Senior Animator

4 weeks ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom Scopely Full time

Description

Scopely is looking for a talented and experienced Senior Animator to join our team based from the U K , Ireland, Portugal or Spain on a remote or hybrid basis.

At Scopely, we care deeply about what we do and want to inspire play, every day - whether in our work environments alongside our talented colleagues, or through our deep connections with our communities of players. We are a global team of game lovers who are developing, publishing and innovating the mobile games industry, connecting millions of people around the world daily.

We are in the early stages of development on an ambitious, unannounced, cross-platform Strategy/MMO title, creating a team of talented and passionate game makers to join us on this exciting journey

What You'll Do

As a Senior member of the art team you will be influential in helping the Art director make their artistic vision come to life. You will work in a collaborative environment to build and iterate on animations for a wide range of characters. The ideal candidate will have a portfolio displaying a high level of ability of realistic and stylized keyframe animations.

  • Create high quality animations and bring life and appealing performances to the game's characters and creatures, while maintaining the animation style of the project
  • Implement animations into engine with full ownership of your work
  • Be involved in the character creation process, from concept through to final animation
  • Collaborate with Tech Art and Code teams to ensure pipelines and tools are effective, optimal and capable of delivery
  • Demonstrate a detailed understanding of anatomy and motion in all of the work you supervise or create
  • Produce visual benchmarks and production guides, breaking down technical specifications to reproduce animations within style
  • Support the development and documentation of animation pipelines and workflows
  • Work alongside Technical Art/Animation to implement animations and animation systems
  • Collaborate across disciplines to understand animation requirements and propose solutions
  • Mentor and support the junior animators in the teams as well as assist external development partners
What We're Looking For
  • Proven ability to deliver outstanding animation in a game development environment
  • Experience working on multiple titles in your career as an Senior Animator - ideally having shipped a game
  • Proficient keyframe animation skills
  • Experience using Maya or similar animation tools - Maya is our pipeline
  • Exhibit a strong understanding of the fundamental principles of animation
  • Take ownership of animation responsibilities and oversee tasks
  • Good understanding of game animation processes from source to engine - ideally within Unity
  • Excellent communication skill with a positive and proactive viewpoint
  • Able to take critique and give feedback in a professional manner
  • Self motivated and strong organizational skills with adherence to project specifications, technology requirements and budget
Bonus Points
  • Experienced working with an IP
  • Experience with fighting/combat system development
  • Knowledge of Python scripting
  • Creation of documentation - writing briefs, processes, tools within Confluence or equivalent software
  • Enjoy Sci-fi
  • A passion for games
Please include a portfolio or PDF/links to examples of your work in the applicatio n.

At Scopely, we create games for everyone - and want to ensure that the people behind our games reflect that We are committed to creating a diverse, supportive work environment where everyone is treated with respect. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities and welcome individuals from all backgrounds to join us & embrace the adventure

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