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Senior Animator

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Senior Animator

This is an opportunity for an experienced animator to contribute to the development of a major upcoming game project. You will create polished, expressive animation for characters, creatures, and gameplay assets across a globally distributed team. The role combines creative craft with technical collaboration, working closely with art, design, narrative, engineering, and technical art.

HybridFull-timeSeniorUnreal EngineBlender

Senior Animator

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HybridFull-timeSeniorUnreal Engine

Salary

Not specified

Work Location

Netherlands, NL

Work Model

Hybrid

Experience Required

7 years

Employment Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Senior

Core Qualifications

Technical (Must-have)

Unreal EngineBlenderKeyframe AnimationMotion CaptureAnimation PipelinesArt FundamentalsDebuggingTroubleshootingProblem SolvingDocumentationMentoringCommunicationOrganizational SkillsCollaborationSelf-Motivation

Soft Skills

CuriositySelf-drivenCollaborativePassionateAdaptableWilling to experimentTake calculated risksLearn from failure

Preferred Qualifications

Technical (Nice-to-have)

Advanced BlenderCreature AnimationNon-bipedal AnimationFirst-person Animation

Key Responsibilities

•Create high-quality animations that meet the project's artistic, gameplay, and technical requirements while setting a strong visual standard for the team.
•Collaborate with animation leadership and Technical Art to improve tools, technology, implementation support, workflows, and production efficiency.
•Partner with design and narrative teams to ensure characters, creatures, and animated gameplay assets are responsive, expressive, and aligned with the intended player experience.
•Manage personal production workload and time effectively to meet milestones while maintaining consistently high-quality output.
•Contribute to the improvement of animation processes, pipelines, documentation, and production workflows.
•Apply keyframe and motion capture techniques effectively across different animation requirements.
•Develop advanced expertise in Unreal Engine's animation tools and contribute to solving technical animation challenges.
•Review and iterate on animation assets based on feedback, while providing constructive input on team work when appropriate.
•Mentor junior animators and help establish high standards for animation quality, aesthetics, and production practices.
•Troubleshoot and diagnose animation issues, working collaboratively with technical and creative teams to resolve problems.
•Stay current with animation trends, techniques, and industry practices while continuously developing your craft.
•Take initiative, experiment with new approaches, and contribute ideas that improve responsiveness, expressiveness, and overall player experience.

Senior AnimatorGame DevelopmentUnreal EngineBlenderAnimationMotion CaptureKeyframe AnimationRemoteHybridFull-time

Core Qualifications

Technical (Must-have)

Soft Skills

CuriositySelf-drivenCollaborativePassionateAdaptableWilling to experimentTake calculated risksLearn from failure

Key Responsibilities

•Create high-quality animations that meet the project's artistic, gameplay, and technical requirements while setting a strong visual standard for the team.

•Collaborate with animation leadership and Technical Art to improve tools, technology, implementation support, workflows, and production efficiency.

•Partner with design and narrative teams to ensure characters, creatures, and animated gameplay assets are responsive, expressive, and aligned with the intended player experience.

•Manage personal production workload and time effectively to meet milestones while maintaining consistently high-quality output.

•Contribute to the improvement of animation processes, pipelines, documentation, and production workflows.

•Apply keyframe and motion capture techniques effectively across different animation requirements.

•Develop advanced expertise in Unreal Engine's animation tools and contribute to solving technical animation challenges.

•Review and iterate on animation assets based on feedback, while providing constructive input on team work when appropriate.

•Mentor junior animators and help establish high standards for animation quality, aesthetics, and production practices.

•Troubleshoot and diagnose animation issues, working collaboratively with technical and creative teams to resolve problems.

•Stay current with animation trends, techniques, and industry practices while continuously developing your craft.

•Take initiative, experiment with new approaches, and contribute ideas that improve responsiveness, expressiveness, and overall player experience.