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Senior Animator

1 month ago


Montreal, Quebec, Canada Arkane Studios Full time

Overview

Join Bethesda Game Studios

Bethesda Game Studios is looking for a talented Senior Animator (Facial Animation) to join our team in Montreal. As a key member of our animation team, you will be responsible for creating high-quality facial animations for our games. You will work closely with artists, programmers, designers, producers, and external vendors to maintain and improve our facial animation pipeline.

Your Daily Life at Bethesda Game Studios

As a Senior Animator (Facial Animation), you will:

  • Apply animation principles to create high-quality character-specific animations, while making any changes based on artistic direction using both a FACS-based system and motion capture data.
  • Work in collaboration with members of the team to address animation needs and requirements for cinematic content and gameplay.
  • Actively engage with developers outside of your discipline, creating a positive and productive experience for all involved.
  • Assist and provide constructive feedback to other animators.
  • Communicate needs to any out-of-team or external dependencies.
  • Consistently integrate and maintain your work in the game.

Qualifications

What Makes You a Great Fit?

  • You have 5+ years of professional or related experience as a Facial Animator.
  • You possess outstanding animation skills, displaying a strong understanding of the principles and a desire to improve.
  • You have a strong understanding of FACS-based systems.
  • You are detail-oriented.
  • You are a self-motivated team player with a strong work ethic and cooperative attitude.
  • You're great at adapting to change and accept constructive feedback well.
  • You possess excellent problem-solving and prototyping skills.
  • You are highly organized and have excellent time management skills.
  • You have excellent oral and written communication skills.
  • You are proficient working with motion capture in either Maya or Motion Builder.
  • You have a passion for gaming and making GREAT games.
  • You are passionate about pushing animation quality to the next level.

Preferred Skills

Bonus

  • You've previously developed high-output Facial Animation pipelines.
  • You have experience in a leadership role.
  • You have experience directing motion capture shoots.
  • You are experienced working with external vendors.
  • You've previously animated on open-world games.
  • You have animation graph experience.
  • You have experience working closely with AI programmers and Gameplay programmers, understanding the technicalities of game AI and game functionality.