Description
JOB DESCRIPTION:
For new ambitious projects under development within our company, and within the Animation team, you will be in charge of artistically defining the Animation Department, setting the tone, ensuring the follow-up of the animations Keyframe and perform reviews.
You will oversee producing Keyframe animations by providing high quality animations, corresponding to the high level of requirement that we apply to our productions.
You will intervene mainly on the characters animations, for which you will be in charge of developing real-time animations in Key Frame and integrating your animations in an internal/proprietary game engine, as well as of optimizing their performances.
You will have to quickly produce prototype animations (rough block animations to have a draft of the movements).
You will work closely with the of 3D Characters Graphic Designers team to respect the Art Direction of the project and understand the characterization of a character. You will then send the information to the Animation team.
You will have a key role to play in terms of mentoring the animators in order to guide them on the artistic orientation of the animations to be produced.
Finally, this position also involves collaborating with the 3D Sets computer graphics teams, or the cinematic/3D camera team.
We
offer you the opportunity to work with experienced and passionate people, in a
creative and innovative environment.
PROFILE:
- Excellent level of animation correlated with a constant concern for quality
- You are passionate and would like to bring a style to the new project under development
- Successful experience in the production of at least one AAA video game or an animated film
- Great familiarity with 3D animation tools and very special mastery of Maya.
- You are rigorous, autonomous, responsive and you have the attention to detail
- You have excellent interpersonal skills and have a pronounced taste for teamwork.
- Knowledge of Shotgun would be a plus.
THE COMPANY:QUANTIC
DREAM was founded in 1997 by David Cage. Today co-managed by David Cage and
Guillaume de Fondaumière, our studio has gained over the years international
recognition for its contribution to interactive narration and its fresh
thinking on emotion in games.
We
are also considered to be one of the leading motion capture studios, especially
for the creation of real-time 3D Virtual Actors performing with stunning
realism.
Over
the last twenty one years we have developed proprietary engines and
technologies, including some very advanced tools and a unique approach to the
production pipeline.
As
a game development studio, we collaborated in the past with major publishers
including Eidos, Vivendi Universal Games, Microsoft Games Studios, Atari and
Sony Computer Entertainment. We created the games OMIKRON THE NOMAD SOUL
featuring recording artist David Bowie and FAHRENHEIT INDIGO PROPHECY.
Since
2006, we have developed the three award-winning and multimillion selling
Playstation titles HEAVY RAIN (PS3/PS4), BEYOND: TWO SOULS (PS3/PS4) and
DETROIT: BECOME HUMAN (PS4).
Detroit:
Become Human, which released on May 25th 2018 on PLAYSTATION 4, is Quantic
Dream’s fastest selling title to date, having sold in excess of 1 million units
in its first two weeks on shelves. Heavy Rain, which released in February 2010
and won three BAFTA and DICE awards, remains our bestselling title so far, with
combined sales of over 5 million units worldwide on PS3 and PS4.
We
are currently working on several unannounced titles.