Senior Animation ExDev Artist

Overview

We are looking for a Senior Animation ExDev Artist to champion our animation efforts with our ExDev partners.

Marathon is all about action and reward. In this role you will work with Art Leadership, Production and External Developers to give players more characterful moments, more delightful assets to chase, and to help push our quality bar to new heights. From handling large quantities of content, to advising a team of dedicated artists on content creation, we want you to be a part of our team to create new worlds together! If this is the challenge you are looking for, we’d love to hear from you.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Maintains alignment with Commerce Art Lead and Discipline Art Lead(s)
• Responsible for all discipline craft direction and feedback to external developers, ensuring all animation content meets the established quality bar
• Regularly identifies and escalates risks, communicates status to Commerce Art Lead/Producers/Project Leads
• Works with production to define costing and schedules for all animation external development
• Creates visibility through documentation of best practices, pipelines and tools
• Strive to optimize an effective character animation pipeline while identifying workflow improvements
• Creates high quality animation content when required
• Integrates assets when needed
• Working with production to evolve outsourcing infrastructure
• Coordinates with mocap team to direct performance shoots

REQUIRED SKILLS

• Strong communication and organizational skills
• In tune with the current FPS MTX Market and trends
• Thorough knowledge of Maya, Max and other animation applications.
• Proven ability to provide leadership and direction at to other animators at scale
• Understanding of mo-cap techniques
• An understanding of human and animal anatomy is an asset
• Undergraduate degree or completion of a certificate program that provides an education in the fundamentals of art is preferred but not necessary.

Listed below is this role's base pay range. In other locations that Bungie has approved for remote work, this pay range may be adjusted up to +/- 10% and some roles may be classified as non-exempt (hourly).

This range is determined by an array of factors, including training, transferable skills, work experience, business needs, and market demands. Additionally, it is subject to change and may be modified in the future.

In the journey to make incredible worlds, Bungie employees don't simply do meaningful work - they receive meaningful support. Competitive salaries and discretionary bonus opportunities are just the start. We offer comprehensive healthcare coverage, generous 401(k) matching, flexible time off policies, paid parental leave, social clubs, and so much more. Check out our benefits page: Benefits - Bungie Careers to see all the perks that come with joining Bungie.

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