What are the responsibilities and job description for the Game Animator position at Mob Entertainment?
MOB Entertainment is looking for a talented Game 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.
● Partnering with the animation team to help develop a unique animation style for specific characters
● 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:
● 2 years of experience animating in Autodesk Maya
● 1 years of experience with animation implementation utilizing Unreal Engine
● Ability to match the style and bar for animation on project’s through the delivery of high quality animation
● Strong understanding of body mechanics
● A keen eye for performance and weight
● Experience with creature animation (bipedal & quadrupedal)
● Self-motivated, strong work ethic, able to work collaboratively and inspire in a team environment
● Creativity in problem-solving and the ability to think outside of the established solutions
PLUSES
● Experience with game animation implementation into engine
● Working with animation blend trees and have previous experience with node-based animation editors in a commercial or proprietary game engine.
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.
OUR CORE VALUES:
- Storytelling
- Quality
- Obsession
- Creativity
- Subversion
- Collaboration
- Scrappiness
EMPLOYEE EXPECTATIONS:
- Kindness
- Result-Oriented
- Autonomy
- Efficiency
- Humility
- Be real.
- Be weird.
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