Senior Animator - Cinematics

March 19

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Escape Velocity Entertainment

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Escape Velocity Entertainment is a gaming company focused on developing video games that blend new genres with diverse characters and inclusive gameplay. Their aim is to create games that are accessible to players of all skill levels and backgrounds, providing both challenge and choice within rich, engaging worlds. They emphasize diversity, equity, and inclusion in their game design, ensuring players can reach the stars, have fun, and compete regardless of physical limitations, identity, or social network.

51 - 200 employees

🎮 Gaming

📋 Description

• What we are looking for: • We are seeking a versatile Senior Cinematic Animator to help bring the characters and stories of our game to life. • This role demands flexibility, creativity and a strong ability to collaborate across multiple disciplines. • You’ll work under the guidance of the Animation Director to deliver cinematic and gameplay animations that elevate the player experience.

🎯 Requirements

• What we will do together: • You’ll create in-game cinematics, cutscenes and character presentations that showcase dynamic camera choreography and compelling visual storytelling. • Work closely with the Cinematic Editor, Technical Artists and discipline Directors to ensure seamless integration of cinematics with gameplay and UI elements. • Develop creative camera setups, angles and movements to enhance storytelling and visual impact. • Set up initial character motion and camera sequences, refining based on feedback and iteration. • Respond to feedback from the Animation Director and other stakeholders to refine animations and achieve creative goals. • In collaboration with the Technical Animator and Cinematic Editor, you’ll use Unreal Engine 5’s Level Sequence tools to implement and polish cinematic content, ensuring smooth engine integration. • Stay updated on industry trends, techniques, and tools to push the boundaries of cinematic animation in the game. • Organize and coordinate animation assets for efficient workflows and smooth production pipelines. • Assist with creating matched intro-outro sequences, character cosmetics presentations, menus, and other visually engaging content. • Lend animation expertise to gameplay when needed.

🏖️ Benefits

• Interested… a bit about Escape Velocity: • Escape Velocity is a team of passionate, talented developers working at a studio that offers excellent benefits and what we believe is a fantastic project. But that doesn’t make us unique. • What makes us special? We value the time, energy, and talent of our players and our colleagues. We want every hour spent developing and playing our games to be an incredibly rewarding and worthwhile use of your time. • To that end, we are fully remote and support team members nearly anywhere in the world. • We prioritize honesty, even when that means sharing bad news. • We strive to give everyone autonomy so they can determine how best to work and play, and we care more about what you bring to the game and studio than how many hours you’re clocking. • We believe in constant improvement across all areas – from the game itself to our production design – and are constantly re-evaluating how we spend our time to ensure that we’re not wasting yours and we’re all always working on the most important things. • Finally (and perhaps most importantly) we’re dedicated to building a culture of play, which not only makes us better game makers, but also strengthens the bonds between us all.