Senior Game Animator

MOB Entertainment is looking for a talented Senior Gameplay Animator to collaborate with a team of other Animators, Storyboard Artists, Technical Artists and Programmers to tell a story and help us continue to push the limits of character animation for our upcoming titles.

WHAT YOU'LL DO:

• Assist a team of animators in the development of high quality in-game animations and cinematics.
• Reference storyboards if provided.
• Develop excellent visual frames and strong poses that represent the characters and serve the game's design goals.
• Present work to the team, seek input, and incorporate feedback from leads and teammates.
• Commit to deliverables and manage your goals within regular milestones and deadlines, while maintaining the appropriate style over the course of a project.
• Continually refine processes for animation throughout production to increase productivity for the animation team.
• Animate a diverse range of compelling, alluring, and fear inducing creatures/characters that support unique and dynamic gameplay.

WHAT YOU NEED:

• 5 or more years with Autodesk Maya
• 5 or more years in Unreal Engine 5 (clear understanding of Blueprints, State machines and Level Sequences)
• Ability to animate in a variety of animation styles and disciplines- (including cinematics, performance-based ranging from realistic to cartoony, gameplay and prop)
• Ability to pivot at any point in time during production
• Body mechanic mastery
• Work with shooting reference
• Expertise in the principles of animation
• Expertise to animate both characters and creatures (biped and quadruped)
• Self-motivated, unshakable strong work ethic, an excellent team player
• Ability to communicate with peers and other disciplines, mentor junior and mid animators
• An effective communicator, well organized and punctual
• Understanding of JIRA and Confluence
• Meets all deadlines during sprints
• Creativity in problem-solving and the ability to think outside of the established solutions
• Work closely with Tech Animation to provide feedback for rigs
• Work closely with the Team Lead to help plan, facilitate and promote growth within the animation team

You’ll need to provide us with:

• Your Resume
• Your Portfolio or Reel – Only digital applications will be accepted such as a website, blog, or online album. Physical media will not be accepted.

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