Associate Gameplay Animator

Location: Remote; applicants may be based anywhere. Irish residents are hired as employees, while applicants outside Ireland are engaged as contractors.

Company

hirify.global is a remote-first game studio developing the FPS game Ready or Not.

What you will do

• Create character animations for locomotion, traversal, combat, and other gameplay systems.
• Work with hand-keyed animation and motion capture data, including cleanup and support for motion capture shoots.
• Integrate, test, and troubleshoot animations directly in-engine.
• Work with animation state machines, blend trees, animation layers, proprietary tools, and established pipelines.
• Collaborate with designers, riggers, programmers, and animators to balance visual quality with responsive gameplay.
• Improve animation workflows and gameplay quality while responding to development-team feedback.

Requirements

• At least 1 year of professional production experience, or equivalent junior, internship, or game development experience.
• Strong working knowledge of Autodesk Maya, including animation layers and the Graph Editor.
• Understanding of realistic body mechanics, weight, timing, character performance, and responsive gameplay.
• A portfolio or demo reel demonstrating character animation skills.
• Strong communication, collaboration, attention to detail, and willingness to learn from feedback.
• Ability to work effectively 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 gameplay animation systems in-engine.
• Interest in playing and creating video games.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote-first work with an international team.
• Full-time employee employment is available for Irish residents.
• Contractor engagement is available for applicants outside Ireland.
• Opportunities to develop technical animation skills alongside experienced team members.