Senior Character/Animation Specialist

5 Hours ago • 5 Years + • Animation • $125,000 PA - $155,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Senior Character/Animation Specialist at AGBO, you'll create fluid, expressive character animations for real-time, networked gameplay, focusing on melee combat systems. You'll collaborate with various teams to ensure animations align with gameplay, using Unreal Engine 5 and its animation tools. Responsibilities include implementing high-quality animations, defining animation standards and workflows, and contributing to a unified pipeline. The role requires strong Unreal Engine skills, knowledge of melee combat animation, and excellent collaboration skills. This is a hybrid role with potential for cross-departmental collaboration.
Must have:
  • 5+ years experience in character animation
  • Unreal Engine expertise (animation blueprints)
  • Melee combat animation knowledge
  • Gameplay animation pipeline understanding
  • Strong collaboration skills
Good to have:
  • Experience with live service games
  • Familiarity with Gameplay Ability System (GAS)
  • Rigging or character setup experience
  • Interest in film or experimental gameplay
Perks:
  • Full remote flexibility

Job Details

About the Company:
AGBO is an artist-led, Academy Award-winning independent studio focused on developing and producing innovative story universes across film, television, and digital platforms. Founded in 2017 by visionary directors Anthony and Joe Russo, AGBO’s mission is to inspire and advance the next generation of storytelling to entertain and influence audiences worldwide. AGBO’s productions include Everything Everywhere All At Once, Extraction, The Electric State, and the upcoming Avengers: Doomsday.

In 2023, AGBO welcomed Donald Mustard—former Chief Creative Officer at Epic Games and co-creator of Fortnite—as a partner. Mustard brings a bold creative vision to AGBO: to expand what storytelling can be through immersive, interconnected worlds that span across media. We’re building the future of storytelling—and we’re looking for bold, creative minds to help shape it. If you’re ready to help define what comes next, we’d love to meet you.

Position Summary:
As a Senior Character / Animation Specialist, you’ll be at the heart of our gameplay experience. You’ll implement fluid, expressive, and technically robust character animations that define how it feels to move, fight, and interact in our world. Your work will directly contribute to making our characters iconic, memorable, and instantly recognizable in motion. This is a hybrid role with the potential to collaborate across departments, supporting unified character direction and shared pipelines. This is a high-impact role on an ambitious team creating something special and exciting.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Implement and polish high-quality character animations for real-time, networked gameplay – especially melee combat systems.
  • Collaborate closely with combat, design, and engineering teams to ensure animations support gameplay intent, timing, and responsiveness.
  • Work within Unreal Engine 5 to manage animation blueprints, state machines, and blend spaces.
  • Help define animation standards, tools, and workflows for characters and creatures.
  • Contribute to the development of a consistent and unified character animation pipeline across departments.


Qualifications & Skills:

  • 5+ years of experience in character animation and / or technical animation roles, ideally in networked or combat-focused games, bonus if you helped grow and maintain a live service game.
  • Deep understanding of gameplay animation pipelines in Unreal Engine, including animation blueprints and real-time implementation.
  • Strong knowledge of melee combat timing, character responsiveness, and gameplay feel.
  • A keen eye for motion, personality, and performance in animated characters.
  • Cross-disciplinary collaboration skills and the ability to solve both creative and technical animation challenges.
  • Experience working on multiplayer or networked action games.
  • Familiarity with the Gameplay Ability System (GAS) in Unreal.
  • Comfort with rigging or character setup in a production environment.
  • Bonus: Previous experience at a startup or on early-phase projects.
  • Bonus: An interest in film, cross-medium storytelling, or experimental gameplay.


The typical base salary for this position ranges from $125,000-$155,000 annually. Actual offers will be determined based on experience. These values reflect the expected base pay range of new hires in CA, NY, NC, and UT. Actual offers will be determined using local market data for the identified candidate’s geographic area and may vary from the stated range.

AGBO Films, LLC is committed to operating fair and unbiased recruitment procedures allowing all applicants an equal opportunity for employment, free from discrimination on the basis of religion, race, sex, age, sexual orientation, disability, color, ethnic or national origin or any other classification as may be protected by applicable law. We aim to recruit the right people for the jobs we have to offer, and to assess applications on the basis of relevant skills, education and experience.

AGBO participates in E-Verify - English | Spanish

The job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent to this position. This position offers full remote flexibility.

Similar Jobs

Fool's Theory - UX/UI Designer (Regular/Senior)

Fool's Theory

Poland (Remote)
2 Months ago
Embark Studios - Performance Engineer UI/UX

Embark Studios

Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden (On-Site)
2 Days ago
NvizzioCreations - Senior Unreal Programmer

NvizzioCreations

Montreal, Quebec, Canada (On-Site)
3 Days ago
Epic Games - Senior UI Artist

Epic Games

Cary, North Carolina, United States (On-Site)
1 Month ago
ION - Cloud Engineer/Architect (DevOps)

ION

Italy (On-Site)
5 Months ago
Ubisoft - Technical Director, Animation

Ubisoft

Annecy, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France (On-Site)
2 Months ago
Rockstar Games - Principal Technical Artist: Animation

Rockstar Games

Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom (On-Site)
5 Months ago
Ubisoft - Team Lead - Animation

Ubisoft

Toronto, Ontario, Canada (On-Site)
3 Weeks ago
PlayStation Global - Animator (External Development)

PlayStation Global

Los Angeles, California, United States (Hybrid)
4 Weeks ago
Ubisoft - Technical Animation Director

Ubisoft

Annecy, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France (On-Site)
3 Days ago

Get notifed when new similar jobs are uploaded

Similar Skill Jobs

Nissan - Warehouse Operator

Nissan

Canton, Mississippi, United States (On-Site)
6 Months ago
WongDoody - (CX) CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE CONSULTANT

WongDoody

Australia (On-Site)
6 Months ago
Game Boost - Tech Artist

Game Boost

Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden (Hybrid)
2 Days ago
Techland - UE5 AI Game Programmer

Techland

Poland (On-Site)
7 Months ago
IGT - QA Technician III

IGT

West Greenwich, Rhode Island, United States (On-Site)
3 Months ago
Epic Games - Level Designer

Epic Games

London, England, United Kingdom (On-Site)
2 Months ago
Tencent - Senior Technical Artist

Tencent

Irvine, California, United States (On-Site)
3 Months ago
Oculus VR - VFX Artist

Oculus VR

Burlingame, California, United States (Remote)
1 Week ago
The Walt Disney Company - Carpenter

The Walt Disney Company

Anaheim, California, United States (On-Site)
1 Month ago
Embark Studios - Online Game Programmer (C++) - Game Services

Embark Studios

Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden (On-Site)
3 Months ago

Get notifed when new similar jobs are uploaded

Jobs in United States

Aristocrat Gaming - Paralegal - Trademark & Intellectual Property

Aristocrat Gaming

Franklin, Tennessee, United States (Hybrid)
1 Week ago
Tencent - Legal Intern

Tencent

California, United States (On-Site)
3 Weeks ago
Hedra - Lead Product Engineer

Hedra

San Francisco, California, United States (On-Site)
3 Days ago
Riot Games - Manager, Service Reliability Analyst - Live Operations

Riot Games

Los Angeles, California, United States (On-Site)
1 Month ago
Xsolla - IT Director

Xsolla

Los Angeles, California, United States (Remote)
3 Days ago
Next Level Business Services - .NET Developer

Next Level Business Services

Chicago, Illinois, United States (On-Site)
5 Months ago
Epic Games - Senior Technical Designer

Epic Games

Cary, North Carolina, United States (On-Site)
2 Months ago
Next Level Business Services - Android Integrator

Next Level Business Services

Denver, Colorado, United States (On-Site)
5 Months ago
SSC Technologies - Senior Project Manager

SSC Technologies

Boston, Massachusetts, United States (Hybrid)
5 Months ago
AGS - American Gaming Systems - Senior Regulatory Compliance Specialist

AGS - American Gaming Systems

United States (Remote)
4 Days ago

Get notifed when new similar jobs are uploaded

Animation Jobs

Ubisoft - Senior 3D Gameplay Technical Animator

Ubisoft

Montpellier, Occitanie, France (On-Site)
2 Months ago
Epic Games - Animation Tools Programmer

Epic Games

United States (On-Site)
2 Months ago
Sony Pictures Animation - Production Assistant - Series

Sony Pictures Animation

Los Angeles, California, United States (On-Site)
3 Days ago
Rockstar Games - Animation R&D Programmer

Rockstar Games

New York, New York, United States (On-Site)
4 Months ago
Titmouse - Pipeline Technical Director

Titmouse

Los Angeles, California, United States (On-Site)
1 Month ago
Ubisoft - Machine Learning Programmer (Characters & Animation) - Rainbow Six

Ubisoft

Montreal, Quebec, Canada (On-Site)
3 Weeks ago
Ubisoft - Rigger [Rainbow Six]

Ubisoft

Chengdu, Sichuan, China (On-Site)
4 Months ago
Rockstar Games - Animation R&D Programmer

Rockstar Games

Oakville, Ontario, Canada (On-Site)
4 Months ago
DNEG - Production Supervisor/Coordinator

DNEG

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India (On-Site)
1 Week ago
Amber - 3D Animator (Project Based)

Amber

Brazil (On-Site)
8 Months ago

Get notifed when new similar jobs are uploaded

About The Company

Founded by award-winning, record-breaking directors Anthony and Joe Russo, AGBO is an artist-led entertainment company focused on creating content borne of innovative story universes across film, television, and digital platforms. 



Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/agbofilms

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/agboyoutube

AGBOVERSE: https://www.agboverse.com/

United States (Remote)

United States (Remote)

United States (Remote)

United States (Remote)

Los Angeles, California, United States (On-Site)

Los Angeles, California, United States (On-Site)

Los Angeles, California, United States (On-Site)

Los Angeles, California, United States (On-Site)

View All Jobs

Get notified when new jobs are added by AGBO

Level Up Your Career in Game Development!

Transform Your Passion into Profession with Our Comprehensive Courses for Aspiring Game Developers.

Job Common Plug