Senior Animator, Locomotion

1 month ago

Vancouver, Canada Epic Games Full time
WHAT MAKES US EPIC?

At the core of Epic’s success are talented, passionate people. Epic prides itself on creating a collaborative, welcoming, and creative environment. Whether it’s building award-winning games or crafting engine technology that enables others to make visually stunning interactive experiences, we’re always innovating.

Being Epic means being a part of a team that continually strives to do right by our community and users. We’re constantly innovating to raise the bar of engine and game development.

ARTWhat We Do

Push your artistic talent to the limit on a team of world-class environment, character and concept artists who strive to innovate and inspire.

What You'll Do

Epic Games is searching for Senior Animators to join our Movement team working on Fortnite. You'll use motion capture as a base and also need hand-key animation skills to add style and appeal. You need a thorough understanding of the fundamentals of animation and how they relate to gameplay feel and the ability to implement animations in the Unreal 5 game engine using our motion matching system.

In this role, you will
  • Create character-specific animations for locomotion systems in Fortnite
  • Take animation from initial concept through implementation in Unreal Engine 5 using our motion matching system
  • 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, and 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
What we're looking for
  • A strong animation reel showing expertise in motion capture as well as key-framed character and creature animation
  • Relevant experience in Maya, Motion Builder, and gameplay systems
  • Good instincts for realistic and stylized motions
  • Familiarity with the Unreal Engine 5 art pipeline
  • Related skills; such as modeling, skinning, and rigging
  • Experience shipping at least one title
EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFE

Our intent is to cover all things that are medically necessary and improve the quality of life. We pay 100% of the premiums for both you and your dependents. Our coverage includes Medical, Dental, a Vision HRA, Long Term Disability, Life Insurance & a 401k with competitive match. We also offer a robust mental well-being program through Modern Health, which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents. Throughout the year we celebrate our employees with events and company-wide paid breaks. We offer unlimited PTO and sick time and recognize individuals for 7 years of employment with a paid sabbatical.

ABOUT US

Epic Games spans across 19 countries with 55 studios and 4,500+ employees globally. For over 25 years, we’ve been making award-winning games and engine technology that empowers others to make visually stunning games and 3D content that bring environments to life like never before. Epic’s award-winning Unreal Engine technology not only provides game developers the ability to build high-fidelity, interactive experiences for PC, console, mobile, and VR, it is also a tool being embraced by content creators across a variety of industries such as media and entertainment, automotive, and architectural design. As we continue to build our Engine technology and develop remarkable games, we strive to build teams of world-class talent.

Like what you hear? Come be a part of something Epic

Epic Games deeply values diverse teams and an inclusive work culture, and we are proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. Learn more about our Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy here.

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