Associate Cinematic Animator (Unreal Engine)

Location: Remote, open to candidates regardless of where they are located; Cork, Ireland is the company home base. Irish residents are hired as full-time employees, while applicants outside Ireland work on a contractor basis.

Company

A fully remote game studio developing the FPS game Ready or Not with a distributed team of more than 80 people.

What you will do

• Create character animation for in-game vignettes, cinematics, and scripted story sequences.
• Work with hand-keyed animation and motion capture data, including cleanup and refinement.
• Integrate, test, and troubleshoot animation directly in Unreal Engine using Sequencer, animation montages, animation layers, and cinematic plugins.
• Collaborate with designers, riggers, programmers, and animators to balance visual quality with technical and gameplay requirements.
• Create character performances that strengthen the emotion and impact of narrative sequences.
• Respond to feedback, iterate on animation, and learn proprietary tools, pipelines, and workflows.

Requirements

• At least 1 year of professional production experience, or equivalent experience through an internship, junior role, or relevant game-development projects.
• Strong working knowledge of Autodesk Maya, including animation layers and the Graph Editor.
• Solid understanding of realistic body mechanics, weight, timing, movement, and character body and facial performance.
• Familiarity with cinematography principles and visual language.
• Strong attention to detail, good communication and collaboration skills, and willingness to receive feedback.
• Ability to work independently in a collaborative, remote-first environment.

Nice to have

• Experience with Unreal Engine or Unity.
• Familiarity with MotionBuilder.
• Experience cleaning up motion capture data and implementing animation in a game engine.
• Interest in playing and creating video games.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote-first work with a distributed team of more than 80 people.
• Supportive, collaborative environment with access to guidance from experienced and senior animators.
• Irish residents receive a full-time employee position.
• Applicants outside Ireland are engaged on a contractor basis.
• Hiring is open to candidates regardless of location.