3D Lead Animator
Description
MZ, the creators of the globally successful Game of War and Mobile Strike mobile games, is looking for creative, ambitious, highly skilled people to develop cutting edge next-gen Game Art for our massive scale mobile games.
The Lead Animator is an integral part of the MZ Art team and should have strong, hands-on experience with Maya keyframe animation and character animation/rigging. The ideal candidate should have at least 5-8 years as an animator. This candidate should also have one or more AAA consoles/PC and/or mobile games as a senior 3D Animator, along with experience managing and mentoring other animators.
What you'll be doing:
- Lead and manage a team of animators to create high quality animations
- Give direction and mentorship to animators
- Create outstanding 3D Animations of humanoids, creatures, vehicles, assets and implement them into the game engine
- Report to the Art Development Director
- Define the animation style for each game based on the Art Director’s vision
- Collaborate with producers and project managers to define schedules and deliverables
- Pipeline enhancement and documentation
Your background and who you are:
- Bachelor's degree in computer animation or equivalent
- 5-8 years as a Senior or Lead 3D Animator
- Expert in MAYA 3D animation, rigging / skinning / key-framing
- Strong knowledge of Photoshop
- Ability to animate characters (humanoid and creature), hard surface assets, and vehicles
- Ability to animate motion graphics using After Effects
- Some experience in creating VFX and particles in Maya or effects tools
- Experience in AAA console/PC and/or mobile game development
Bonus points:
- Multiple project experience in the game industry
- Some low level scripting experience, MEL, PYTHON, XML
- Knowledge of Spriter
- Experience with After Effects
- Experience with isometric game graphics
- Experience with JIRA and Perforce
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