Animation Team Lead - Dead by Daylight

3 Months ago • 5 Years + • Animation

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Team Lead Animator, you will spearhead animation production for Dead by Daylight, ensuring high-quality animations that captivate players. You will lead and mentor a team of animators, collaborate with directors, game designers, and programmers. Responsibilities include leading a team of animators, mentoring junior team members, scoping and planning future features, and championing the animation discipline.
Must have:
  • 5+ years of relevant experience
  • Excellent animation skills
  • Experience in team management and delegation
  • Collaborative mindset

Job Details

Are you ready to dive into the world of cutting-edge video game development? Headquartered in Montreal, Behaviour Interactive is at the forefront of the gaming industry, crafting unforgettable experiences across PC, console, and mobile platforms. We’re a dynamic, independent studio of over 1200 passionate employees, with studios in Toronto (Behaviour Toronto), Rotterdam (Behaviour Rotterdam) and in the UK (Behaviour UK–North & South). Our day to day revolves around two core business focuses: Services and Original Games. Our Services team collaborates with gaming and entertainment giants like Disney, Sony, Activision, and Nintendo, delivering exceptional work-for-hire development and pioneering immersive location-based entertainment (LBE). Meanwhile, our Original Games unit pushes our creative limits, with our signature IPs, including the iconic Dead by Daylight. Join us and be a part of the future of interactive entertainment!

At Behaviour Interactive, we believe in giving everyone a fair shot. We embrace a diverse and creative environment where everyone is celebrated. We value folks of all ages, sex, ethnicity, colour, ethnic or national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, civil status, disability, or any other protected characteristics as per applicable law.

Join our dynamic team as a Team Lead Animator on our exciting IP, Dead by Daylight! You will spearhead the animation production, ensuring our game continues to captivate players with stunning, high-quality animations. You will be responsible for leading and mentoring a talented team of animators to create high-quality animations. Collaborate with talented directors, game designers, and programmers to bring the vision to life.

In this role you will:

    • Work with the Directors on the Production to stay on brand.
    • Lead a team of ten 3D animators and assist them in developing and maintaining best practices.
    • Be a mentor for junior members of the team. 
    • Scope and plan future features.
    • Stay up to date on the latest tools and practices in the industry. 
    • Champion the Animation discipline. 

What we’re looking for:

    • 5+years of relevant experience.
    • Excellent animation skills.  
    • Experience in managing and leading team, delegating tasks, and distributing workload.  
    • Collaborative mindset, to participate in a transparent and learning culture within the team. 
    • Comfort in being a representative for Animation in inter-departmental conversations, being the primary contact for animation questions. 
    • Expertise in Maya, Unreal and othergraphic tools.
    • Technical knowledge in animation such as in key framing and in motion.
    • You thrive in a team-oriented, product-focused environment, enjoying collaboration and valuing the exchange of ideas and concepts.

Dans ce rôle, vous devrez :

    • Travailler avec les directeurs·rices pour assurer la cohérence de la marque;
    • Diriger une équipe d'animateurs·rices 3D et les aider à se développer et maintenir les meilleures pratiques;
    • Encadrer et mentorer les membres plus juniors de l'équipe;
    • Définir et planifier les futures fonctionnalités;
    • Se tenir à jour sur les derniers outils et pratiques de l'industrie;
    • Défendre la discipline de l'animation.

Ce que nous recherchons :

    • Plus de 5 ans d'expérience pertinente;
    • Excellentes compétences en animation;
    • Expérience dans la gestion et la direction d'équipe, la délégation de tâches et la répartition de la charge de travail;
    • Esprit collaboratif, pour participer à une culture transparente et d'apprentissage au sein de l'équipe;
    • À l'aise pour représenter l'animation dans les conversations interdépartementales, étant le contact principal pour les questions d'animation;
    • Expertise en Maya, Unreal et autres outils graphiques;
    • Connaissances techniques en animation, telles que le key framing et le motion;
    • Vous vous épanouissez dans un environnement orienté vers l'équipe et le produit, appréciant la collaboration et l'échange d'idées et de concepts.
Rejoins notre équipe dynamique en tant que Chef·e d'équipe animation sur notre IP, Dead by Daylight ! Tu dirigeras la production d'animations, en veillant à ce que notre jeu continue de captiver les joueurs·euses avec des animations époustouflantes et de haute qualité. Tu seras responsable de diriger et de encadrer une équipe talentueuse d'animateurs·rices pour créer des animations de haute qualité. Tu collaboreras avec des directeurs·rices talentueux, des concepteurs·rices de jeu et des programmeurs·euses pour donner vie à la vision.

Prété à plonger dans le monde du développement de jeux vidéo à la pointe de la technologie ? Basé à Montréal, Behaviour Interactif est un acteur majeur de l’industrie du jeu, créant des expériences inoubliables sur PC, console et mobile. On est un studio indépendant dynamique avec plus de 1200 employés passionnés, et on a des studios à Toronto (Behaviour Toronto), Rotterdam (Behaviour Rotterdam) et au Royaume-Uni (Behaviour UK–North & South). On se concentre sur deux grands axes : les Services et les Jeux Originaux. Notre équipe Services collabore avec des géants du jeu et du divertissement comme Disney, Sony, Activision et Nintendo, en offrant un développement sur commande de premier choix et en innovant dans le divertissement immersif en lieu fixe (LBE). Pendant ce temps, notre unité Jeux Originaux repousse les limites de notre créativité avec nos IPs emblématiques, comme le fameux Dead by Daylight. Rejoins-nous et fais partie de l'avenir du divertissement interactif !

Chez Behaviour Interactif, on croit en l’équité des chances pour tout le monde et on célèbre la diversité des personnes, des perspectives et des idées. C’est donc important pour nous de travailler avec des talents qui proviennent de tous les horizons, et ce, indépendamment de leur âge, sexe, ethnicité, couleur, origine ethnique ou nationale, religion, orientation sexuelle, identité de genre, statut familial, handicap ou toute autre caractéristique protégée par les lois applicables. 

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