Animation Artist II
Remote – 6 month contract
Overview
TalentoHC has partnered with a global gaming company looking for an Animation Artist ll – for their R&D team. This is fully remote 6-month contract, in PST hours. As a member of the company’s R&D team, you will bring characters, environments, and in-game sequences to life through classic animation principles. Work will vary from character and environment animation, adapting existing animations for new gameplay mechanics, updating classic content, to working on innovative explorations for future company features.
As an Animation Artist you will begin by working directly with the company’s art, engineering, and technical art teams to help adapt and integrate legacy and new animations into gameplay-ready assets while supporting new technical workflows. You will craft animations tailored to gameplay needs and rework existing assets to fit evolving mechanics. A great reel will showcase a diverse selection of game-related animation, a strong foundation in the principles of animation, and a solid knowledge of animation tools, pipelines, and processes.
Responsibilities
- Create high quality animations for Company characters and environments
- Refine and repurpose classic animations for modern gameplay systems
- Collaborate with technical artists and engineers to optimize animations for performance and seamless integration
- Troubleshoot technical challenges in animation pipelines and workflows in partnership with developers
Requirements
- 3+ years of game development Experience
- Excellent knowledge of Maya and modern game engines (Unreal, etc)
- Development experience of Animation Systems (Sequencers, Blueprints, State Machines, in-engine animation and rigging tools, etc)
- Understand animation principles, and body mechanics, acting, posing, and storytelling techniques
- Demonstrated excellence in collaboration and communication within cross-disciplinary teams
Pay Rate: $55.28-$69.41
About Talento Human Capital (TalentoHC):
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