3D Character Animator (m/f/d)

undefined ago • 3 Years + • 3D Animation

Job Summary

Job Description

Realmforge Studios, part of Kalypso Media, specializes in strategy and simulation games. As a 3D Character Animator, you will skin, rig, and animate characters and objects, integrating assets in Unity. You'll collaborate closely with the team, maintain the animation pipeline, and review external work, significantly influencing game projects. The role requires creativity and a good sense of timing to bring the game world to life.
Must have:
  • Skinning and rigging of character models
  • Bringing characters and creatures to life with dynamic and humorous animations
  • Integrate and optimise finished assets in Unity
  • Work closely with all members of the team
  • Maintain and optimise the animation pipeline
  • Review, approve and integrate work from external partners
  • Animating other various smaller and larger objects
Good to have:
  • Knowledge in modelling and texturing
  • Experience in scripting
Perks:
  • Modern office with air conditioning, height-adjustable desks, ergonomic chairs
  • Regular board game evenings
  • Online tool for mental wellbeing support
  • Employee IT leasing programme (smartphones, laptops, tablets)
  • Travel allowance, parking space or bicycle leasing via Jobrad
  • Lunch It subsidy
  • Company pension scheme
  • Flexible working hours
  • Hybrid workplace model (home office & office)
  • Fresh fruit, non-alcoholic drinks, coffee, tea and ice cream

Job Details

Realmforge Studios was founded in 2008 as part of the Kalypso Media family and specialises in strategy and simulation games for PC and the latest consoles. Our popular Dungeons series has already sold over 4 million units worldwide.

As a member of our team, you will create all kinds of exciting objects and bring our game world to life. You will be able to work closely with the team and have a significant influence on our project.

We are looking for reinforcement for our team in Munich:

Your tasks:

  • Skinning and rigging of our character models
  • Bringing characters and creatures to life with dynamic and humorous animations
  • Integrate and optimise finished assets in Unity
  • Work closely with all members of the team to achieve our best possible result
  • Maintain and optimise the animation pipeline
  • Review, approve and integrate work from our external partners
  • Animating other various smaller and larger objects

You...

  • have 3+ years of experience in 3D animation in video games
  • have very good knowledge of 3ds Max and/or Maya and Unity
  • have outstanding character animation skills - a good sense of timing and movement
  • have good rigging and skinning skills
  • can process and give constructive feedback well
  • work reliably and independently
  • enjoy stylised graphics, like to develop and share crazy ideas
  • are fluent in written and spoken German and/or English

Would be an advantage:

  • Knowledge in modelling and texturing
  • Experience in scripting

What can Realmforge do for you?

  • Become an essential part of our team and work with us on strategy and simulation games for PC and consoles
  • Modern office with air conditioning, height-adjustable desks, ergonomic chairs and lots of squirrels
  • We'll teach you lots of new board games at our regular games evenings. Or will you teach us?
  • We make it our goal to proactively contribute to the mental wellbeing of our employees. An online tool supports us in this.
  • Benefit from the employee IT leasing programme and save up to 30% on smartphones, laptops or tablets, for example
  • Travel allowance, parking space or bicycle leasing via Jobrad
  • Lunch It subsidy - we cover part of the cost of your daily lunch
  • Think about later now: an existing company pension scheme can be continued or a new one applied for via salary conversion.
  • Flexible working hours and a hybrid workplace model (home office & office)
  • Vitamins, caffeine & drinks included: fresh fruit, non-alcoholic drinks, coffee, tea and ice cream are available free of charge

Interested?

Please send us your application documents - including CV, earliest possible starting date, salary expectations and meaningful work samples.

See you soon - your Realmforge team

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About The Company

The Kalypso Media Group is a privately owned, global, independent developer and publisher of interactive entertainment software with more than 170 employees worldwide, operating from a total of ten offices across Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Japan and the United States. Furthermore, the group owns four development studios – Realmforge Studios (Munich), Claymore Game Studios (Darmstadt), Gaming Minds Studios (Gütersloh), Gaming Minds Paderborn (Paderborn) – to secure a constant supply of high quality games and works with multiple leading independent developers. With a strong focus on strategy games for a global audience on all modern platforms, Kalypso Media Group's IP portfolio includes internationally popular game series such as Tropico, Commandos, Port Royale, Dungeons, Sudden Strike and Railway Empire.

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