Description

 Do you love animating amazing beasts and creatures? Do you enjoy hand keying attacks and pushing the boundaries of character movement? Want to help the player to live out their action-oriented fantasy through compelling motion and gameplay? If you are a skilled gameplay animator who can demonstrate strong animation principles and body mechanics, we want to hear from you. Come along side us as we help re-imagine what is possible with this well-known stylized AAA project. 

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Key frame animations across multiple skeletons and rigs
• Work with bipeds, quadrupeds, and more to craft compelling characters and creature combat experiences 
• Collaborate with design to help drive player fantasy through iteration and execution of player movement
• Work closely with production, engineering, QA and VFX to ensure successful delivery and execution of work · Join a strong collaborative animation team environment in a remote working environment
• Collaborate and communicate with HSL’s partners to ensure adherence to core requirements and procedures
• Contribute to and be a part of Hardsuit’s culture, environment, and team

Requirements

WHAT YOU’LL BRING

• 4 years of animation experience, or degree in game design/animation
• Strong interest in player and creature movement, gameplay and storytelling through gameplay
• Experience in Unreal Engine, Blueprints, Animation Trees, and animation pipeline
• Fluent in Maya
• Keen knowledge of 1st and 3rd person player animation and gameplay systems, cameras, and principles
• Strong key frame animator, able to work in subtle, stylization
• Familiar working with motion-capture data and pipelines
• Excellent communication, and interpersonal skills who enjoys collaboration and team wins
• Action oriented self-starter who can take initiative and drive forward even when work is ambiguous
• Strong technical problem-solving skills

NICE TO HAVE

• Shipped games experience
• Mesh Skinning Vertex weighting experience a plus.
• Understanding of MEL/Python
• Understands rigging concepts and techniques
• Knowledgeable about game industry trends and animation techniques
• Experience in a game development role other than animation