tools, workflows, and pipelines.
• Oral and written communication, keeping project stakeholders informed on project status and risks and collaborating with multidisciplinary groups such as: Design, Production, Engineering, Art, Modeling, VFX, and Audio
• A mindset that focuses on quality, collaboration, innovation, and accountability.

 

Your Key Responsibilities:

• Creating a variety of high quality keyframe animations and owning their implementation from ideation through the testing and bug fixing.
• Owning the design of complex animation trees, state machines, and driving innovative technical implementation to meet design objectives, creating documentation as necessary.
• Tracking and oversight of animation assets hook up to support great gameplay.
• Elevating our discipline, by mentoring animators, creating learning material, and spreading knowledge across the animation team.
• Estimating and assisting in scoping exercises to ensure animation is able to meet production schedules.

 

Extras:

• Providing aesthetic feedback to a small group of Animators.
• Experience in motion capture workflows
• Proficient in project tracking software such as: Atlassian Confluence, Jira software, Shotgun or similar tools

 

More About Maxis:

Many team members have a tenure of over a decade. Here are some top reasons folks join our team and stay:

• Work life balance. We work diligently to ensure we make incredible products while prioritizing our teammember's wellbeing. We uphold a people first mentality.
• Commitment to diversity. We take immense pride in the diversity of our team members. We know unique perspectives and experiences are critical to our success as a team in order to produce the leading simulation game in the world.
• Creative autonomy. We firmly believe good ideas come from anywhere. Joining the team means contributing to the whole production process, from concept through final in game experience.
• Purpose. We provide meaningful content that impacts our player's in game and real world experiences, motivating us to push the boundaries of what's possible.
• Community. We thrive at Maxis because of our incredibly supportive and creative colleagues and players that bring fun and positivity into doing what we love.

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Company Profile:

Electronic Arts Inc.는 세계를 선도하는 인터랙티브 엔터테인먼트 소프트웨어 기업입니다. EA는 인터넷 콘솔, 개인용 컴퓨터, 휴대전화, 태블릿용 게임과 콘텐츠 및 온라인 서비스를 제공합니다.

EEOText: EA는 균등한 기회의 제공을 실천합니다. 모든 채용은 인종, 피부색, 출신 국가, 혈통, 생물학적/사회적 성별, 성 정체성 또는 표현, 성적 성향, 나이, 유전 정보, 종교, 장애 여부, 질병 유무, 임신 여부, 혼인 상태, 가족 상황, 군 복무 여부, 또는 법으로 금지된 기타 요인을 고려하지 않고 결정됩니다. 또한, 해당 직책에 합당한 능력을 갖추고 있다면 범죄 기록이 있는 지원자도 관련 법률을 준수하는 방식으로 채용 여부를 고려합니다. EA는 관련 법률에서 명시하는 대로 업무 공간에 장애가 있는 입사 지원자 또는 예정자를 위한 시설을 마련해두고 있습니다.

Days Open: 81

Can this position be remote?: 1

EEO Employer Verbiage:

EA는 균등한 기회의 제공을 실천합니다. 모든 채용은 인종, 피부색, 출신 국가, 혈통, 생물학적/사회적 성별, 성 정체성 또는 표현, 성적 성향, 나이, 유전 정보, 종교, 장애 여부, 질병 유무, 임신 여부, 혼인 상태, 가족 상황, 군 복무 여부 등의 요인을 고려하지 않고 결정됩니다. EA는 관련 법률에서 명시하는 대로 업무 공간에 장애가 있는 입사 지원자 또는 예정자를 위한 시설을 마련해두고 있습니다.