Senior Animator (SFD / Cinematics)

Location: Hybrid role with on-site work at the Irvine, California home studio and some work from home; remote arrangements may be explored.

Salary: $39.54–$73.16 per hour in the U.S.

Company

hirify.global develops and publishes interactive entertainment experiences across PC, console, and mobile platforms, including Warcraft, Overwatch, Diablo, and StarCraft.

What you will do

• Create high-quality character and creature animations for cinematic films.
• Animate characters across cartoony, realistic, and intermediate visual styles.
• Collaborate with directors, animation supervisors, and leads to develop and maintain high-end cinematic animation.
• Support and evolve the Cinematics team through constructive technical and artistic feedback.
• Contribute in a fast-paced, technically challenging production environment.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in game development, television, or film using Maya or an equivalent 3D program.
• Demo reel showing high-quality hand-keyed animation, solid body mechanics, and engaging performances.
• Strong understanding of body mechanics and character acting, with mastery of the 12 principles of animation.
• Passion for film, animation, and video games, along with strong communication and teamwork skills.
• Ability to work in the hybrid Irvine, California arrangement, with other remote options considered individually.

Nice to have

• Storyboarding, gesture drawing, 2D animation, and composition skills.
• Rigging, scripting, and animation pipeline knowledge.
• Acting, martial arts, choreography, cinematography, pre-visualization, editing, or story writing experience.
• Understanding of FX, particles, cloth, and hair as they contribute to character performance.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative team environment focused on film and game production.
• Medical, dental, vision, health spending, life, and disability insurance options.
• 401(k) with company match, tuition reimbursement, and charitable donation matching.
• Paid holidays, vacation, sick time, parental leave, and bereavement leave.
• Mental health, wellbeing, fitness, game discounts, and other voluntary benefit programs.
• The role is a temporary position of approximately four months, starting in mid-January 2027.