Senior Technical Animator

March 19

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Keywords Studios

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Keywords Studios is the #1 global games services provider, offering an end-to-end platform supercharged by technology. They deliver technical and creative solutions to the global video games industry, with services including game development, art services, audio development, QA testing, localization, marketing services, and player engagement. Keywords Studios also works on accessibility services, content globalization, and advanced AI & technology solutions. Founded on decades of experience, they are committed to responsible business practices and provide industry-wide insights for unparalleled experiences to audiences around the world.

Art Services • Engineering • Audio Services • Functionality QA • Localization

10,000+ employees

Founded 1998

🎮 Gaming

📱 Media

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

📋 Description

• As a Technical Animator, you will work alongside and support the Animation Team creating character, vehicle, weapon rigs and tools needed to support a creative and efficient production pipeline.

🎯 Requirements

• Creating/debugging character/prop rigs for various projects. • Character skinning or skinning direction. • Coordinating with character artists and animators, taking feedback on rigs and identifying areas to improve the creation of animation content. • Collaborating with technical team for scripting/plugin help when needed. • Character/animation project planning; identifying rigging requirements and how they will affect modelling/animation. • Staying up to date on latest rigging/animation methods/workflow, and animator efficiency. • Helping develop and maintain character facial rigs to support facial animation pipelines. • Participating in and supervising integration of the animation assets into the game engine. • Must be proficient in Maya & Max. • IK/FK blending, spline controls, expressions, animator-friendly control setups. • Facial Rigging (Joint based & blendshapes. • Animation clip & pose library creation/sharing. • Passion for animation, organized, team player. • Excellent in communication and resourcefulness in problem solving. • Proficient in Blender. • Experience with MotionBuilder • Houdini KineFX. • Animation experience. • English (Written and/or spoken). • Game engine (Unreal, Unity, etc) experience.

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefit package • A portfolio of diverse projects in which you will be involved based on your skill set and desire for professional growth • Working on AAA titles and in collaboration with the biggest names in the industry • Opportunity to work and hang out with a team of dedicated and fun-loving people • Being part of the Keywords Studios Group, the one-stop creative agency for the game-dev industry, there is a plethora of professional opportunities within the group.