Senior Animator
ProbablyMonsters
Bellevue, WA, USA
Job type: Permanent
Job Description
Firewalk Studios is looking for a Senior Animator who is passionate about bringing exceptional entertainment to millions of players. As our Senior Animator, you will be responsible for helping to develop our animation style, conceptualize movement ideas and breathe life into our character’s gameplay animations.
WHO YOU ARE
- Your demo reel reflects your experience, your love for animating characters, and your technical mastery of your tools.
- You can quickly visualize and pitch your ideas for action and movement
- You stay on top of the latest trends and find ways to motivate and inspire innovation across the team.
- You seek efficiency, optimizing pipelines and workflows throughout the character creation process.
- You set the standard with your work quality bar and love contributing to artistic techniques and processes.
- You encourage individual and team growth, are driven to create a long-term career path for yourself and others.
- You find time to play video games & empathize deeply with our players because you are a gamer at heart.
WHAT YOUR DAY MIGHT LOOK LIKE
- Collaborate with the Animation Director, Technical Director in Animation, and Gameplay Artists to discuss a character’s goals.
- Produce visual pitches for a characters ability or motion set
- Partner with Character Artists, Character Tech Artists, and FX Artists to problem solve new features for a Character.
- Join a playtest to see how characters are playing and to give notes on the entire game.
- Participate in multi-discipline character reviews to refine and iterate on a characters’ appeal, responsiveness, and fun factor.
Skills & Requirements
QUALIFICATIONS
- You have a demonstratable, deep understanding of hand-keyed animation principles.
- You have experience working with motion capture data.
- You have shipped multiple AAA quality games.
- You have strong knowledge and experience with next-generation character pipelines, tools, and workflows.
- You have at least 5+ years of character animation experience.
Additional Information
- Relocation assistance is offered
How to Apply
About the Company
About ProbablyMonsters
We believe that a positive culture and a well-resourced environment will unlock every developer’s potential, transforming their imagination into exceptional player experiences. United in this belief, we are building a new paradigm for AAA game studios to inspire a healthier gaming industry for all.
We are growing at a planned rate. Our inclusive hiring approach and unique business model has attracted over 150 senior-level developers who have worked on dozens of blockbuster projects with over 60 major games, entertainment, and tech companies.
Our mission is to unite, guide, and empower talented teams to create exceptional interactive experiences. Our first two teams are Cauldron Studios™ and Firewalk Studios™, each developing their own inaugural AAA next-gen game franchise. Cauldron Studios is developing a narrative-driven adventure game and Firewalk Studios has a multiplayer game in progress. Our third studio, not yet named, is focusing on a next-gen co-op RPG game.
Creatives who join our Monster journey will have the opportunity to work on exciting, unannounced AAA titles alongside skilled, experienced senior talent in an atmosphere of mutual respect, mutual trust, accountability, and approachability.
Learn more:
Careers: https://www.probablymonsters.com/careers
Twitter: https://twitter.com/prblymonsters
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/probablymonsters