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Senior Animator

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Senior Animator

Zenimax Online is looking for a highly motivated Senior Animator with a desire to collaborate with our talented team of creative professionals to bring the fantastic creatures and characters of our worlds to life.  Our collaborative environment empowers you to harness your passion and creativity and develop genre-defining gameplay and interactive storytelling for one of the most beloved franchises in the industry.

Responsibilities:

-Bring fantastic and realistic creatures and characters to life with high quality animation

-Contribute to the creative process with original ideas and inspiration that will shape the players experience

-Collaborate with designers to define and implement artistic vision to gameplay and storytelling

-Collaborate with the character team to develop character/creature models with proper proportion and help definen rigging, and other  animation considerations

-Provide mentorship and inspiration to junior animators

-Autonomous problem solving in a dynamic environment


You:

-Have 5+ years of professional experience as an animator

-Show ability to combine acting and action to bring personality and appeal to characters and mosters alike

-Can demonstrate an understanding of animation pipelines and standard industry processes

-Possess technical knowledge/abilities with respect to the implementation of animation into a game engine

-Have a deep understanding of anatomy and human kinetics, demonstrated through a working knowledge of martial arts, dance or related experience

-Can demonstrate a strong understanding of fundamental animation principals and the ability to clearly communicate those ideas to others

-Are able to demonstrate experience with communication and collaboration across all disciplines

-Must show aptitude for learning new systems quickly

-Have a minimum of BFA with a major in Animation or equivalent experience, additional related education a plus



It’s a plus if you also have:

-Experience with motion capture and realistic human performance

-Training or experience with acting

-Excellent drawing or related traditional art skills demonstrated in a portfolio

-Have extensive knowledge of 3D Studio Max, Maya and character rigging processes


 

Portfolio: Please include links to your work and clearly indicate your contributions. Resumes without work samples will not be considered.

 

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