3D Animator

Stardock is looking for an experienced 3D Animator with a passion for games to join our growing art team! Working on a small and flexible team, this 3D Animator will be responsible for creating detailed animation for a variety of characters, animals and fantastical creatures for an unannounced project.  
This is a salaried, full-time position reporting to our Plymouth, Michigan studio. This position is open to remote and hybrid applicants.   
   

Primary Responsibilities Include: 

• Animating a wide range of human, creature and animal characters. 

• Creating visually interesting combat animations for both human characters and creatures – magical and melee combat especially. 

• Defining/developing interesting personalities for creatures, animals and characters through animations. 

• Collaborating with the art team, engineers and designers to meet aesthetic goals. 

• Assisting designers, engineers, and artists with gameplay prototyping 

• Working with Maya and Unreal 5. 

Education and/or Experience Desired: 

• Bachelor’s Degree and/or minimum of 3 years relevant game industry experience in 3D animation   

• Strong understanding of traditional animation principles  

• Proficiency in rigging and skinning game-ready assets is preferred. 

• Excellent bipedal, and non-human organic animation skills. 

• Interest in developing a variety of animation types. 

• Proficient with professional software packages for 3D animation content production – Maya is preferred and used on this project. 

• Proven problem-solving and prototyping ability.  

• Self-motivated, and able to work autonomously. 

• Experience with version control software (CVS, Perforce, etc.)