Senior Animator

ART

What We Do

Push your artistic talent to the limit on a team of world-class environment, character and concept artists who strive to innovate and inspire.

What You'll Do

Epic Games is searching for experienced Animators to join our team working on Fortnite. As a Senior Animator, you’ll understand the fundamentals of animation and how they relate to game animation. You will implement animations in the Unreal 4 Editor using our animation blueprint system.

In this role, you will

• Create character-specific animations such as dances and emotes as well as gameplay animations in Maya using our ART tools set
• Take animation from initial concept through to implementation in Unreal Engine 4 using our animation blueprint system
• Work with the team to help drive the style and feel of Fortnite’s animation

What we're looking for

• An animation reel showing keyframed character and creature animations
• Strong experience with Maya and gameplay systems
• Good instincts for realistic and stylized motions
• Strong communication and teamwork skills
• Familiarity with the Unreal Engine 4 art pipeline
• Related skills, such as modeling, skinning, rigging
• Experience working with mocap data
• Experience having shipped at least one title
• Contribute developing and maintaining the animation pipeline, including tools, workflows, and documentation
• Provide technical guidance to junior and mid-level team members
• Complete tasks within assigned timelines while maintaining attention to detail and meeting project requirements

This role is open to multiple locations across Brazil.