Senior Animator

About the job

We are Fool’s Theory, a company from Bielsko-Biała in Poland, creators of the game Seven: The Days Long Gone and The Thaumaturge.

We are actively seeking skilled individuals to join our team to work on a project developed in cooperation with CD PROJEKT RED.

Sounds interesting? Get in touch with us!

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the design, art, and narrative teams to create believable character and creature animations.
• Create expressive and character-driven animations for humans and creatures that enhance the game experience.
• Work with motion capture data.
• Implement created assets into Unreal Engine 5.
• Perform iterative work in order to improve their quality.
• Provide feedback on the work of the animation team.
• Maintain animation pipeline.
• Research new technical solutions.
• Mentor the less experienced members of the team.

Requirements

• At least 7 years of professional experience in a similar position.
• Demonstrated knowledge of anatomy, both human and creature.
• Proficient in Autodesk Maya.
• Familiarity with Autodesk MotionBuilder.
• Experience with Unreal Engine 5.
• Good sense of characters, anatomy, movement dynamics, forces and masses.
• Experience with engine implementation.
• Keeping up with technological nuances in the field of animation.
• Ability to create animations assets consistent with the artistic vision and quality of the project.
• Fluent English.
• Ability to clearly provide constructive feedback.
• Good communication skills and eagerness to work in group.
• Problem-solving oriented.

Nice to have

• Rigging experience/knowledge.
• Scripting (MEL/Python) experience.
• Ability to independently plan your own work.

We offer

• Opportunity to work on a cool project in cooperation with CD PROJEKT RED.
• Flexible working hours (core hours 10:00-16:00).
• Possibility to work remotely (from anywhere with a time zone difference of -/+ 2 hours from GMT+1).
• English language lessons.
• Working in a group of experienced specialists, often gamedev veterans, who are willing to share their knowledge.
• Custom tools to automate boring, repetitive stuff.
• Working with modern tools from leading technology suppliers (e.g. Jetbrains), as well as with our proprietary solutions.
• Support in industry training courses, conferences and fairs participation (both as a participant or speaker).
• Private medical insurance (Enel-med).
• Access to MyBenefit platform with a possibility to co-finance a Multisport Card.
• Psychological support.