As a Technical Animator, you will work alongside and support the Animation Team creating character, vehicle, weapon rigs and tools needed to support a creative and efficient production pipeline.
Requirements
Creating/debugging character/prop rigs for various projects
Character skinning or skinning direction
Coordinating with character artists and animators, taking feedback on rigs and identifying areas to improve the creation of animation content
Collaborating with technical team for scripting/plugin help when needed
Character/animation project planning; identifying rigging requirements and how they will affect modelling/animation
Staying up to date on latest rigging/animation methods/workflow, and animator efficiency
Helping develop and maintain character facial rigs to support facial animation pipelines
Participating in and supervising integration of the animation assets into the game engine
Required Skills
Must be proficient in Maya & Max
IK/FK blending, spline controls, expressions, animator-friendly control setups
Facial Rigging (Joint based & blendshapes.
Animation clip & pose library creation/sharing.
Passion for animation, organized, team player.
Excellent in communication and resourcefulness in problem solving
Additional Preferred Skills
Proficient in Blender
Experience with MotionBuilder
Houdini KineFX
Animation experience
English (Written and/or spoken)。
Game engine (Unreal, Unity, etc) experience.（Unreal、Unity)
Benefits
Role Information: EN
Studio: Keywords Studios
Location: North America
Area of Work: Art Services
Service: Create
Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent
Working Pattern: In-Office
Competitive salary and benefit package
A portfolio of diverse projects in which you will be involved based on your skill set and desire for professional growth
Working on AAA titles and in collaboration with the biggest names in the industry
Opportunity to work and hang out with a team of dedicated and fun-loving people
Being part of the Keywords Studios Group, the one-stop creative agency for the game-dev industry, there is a plethora of professional opportunities within the group
Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Design, Art/Creative, and Information Technology
Industries
Primary and Secondary Education and Non-profit Organizations
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