Senior Gameplay Animator

A great team and a variety of exciting game development projects will allow you to flourish and grow while contributing to the gaming history and bringing to life famous characters!

As a Senior Animator you will be

• Creating key frame animation as well as working with motion capture data for in-game assets while following the given style guide of our exciting co-dev projects.
• Ensuring timely completion of animation commitments at the desired quality bar.
• Partnering with designers, programmers and other departments involved.
• Mentoring more junior members of the team
• Together with the Art Manager and Animation peers setting standards for the animation work, building animation systems
• Taking part in the production meetings representing the animation project team and reporting on the plans, achievements and difficulties
• Working in close collaboration throughout different departments to assure propriety implementation of animations within game engines.

Requirements:

• Proven experience in delivering quality player locomotion for AAA PC/Console FPS or TPS games.
• At least 5 years of experience in game development with:
• animating lively characters and creatures
• working with motion capture and keyframe animation
• working in-engine and implementing animations into locomotion systems
• Using Autodesk Maya
• working in Unreal Engine 5/4
• rigging and being able to build a new rig for a character from scratch
• mentoring the less experienced members of the team
• English proficiency at least at B2 level

The ideal candidate will also have

• Experience with mGear
• Scripting (MEL/Python) experience

Department

Art

Role

Animation

Locations

Nicosia - Cyprus, Helsinki - Finland

Remote status

Fully Remote

Recruitment Process

Any game is a reflection of the talent that creates it. We take great care in selecting the right candidates for the team. We want to talk to you and get to know you. We want you to know your colleagues and lead. Here's how the process usually looks:

Step 1

First, a chat with our recruiter. We’d like to learn more about you, your skills and your aspirations!

Step 2

For some roles, we may ask you to complete a technical test to assess your skills

Step 3

Up next, talking with the Team Lead. We’ll assess what you’d bring to the team and how you would fit in.

Step 4

Then, you’ll meet the rest of the team, to get to know the people you would be working with – and they’ll get to know you.

Step 5

If all has gone well - you will be welcome to join the team! 🎉

We know this may sound like a lot and we fully appreciate the fact that interview processes may be stressful to go through. Rest assured – we’ll do everything we can to make it as smooth, transparent and fast as possible for you.

And please let us know if there is anything we can do to make the process even easier for you!

About Redhill Games

Redhill Games capitalizes on the extensive knowledge of AAA PC and console titles in co-developing some of the world’s leading gaming brands. As an international team of seasoned industry veterans, we strive to create gaming experiences that make a lasting impression on the players.

Founded in 2018