Senior Animator (Faces)

7 Months ago • 5 Years + • Animation • $75,000 PA - $165,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

Senior Animator with 5+ years of experience creating high-quality character animations, strong understanding of FACS, and excellent communication skills.
Must have:
  • Facial Animation
  • FACS System
  • Motion Capture
  • Animation Principles
Good to have:
  • Animation Pipeline
  • Leadership Role
  • Motion Capture Shoot
  • External Vendors
Perks:
  • Healthcare Benefits
  • 401(k) Plan

Job Details

Overview

Join Constellation!

Come join Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning development team behind Starfield, The Elder Scrolls and Fallout. Bethesda Game Studios strives to offer its employees a well-balanced home and work life by providing competitive salaries, a generous benefits program, and offices located in some of North America’s best cities.

With a goal of creating a culture as fun and diverse as our games and our players, we welcome applicants with unique skillsets, experience levels and backgrounds. If you are passionate about making a meaningful contribution to some of the most significant games in the industry, we’d love to hear from you!

Responsibilities

Your Daily Life at Bethesda Game Studios

Bethesda Game Studios is looking for an exceptional Facial Animator to maintain and improve the facial animation pipeline collaborating closely with artists, programmers, designers, producers, and external vendors.

As Senior Animator, you will…

  • Apply animation principles to create high-quality character specific animations, while making any changes based on artistic direction using both a FACS based system and motion capture data
  • Work in collaboration with members of the team to address animation needs and requirements for cinematic content and gameplay
  • Actively engage with developers outside of your discipline, creating a positive and productive experience for all involved
  • Assist and provide constructive feedback to other animators
  • Communicate needs to any out-of-team or external dependencies
  • Consistently integrate and maintain your work in the game

Qualifications

What Makes You S.P.E.C.I.A.L.

  • You have 5+ years of professional or related experience as a Facial Animator
  • You possess outstanding animation skills, displaying a strong understanding of the principles and a desire to improve
  • You have a strong understanding of FACS based systems
  • You are detail-oriented
  • You are a self-motivated team player with a strong work ethic and cooperative attitude
  • You’re great at adapting to change and accept constructive feedback well
  • You possess excellent problem-solving and prototyping skills
  • You are highly organized and have excellent time management skills
  • You have excellent oral and written communication skills
  • You are proficient working with motion capture in either Maya or Motion Builder
  • You have a passion for gaming and making GREAT games
  • You are passionate about pushing animation quality to the next level

Preferred Skills

Bonus Skills

  • You’ve previously developed high output Facial Animation pipelines
  • You have experience in a leadership role
  • You have experience directing motion capture shoots
  • You are experienced working with external vendors
  • You’ve previously animated on open world games
  • You have animation graph experience
  • You have experience working closely with AI programmers and Gameplay programmers, understanding the technicalities of game AI and game functionality

Salary Range

Senior Animator - The typical base pay range for this position at the start of employment is expected to be between $75,000 - $165,000 per year.

ZeniMax has different base pay ranges for different work locations within the United States, which allows us to pay employees competitively and consistently in different geographic markets. The range above reflects the potential base pay across the U.S. for this role; the applicable base pay range will depend on what ultimately is determined to be the candidate’s primary work location. Individual base pay depends on various factors, in addition to primary work location, such as complexity and responsibility of role, job duties/requirements, and relevant experience and skills. Base pay ranges are reviewed and typically updated each year. Offers are made within the base pay range applicable at the time.

At ZeniMax certain roles are eligible for additional rewards, such as merit increases and discretionary bonuses. These awards are allocated based on individual performance and are not guaranteed. Benefits/perks listed here may vary depending on the nature of employment with ZeniMax and the country work location. U.S.-based employees have access to healthcare benefits, a 401(k) plan and company match, short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, wellbeing benefits, paid vacation time, paid sick and mental health time, and several paid holidays, among others.

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ZeniMax creates and publishes original interactive entertainment content for consoles, the PC, and handheld/wireless devices. Its Bethesda Softworks division, founded in 1986 in the early days of the industry, has a long history of success as a publisher of award-winning video games. In addition, the ZeniMax group includes some of the most acclaimed development studios in the world. The Company's growing library of intellectual properties includes such franchises as The Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Dishonored, DOOM, QUAKE, Wolfenstein, Enemy Territory, RAGE and The Evil Within.

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