Senior Gaming Animator

Location: Redwood City, CA, us

Company Description

Here at Ten4, there's a core focus on Creative Services. By only recruiting for Digital Creatives we can give the best attention and satisfaction to both the clients and the candidates. Being a niche company provides the ability to source top notch candidates and to make the best connections possible. Ten4 works with some of the best ad agencies, start-ups, production studios, and video game shops. 

Job Description

• Drive animation performance without pushing out of a believable and realistic style; your hand-keyed work will fit seamlessly with motion capture
• Join forces with designers and engineers to create characters that are expressive and that still work with player control and AI
• Design hand-keyed animation with a highly intuitive and developed understanding of body mechanics, force, balance, timing, and believability
• Use motion capture, video, and thumbnail sketches as reference for your process
• Prototype gameplay by blocking animation quickly; when ideas are proven, polish animations to a high level
• Provide thoughtful feedback to team members and be open to critique
• Create multiplayer characters and AI that execute believable and memorable performances

Qualifications

• 5+ years in game development with at least 2 shipped games
• Experience OR interest in PC multiplayer games
• Experience with in-game animation and Maya
• College/University Degree in Character Animation or similar
• Full comprehension of camera, layout, and stagingS
• Self-directed and independent worker

Major Plus:

• Excellent hand-keyed facial animation
  
• Motionbuilder and Unreal Engine experience
• First-person animations experience
• strong design eye
• Strong knowledge of cinematography, editing, and story development
• Experience creating state machines and controller schemes

Additional Information

Benefits and Perks: 

• Competitive Salary with Stock Options
• An open/unlimited Paid Time Off and Vacation Policy
• Great medical, dental, and vision coverage for employee and dependents covered at 80% and company paid One Medical Group membership on top of your medical plan
• Team lunch outings covered by company