// Open Role at Streamline Studios
Seeking a skilled 3D Animator to bring characters and environments to life for video games. Collaborate with the art director and development team to create fluid, dynamic, and stylistically consistent animations, optimizing them for performance within game engines.
About Us
Streamline Media Group is a 25-year creative development studio specializing in full video game development, co-development, publishing, and interactive digital asset production. We have shipped titles across every major platform for clients, including Sony, Microsoft, and global AAA publishers.
Description
We are hiring a 3D Animator on a freelance/contract basis, where you will play a crucial role in bringing characters and environments to life. Collaborating closely with the Creative/Art Director and other team members, you will create high-quality animations that enhance gameplay and storytelling. Your responsibilities will include developing character movements, facial animations, and environmental effects, ensuring that all animations are fluid, dynamic, and stylistically consistent with the game’s visual style.
You will also implement animations within the game engine, optimizing them for performance and ensuring they meet technical specifications. Regular communication with the development team is essential to align animations with game mechanics and narrative requirements, and staying current with industry trends and best practices in animation techniques is vital to the success of our projects.
This is a fully remote, project-based engagement: scope, deliverables, timelines, and rates are defined per work order. It is not a full-time employment position.
Job Skills
3D Animator will possess the following competencies:
Additional Skills
Every 3D Animator must also demonstrate at least 2 additional competencies at production-ready proficiency:
Deliverables Expectations
Streamline Values: Responsibility, accountability, discipline, teamwork, clear communication, continuous improvement, and learning.
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- Collaborate closely with Creative/Art Director and other team members. - Create high-quality character movements, facial animations, and environmental effects. - Ensure all animations are fluid, dynamic, and stylistically consistent with the game’s visual style. - Implement animations within the game engine, optimizing them for performance and technical specifications. - Maintain regular communication with the development team to align animations with game mechanics and narrative requirements. - Stay updated on industry trends and best practices in animation techniques. - Ensure on-time delivery of tasks and effective time management. - Proactively communicate delays and bottlenecks. - Deliver work according to project specifications and requirements. - Deliver work according to studio’s quality standards as specified by the discipline lead. - Follow instructions and adhere to best practices. - Track time daily with a written status update of your tasks. - Continuously improve skills and apply learning from one task to the next.