Senior 2D Animator

Kabam

8-8 Years | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (On Site) | Full Time | 8 months ago

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Job Summary

Kabam seeks a Senior 2D Animator to lead and oversee character animation in their games. Responsibilities include designing and creating character animations (movements, expressions, cinematic sequences), aligning animations with the game's artistic vision, utilizing animation for storytelling, collaborating with other teams, and establishing animation best practices. The ideal candidate possesses 8+ years of mobile/console game development experience, expertise in animation tools (MotionBuilder, Maya), and experience with automated animation systems and pipeline development. This is a full-time, on-site position in Vancouver.

Must Have

8+ years mobile/console game dev
MotionBuilder & Maya expertise
Automated animation systems
Lead character animation
Collaboration & communication skills

Good to Have

Unity experience

Job Description

At Kabam, we’re constantly raising the bar of excellence in free-to-play gaming. We hire for passion and diversity so that we can triumph in our collective skill. Our teams are made up of a fusion of personalities and interests bound together by a collaborative nature, fun-loving culture, and a drive to do what it takes to make great games. And this is where you come in…

The Senior 2D Animator is responsible for leading and overseeing the animation of all characters in the game, ensuring that our games feature exceptional character animations and bring our game worlds to life. You will play a pivotal role in shaping the animation style, quality, and storytelling within our games.

This role is a full-time, on-site position based 5 days a week at our Downtown Vancouver studio.

In this role, you can expect to be involved in:

Character Animation Design and Creation:
Oversee the design and creation of character animations, including character movements, facial expressions, and cinematic sequences.

Artistic Vision Alignment:
Ensure that animations align with the game's artistic vision and style, enhancing the player's immersion and engagement.

Storytelling through Animation:
Champion the use of animation as a powerful storytelling tool, helping to convey character personalities, emotions, and narrative elements.

Collaboration and Communication:
Collaborate with writers, directors, and designers to ensure that animation serves the game's storytelling objectives.

Best Practices Development:
Work with the Art Director and Art team to design, implement, and communicate best practices to the entire art production team.

To be successful in this role, your background includes:

Undergraduate degree or college diploma (or equivalent) in a related field (3D animation, traditional animation, film, tv production, computer graphics, etc.)
8+ years working in mobile or console game development.
Experience developing automated animation systems, developing tools and pipelines.
Advanced experience with animations, schematics, rigging and setups.
Problem solves all technical issues involving animation.
Experience with Motionbuilder and Maya animation tools
Experience with Unity is a plus.

Excited by this opportunity? Kabam is dedicated to growing our diverse and inclusive workforce, so if your past experience doesn’t perfectly match the listed requirements we encourage you to apply anyways - you could be a great fit for this or other positions.

We invite you to apply now and start the conversation with us. Together, we can create and support some of the best games ever made and entertain the world!

About Kabam

Kabam is a world leader in developing entertaining, immersive, and highly social multiplayer games, bringing high-quality graphics, next-generation technology, and revolutionary gameplay to players around the world.

Kabam’s games, Marvel Contest of Champions, Shop Titans, and more have generated hundreds of millions of downloads and have received multiple awards including Apple’s Editor’s Choice and Google Play’s Best Game of the Year.

Founded in 2006, Kabam has studios and offices in Vancouver, Montreal and Charlottetown in Canada, Los Angeles and San Francisco in the United States, and in Seoul, South Korea. Kabam is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Netmarble Games.

Kabam is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer committed to building a diverse and equitable workplace, and inclusive environment for all existing and potential employees. Employment decisions are based on candidate qualifications and business need, not race, color, ancestry, place of origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, political belief, religion, creed, marital or family status, medical condition, genetic information, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, prior criminal conviction or any other protected class in accordance with federal, state or provincial and local laws and ordinances. Accommodations will be provided as requested by candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.