Senior 3D Animator

- Minimum of 4 to 6+ years of proven experience in animation. - Expert knowledge and comprehension of the mechanics and movement of the human body. - Strong animation and technical skills working with Maya, Motion Builder, and Unity. - Knowledgeable in the technical aspects of rigging and skinning characters for animation. - Ability to understand and build flow & state machines. - Experience with Shotgrid, Jira, Confluence. - Facial Animation Experience. - Strong proficiency with Unity. - Technical animation knowledge (i.e. tool creation and understanding) a bonus. - Process and retarget animation files to game assets. - Apply motion capture data as a base to compose realistic human motion for gameplay and cinematics. - Animate props using rig and constraint systems. - Animate facial rigs by hand, polishing ‘solved’ facial data or using facial clips layered over mocap data. - Work within a game engine and pipeline to ensure all completed assets are in a build ready format. - Maintain a high level of quality working within design and technical constraints while balancing performance issues. - Collaborate with Software Engineers with implementation, troubleshooting, and debugging of animation systems. - Participate in team and department meetings and collaborate with team to drive constant improvement and evolution of animation production methods, tools, and techniques. - Respond to direction with an open-mind and willingness to refine character animation with direct input from the Creative Director, Art Director, Animation Leads, and Art Lead. - Meet project deadlines set by Producer and Animation Lead. - Build and maintain good relationships with team members. - Ensure company art practices are followed.