Senior Animator
| Company | Epic Games |
|---|---|
| Location | Montreal, QC, Canada |
| Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | |
| Experience Level | Senior |
Requirements
- A strong animation reel showing expertise in keyframe animation, and any other form of animation creation, including mocap
- Excellent communicator and problem solver
- Relevant experience in Maya and Unreal gameplay systems
- Good instincts for realistic and stylized motions
- Strong performance/acting choices
- Familiarity with the Unreal Engine 5 animation workflow
- Experience with providing feedback for modeling, skinning, and rigging in relation to animation
- Experience shipping at least one AAA title
Responsibilities
- Your main priority will be creating animations for the Cosmetics team. In addition to animating in Maya, you will also be animating and working in Unreal Engine
- Take animation from the initial concept through implementation in Unreal Engine 5
- Drive collaboration across disciplines, including Production, Design, Technical Animation, Technical Design, and implementation, to help drive the style and feel of Fortnite’s animation
- Collaborate with leads in a dailies-style critique environment, find optimal solutions, and address basic issues as they arise
- Refine animations and gameplay feel as needed to get the best quality animation within the timeline
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working with Motion Capture is a plus