Unreal Technical Animator

1 week ago

Montréal, Canada Ironbelly Studios Full time

Company Description

We are Ironbelly Studios, a Canadian gaming studio expanding worldwide. We are currently looking for a remote Unreal Technical Animator to help us deliver world-class quality games & apps.

We have been in the gaming industry for more than 13 years. We work with the world's greatest teams through ongoing iteration driven by data and feedback and created an amazing virtual place to work, fostering relationships and personal growth.

**Job Description**:
**Day to day responsibilities**:

- Collaborate with animators, artists and programmers to ensure animator-friendly rigs, tools and scripts
- Design and implement processes that support and improve all applicable areas of the animation pipeline
- Understand and work with the game engine
- Ensure optimal production pipeline and workflow
- Develop tools that help animators improve their work in production
- Work with Art Leads, Technical Directors, and QA to ensure all assets meet technical requirements
- Write and keep updated documentation on tools, methods, training, processes and limits of the engine for reference and future reference
- Align with engineers and testers to resolve in-game problems to ensure everything is 100% bug-free and shippable

**Qualifications**:
**What you bring to the table**:
**Background**:BA in Digital Arts, Mathematics, Engineering or Computer Science or similar field. Or the equivalent in years of experience and feel comfortable working with both art and science.
**Experience**:

- 3+ years working with Game Engines (preferably Unreal for integration)
- Experience with Source Control (Git, Perforce, Mercurial)
- Experience in working with 3D development software (3DS Max, Maya, Blender, Motion Builder)
- Comfortable collaborating with artists, programmers and technical directors

**Technical knowledge**:

- Portfolio that demonstrates the ability to create animator-friendly rigs
- Experience with Maya
- An understanding of animation techniques
- Experience with rigging chops
- Scripting/Tools Development (bonus)

English language proficiency.

Additional Information
- **Perks and Benefits**:
Competitive salary

Discretionary bonus system based on performance

Flexible holiday allowance paid into each pay cheque for you to accumulate and use as and when you wish

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