Animator

2 Months ago • 7-7 Years • Animation

Job Summary

Job Description

Virtuos is seeking an Animator for a 6-month contract (June-November 2025) in their Kuala Lumpur office. Responsibilities include realistic and stylized facial and body animation for AAA games using motion capture, communication and collaboration with the North American lead team, and ensuring high-quality animation that meets deadlines. The ideal candidate will possess strong technical skills in Autodesk Maya, 7+ years of experience in facial or body animation (including advanced motion), experience with FACS and ideally Faceware or Dynamixyz, a strong portfolio demonstrating storytelling and emotional nuance, and excellent communication skills. The role requires strong collaboration and problem-solving skills, a proactive approach to work, and willingness to work with North American time zones.
Must have:
  • 7+ years experience in facial or body animation
  • Proficiency in Autodesk Maya
  • Strong storytelling & emotional nuance
  • Excellent communication & collaboration skills
  • Motion capture experience
  • Experience with FACS
Good to have:
  • Experience with Faceware or Dynamixyz
  • Experience in Cinematic Animation
  • Experience with Metahuman Animator

Job Details

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PLAY, GROW and WIN

To be a part of Virtuos means to be a creator.  

At Virtuos, we harness the latest technologies to make games better and more immersive than ever before. That is why we pride ourselves in constantly pushing the boundaries of possibility since our founding in 2004. 

Virtuosi is a team of experts – people who have come together to share their mutual passion for making and playing games. People with the same enthusiasm for exploring new ideas and the constant drive to excel in their field. People who believe in earning success through dedication.

At Virtuos, we are at the forefront of gaming, creating exciting new experiences daily. Join us to Play, Grow and Win – together.

ABOUT THE POSITION

Virtuos is a video game development company headquartered in Singapore with studios across Asia, Europe, and North America. Virtuos specializes in game development and art production for AAA titles – working as an external developer with our partners. This is a unique opportunity that will allow you to work with the premiere Los Angeles team on the very best games with professionals in the industry on many levels!

Responsibilities

  • Realistic and stylized facial animation of emotionally driven characters for a AAA game.
  • Realistic and stylized body animation from Motion Capture and Hand Key.
  • Realistic animation of photorealistic characters using motion capture data, with the ability to push and embellish character emotion and storytelling.
  • Communication and Collaboration with lead team based in North America.

Qualifications

  • Strong technical abilities using and animating in Autodesk Maya (Maya experience required).
  • Strong character animation background, including dialogue and emotionally driven work.
  • 7+ years of experience in facial animation or dialogue and emotion-driven animation and/or 7+ years of experience in body animation including advanced motion (fighting, etc.). facial animation experience or more, experience with FACS. Major plus if you have experience with Faceware, Dynamixyz, or Metahuman Animator
  • Experience working in video games is a plus, especially in Cinematic Animation.
  • Must be able to provide a demo reel or examples of professional work with a breakdown of your contributions to the shots, and an accompanying resume.
  • Solid sense of storytelling, emotion, and character development.
  • Ability to quickly and effectively solve problems and resolve any hurdles that present themselves while working to create the best animation possible.
  • Ability to communicate emotional arcs and tell a story through nuanced facial performance and character acting.
  • Ability to learn new programs and pipelines quickly and effectively. (Experience in Faceware or Dynamixyz is a plus but not required).
  • Proactive and driven, seeking out tasks remaining to be finished and actively seeking opportunities to learn.
  • Open to learning and implementing technical processes and pipelines in the animation process to be able to get to a first pass, so more time can be spent on detailed animation clean up.
  • Strong communicator and collaborator, able to work efficiently with a team.
  • Highly organized and diligent, able to meet quick deadlines while producing high-quality animation. 
  • Available to work on a 6-month contract (June - November 2025)
  • Must be willing to overlap with North American (PST or EST) time zones for trainings/meetings with clients.
  • Must be willing to work in office from Virtuos Kuala Lumpur offices.
  • Strong English verbal and written skills required.

Job Info

  • Job Function Identification 1100
  • Posting Date 03/19/2025, 08:33 AM
  • Locations Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
  • Job Function Schedule Full time
  • Linkedin Tags #LI-kul #LI-ES1

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