Expert Gameplay Animator

Company

Global interactive entertainment publisher and developer creating major game franchises and new gaming experiences.

What you will do

• Own and drive the quality bar for gameplay animation, particularly responsive, readable, and satisfying combat.
• Create and refine character animations using animation fundamentals, gameplay principles, and motion-capture data.
• Shape animation approaches for combat design, player expression, enemy behaviours, traversal, and moment-to-moment gameplay.
• Collaborate with Design, Engineering, Art, Audio, and Narrative to improve the player experience.
• Contribute to animation systems, state machines, blending, transitions, and in-engine implementation.
• Provide creative direction, mentorship, feedback, and improvements to tools, workflows, and pipelines.

Requirements

• Significant gameplay animation experience, including senior- or principal-level contributions to shipped titles.
• Strong combat animation skills and understanding of combat readability, timing, anticipation, hit reactions, attack cycles, locomotion, and player control.
• Experience with game engines, animation systems, and in-engine implementation.
• Strong knowledge of motion-capture pipelines, including editing, cleanup, and blending mocap with keyframe animation.
• Exceptional animation fundamentals across human and creature movement, including timing, weight, balance, and physicality.
• Advanced proficiency in Maya and strong technical, creative, and cross-disciplinary collaboration skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative environment focused on inclusivity, mutual respect, empathy, and professionalism.
• Opportunity to influence the animation vision for a new intellectual property.
• Work alongside multidisciplinary developers on innovative gaming experiences.
• Support for feedback, mentorship, and the growth of animation capabilities.