G1-Creative Art team-Animation Director (Shenzhen)

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Animation

Job Description

TiMi Studio Group, a Tencent Games team, seeks an Animation Director for its G1-Creative Art team in Shenzhen. The role involves understanding core narratives, writing director's statements, setting quality standards, guiding art and visual effects, directing actors and voice actors, and coordinating with narrative teams. The director will oversee cinematography, lighting, composition, and animation performance to ensure visual consistency and high-quality game entertainment across various genres, including popular titles like Honor of Kings.
Good To Have:
  • Understanding of game development and production processes or game-related technologies.
  • Familiarity with the Monster Hunter IP and passion for it.
Must Have:
  • Understand core narrative and visuals, write director's statements, set quality standards.
  • Draw and modify storyboards, guide art settings, camera language, and visual effects.
  • Direct actors or voice actors for performance and dubbing.
  • Coordinate from concept to integration with the narrative team, guiding cinematography, lighting, and composition.
  • Design and direct performance animation, ensuring alignment with project action style and narrative needs.
  • Guide dialogue system camera performance and effects, and manage CG/PV production.
  • Work experience in film/TV production, directing, drama, or story-driven game development.
  • Rich experience in creative and narrative expression.
  • Expert-level proficiency in reviewing work and providing constructive feedback.
  • Excellent directing ability and coordination skills.
  • Good artistic aesthetic and strong understanding of art theories.
  • Passion for visual arts and animation, with extensive exposure to various animation forms.
Perks:
  • Participate in challenging and innovative game projects.
  • Enhance personal design capabilities and influence.
  • Collaborate with top art teams in the industry.
  • Create high-quality game works.
  • Equal employment opportunities.
  • Inclusive work environment.

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Business Introduction

TiMi Studio Group is a game research and development team under Tencent Games. Upholding the vision of enhancing the entertainment quality for global players, TiMi has diligently cultivated expertise in numerous game sub-segments, establishing leading core R&D capabilities both domestically and globally.

Since its establishment in 2008, TiMi has continuously launched multiple popular products, covering various categories such as multiplayer competitive, RPG, shooting, racing, strategy, and casual games, with rich cross-platform development experience. Its works include well-known games like "Honor of Kings," "QQ Speed," "CrossFire: King of Shooter," "Call of Duty Mobile," "天天爱消除 (Tiantian Ai Xiaochu)," "Return to Empire," "Pokémon UNITE," and "Metal Slug: Awakening," providing excellent game entertainment experiences for hundreds of millions of users worldwide.

While expanding into new categories, TiMi is also committed to exploring the social value of games through cultural and creative practices and esports, empowering games and transmitting positive energy to more players.

Job Responsibilities

1. Based on plot requirements, quickly understand and organize core narrative and visuals, write director's statements, provide production references, and establish quality standards and specifications.

2. Possess the aesthetic ability to draw and modify storyboards, guide art settings, camera language, and visual effects performance, providing full-process quality solutions.

3. Responsible for auditioning or guiding actors to complete relevant performances or motion capture requirements; responsible for auditioning or guiding voice actors to complete dubbing.

4. Coordinate and guide from concept to final integration, collaborating with the narrative team to complete narrative designs that align with the game's tone, guiding and controlling cinematography, lighting, and composition to ensure the unified integrity of visual style and performance effects.

5. Responsible for guiding the design and rhythm of performance animation, tension, and detailed performance requirements, achieving a match between the performance section and the project's action style and narrative needs, and completing high-quality animation performances.

6. Guide the camera performance and effects of the dialogue system, guide the script, storyboards, and visual effects for CG/PVs, and promote vendor management to be responsible for the overall effect of the finished film.

Job Requirements

1. Work experience in film and television production, directing, drama-related fields, or experience in story-driven game development is preferred.

2. Possess rich experience in creative and narrative expression; possess expert-level proficiency in reviewing work, providing constructive feedback, and maintaining narrative continuity.

3. Possess excellent directing ability, capable of guiding actor performance and coordinating various departments.

4. Possess good artistic aesthetic, with a strong understanding of art theories such as modeling, color, and composition.

5. Love visual arts and animation, with extensive exposure to CG animation, anime series, animated films, and live-action films.

6. Understanding of game development and production processes or game-related technologies is a plus.

Bonus Points

1. Familiarity with the Monster Hunter IP and passion for it.

Job Highlights

1. Participate in challenging and innovative game projects, enhancing personal design capabilities and influence.

2. Collaborate with top art teams in the industry to jointly create high-quality game works.

Tencent is committed to providing equal employment opportunities

At Tencent, we always adhere to the principle of equal employment opportunities and are committed to creating a fair and inclusive work environment for every employee. We firmly believe that diverse voices can inspire unlimited innovation and drive us to provide better services for users and society. We carefully foster a supportive and encouraging atmosphere to help every employee find their own stage and achieve personal and common development goals.

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