Game Animator

Role Overview: You will be responsible for delivering control and movement to characters, creatures, objects, scenery, and environment displayed within electronic games, websites, or software products. Applying your knowledge and technical process ability in techniques such as rigging, skinning, kinetics, and basic cinematography will be essential. Collaborating with programmers and artists to balance seamless movements and optimize performance on the target platform will be a key part of your role. Your proficiency in animation packages such as 3ds Max, Maya, and Substance will be crucial in developing high-quality work products. Key Responsibilities: - Create high-caliber Animation, maintaining excellent motion graphics quality in regard to timing, color theory, layout, text treatment, and animation ability. - Continually sharpen artistic and software expertise through company training, independent learning, and learning from other team members. - Produce top-notch animations through an iterative process in close collaboration with Senior and Lead Animators. - Display a high degree of professionalism, accepting critique from team members. - Show efficiency in self-managing time with a reasonable degree of accountability and minimal instruction. - Demonstrate excellent file structure and organization. - Create art assets and document all art assets created with minimal mistakes. - Review game art files prior to archival. Qualifications Required: - Bachelor of Arts in art/animation - 2+ years previous experience Animator in a production environment - Proficient in 2D Animation, After Effects, Unity, Photoshop. - Critical thinking skills are an absolute must in this fast-paced, high-output team. - Understand how to animate art for various themes and platforms. - Excellent motion graphics abilities using various industry standards plugins like Trapcode Suite, Boris Sapphire, Saber, and Element 3D. - Expert with Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator design is a must. - Technical knowledge of adjusting art file resolutions and modifying After Effects compositions to fit different templates. - Must follow good file management practices. - Ability to export files in various formats using Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. - Strong typography skills. - Exposure to Spine 2D tool for sprite rigging and animation. - Knowledge of using Blender, 3ds max, or Maya is a must. - Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Additional Details: Unity experience is mandatory.,