Directeur Artistique

4 Weeks ago • All levels • Animation

Job Summary

Job Description

Epic Games seeks a highly skilled Animation Director for its Fortnite team. The successful candidate will possess a deep understanding of animation principles and their application in game development. Responsibilities include leading a growing team of animators, guiding Fortnite's animation style and mood, overseeing animation from concept to implementation in Unreal Engine, creating character animations in Maya using provided 3D rigs and internal tools, collaborating with other art leads and artists, ensuring timely delivery of animation assets, and providing support for bug resolution. The role requires strong leadership and communication skills, along with proficiency in Maya, Unreal Engine 4, and experience with motion capture data.
Must have:
  • Animation experience (keyframe)
  • Maya proficiency
  • Unreal Engine 4 familiarity
  • Motion capture experience
  • Leadership and communication skills
  • Realistic/stylized movement sense
  • Game animation understanding
  • Team leadership experience
Good to have:
  • Blueprint animation
  • Modeling, skinning, rigging experience
Perks:
  • 100% employer-paid premiums for benefits
  • Medical, dental, vision coverage
  • Supplemental insurance
  • Telemedicine
  • Life insurance
  • Accidental death & dismemberment
  • Long-term disability
  • Weekly indemnity (short-term disability)
  • Retirement savings plan with employer contribution
  • Employee assistance program
  • Mental wellness program

Job Details

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Ce que nous faisons

Propulsez votre talent artistique au sein d’une équipe de classe mondiale avec des artistes innovateurs et inspirants responsables de l’environnement, des personnages et de la conception.

Ce que vous ferez

Epic Games est à la recherche d’un chef de l’animation pour son équipe Fortnite. Le candidat retenu devra avoir une grande compréhension des principes fondamentaux de l’animation et de leur relation avec l’animation de jeux, et pouvoir mettre en œuvre des animations dans Unreal Engine. La maîtrise de l’animation dans Blueprint est un atout.

Ce dont vous serez responsable

  • Diriger une équipe grandissante d’animateurs. Aider à encadrer et à diriger le style et l’ambiance de l’animation de Fortnite.
  • Faire passer l’animation du concept initial jusqu’à la mise en œuvre dans Unreal Engine.
  • Créer des animations propres aux personnages dans Maya à l’aide de nos squelettes d’animation 3D et de nos outils internes.
  • Travailler en étroite collaboration avec les différents chefs d’équipe d’art chez Epic et les artistes sous sa responsabilité pour s’assurer que les services en aval disposent de toutes les informations dont ils ont besoin lors du lancement.
  • S’assurer que les ressources d’animation sont livrées et expédiées avec succès et à temps.
  • Agir à titre de point de contact pour offrir un soutien de bogues, le triage et la résolution des ressources d’animation.

Ce que nous recherchons

  • Vous avez un démo d’animation à présenter contenant des animations par image clé de personnages et de créatures.
  • Solide expérience avec les systèmes de jouabilité et Maya.
  • Bon instinct en ce qui a trait aux mouvements réalistes et stylisés.
  • Excellentes capacités de communication et en matière de leadership.
  • Familiarité avec le bassin artistique d’Unreal Engine 4.
  • Compétences connexes, comme la modélisation, la création d’apparences (« skins ») et la préparation de squelettes pour l’animation 3D.
  • Expérience de travail avec des données de capture de mouvement.
  • Expérience dans l’expédition d’au moins un titre.

Avantages

Nous payons l’entièreté des primes (100 %) associées aux avantages sociaux, tant pour les employés que pour les personnes à charge, et proposons une couverture supplémentaire pour les soins médicaux, dentaires et de la vue, les maladies graves, la télémédecine, l’assurance-vie, l’assurance en cas de décès ou de mutilation par accident et l’assurance invalidité de longue durée. Nous offrons également une indemnité hebdomadaire (invalidité de courte durée) et un régime d’épargne-retraite avec cotisation concurrentielle de la part de l’employeur. En plus du programme d’aide aux employés, nous proposons un programme étoffé de bien-être mental par l’entremise de Modern Health, un organisme qui fournit gratuitement des services de thérapie et d’encadrement aux employés et aux personnes à charge.

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Founded in 1991, Epic Games is a leading interactive entertainment company and provider of 3D engine technology. Epic operates Fortnite, one of the world’s largest games with over 350 million accounts and 2.5 billion friend connections. Epic also develops Unreal Engine, which powers the world’s leading games and is adopted across industries such as film and television, architecture, automotive, manufacturing, and simulation. Through Unreal Engine, Epic Games Store, and Epic Online Services, Epic provides an end-to-end digital ecosystem for developers and creators to build, distribute, and operate games and other content. Epic has over 40 offices worldwide with headquarters in Cary, North Carolina.

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