SENIOR CREATURE ANIMATOR

Responsibilities:

• Produce high quality animations which create thrilling, story-driven moments;
• Work closely with the Rigging and Pipeline departments providing suggestions and feedback to improve character setup, rigs and tool functionality;
• Communicate with part of the Outsourcing team;
• Meet delivery deadlines under production constraints;
• Work closely with Supervisors and Pipeline department to develop tools and workflows associated with animation;

Essential skills:

• A thorough knowledge of Maya;
• Experience on Motion Capture cleaning and Keyframe Animation;
• Experience on creature and bipedal Animation;
• An excellent understanding of rigs and typical rigging set-ups and transferring data between tools;
• Superb problem-solving skills and ability to take the initiative and offer ideas and suggestions;
• Excellent listening and communication skills, and the ability to receive direction and criticism;
• Excellent presentation/communication skills in dailies/reviews by clearly and briefly outlining what has been accomplished and what next should be addressed in the shot;
• Demonstrates an excellent aesthetic eye, anticipating potential problems;
• Ability to prioritize tasks and manage time effectively;

Additional skils:

• A traditional animation and/or art background;
• Good knowledge of cinematic language and camera terminology;

About you:

• A strong passion to develop dark fantasy action-RPGs
• A passion for animating realistic CG characters and assets
• Exceptional attention to detail
• Calm under pressure
• Analytical, logical and methodical in your approach
• Organized, proactive and a self-starter
• A positive, can-do attitude

We offer:

• Very attractive work with an excellent team and international environment
• Participation in a profit share program
• Social benefits (Medical insurance, Sport card, 100% payable sick leave)
• Flexible working hours (core hours 10:00-16:00 CET)
• Remote work