Associate Animator

Respawn Entertainment, an Academy Award-winning studio, is seeking a talented Junior Animator for the Apex Legends Animation team. This role involves delivering powerful animation performances from initial blocking to final polish, crafting high-quality, believable animation content for Apex, and taking charge of the animation process from conceptualization to game implementation. The animator will work closely with experienced animators to push quality and inspire creativity, contributing to an immersive gameplay experience.

Must Have

• Deliver powerful animation performances from initial blocking to final polish, guided by seasoned animators.
• Craft high-quality, believable animation content for Apex that looks and feels amazing!
• Take charge of the animation process, from conceptualization (blocking, directing mocap talent) to realization (polished key-framing/motion editing, game implementation).
• Work closely with animators to push our quality, share knowledge, and inspire creativity.
• 1-2 years of professional game development experience.
• An understanding of video game animation development.
• Proficiency with Maya.
• Experience with full body/bipedal animations.
• Experience with viewmodel/first-person animations.
• Knowledge of motion editing (re-posing, re-timing, and enhancing mocap data).

Perks & Benefits

• Vacation (3 weeks per year to start)
• 10 days per year of sick time
• Paid top-up to EI/QPIP benefits up to 100% of base salary when you welcome a new child (12 weeks for maternity, and 4 weeks for parental/adoption leave)
• Extended health/dental/vision coverage
• Life insurance
• Disability insurance
• Retirement plan
• Certain roles may also be eligible for bonus and equity.

Founded in 2010, Respawn was created with the philosophy that when talented people have creative freedom, they’ll make extraordinary games that achieve the unexpected. Respawn Entertainment is the Academy Award-winning studio behind critically acclaimed multi-platform games Apex Legends, Titanfall, Titanfall 2, Star Wars™ Jedi: Fallen Order, Star Wars™ Jedi: Survivor, and Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond. As a collective of creative developers, we have launched some of the industry’s most critically and commercially successful games. We truly love what we do and want to share our passion with players worldwide.

We are looking for a talented Junior Animator to join the Apex Legends Animation team. We are picturing someone who has a strong animation foundation and is eager to grow their skills under the guidance of an experienced team. In this role you will help to establish and realize an immersive experience through remarkable animations and gameplay.

What you’ll do…

• Deliver powerful animation performances from initial blocking to final polish, guided by our seasoned animators.
• Craft high-quality, believable animation content for Apex that looks and feels amazing!
• Take charge of the animation process, from conceptualization (blocking, directing mocap talent) to realization (polished key-framing/motion editing, game implementation).
• Work closely with animators to push our quality, share knowledge, and inspire creativity.

Ideally you will have…

• 1-2 years of professional game development experience.
• An understanding of video game animation development.
• Proficiency with Maya.
• Experience with full body/bipedal animations.
• Experience with viewmodel/first-person animations.
• Knowledge of motion editing (re-posing, re-timing, and enhancing mocap data).

In British Columbia, we offer a package of benefits including vacation (3 weeks per year to start), 10 days per year of sick time, paid top-up to EI/QPIP benefits up to 100% of base salary when you welcome a new child (12 weeks for maternity, and 4 weeks for parental/adoption leave), extended health/dental/vision coverage, life insurance, disability insurance, retirement plan to regular full-time employees. Certain roles may also be eligible for bonus and equity.