Animation Artist II

As a member of the clients R&D team, you will bring characters, environments, and in-game sequences to life through classic animation principles. Work will vary from character and environment animation, adapting existing animations for new gameplay mechanics, updating classic content, to working on innovative explorations for future client’s features.

As an Animation Artist with our client you will begin by working directly with our art, engineering, and technical art teams to help adapt and integrate legacy and new animations into gameplay-ready assets while supporting new technical workflows. You will craft animations tailored to gameplay needs and rework existing assets to fit evolving mechanics.

A great reel will showcase a diverse selection of game-related animation, a strong foundation in the principles of animation, and a solid knowledge of animation tools, pipelines, and processes.

Responsibilities:

• Create high quality animations for our client’s characters and environments
• Refine and repurpose classic animations for modern gameplay systems
• Collaborate with technical artists and engineers to optimize animations for performance and seamless integration
• Troubleshoot technical challenges in animation pipelines and workflows in partnership with developers

Required Qualifications:

• 3+ years of game development Experience
• Excellent knowledge of Maya and modern game engines (Unreal, etc)
• Development experience of Animation Systems (Sequencers, Blueprints, State Machines, in-engine animation and rigging tools, etc)
• Understand animation principles, and body mechanics, acting, posing, and storytelling techniques
• Demonstrated excellence in collaboration and communication within cross-disciplinary teams

Desired Qualifications:

For this role, you'll find success through craft expertise, a collaborative spirit, and decision-making that prioritizes the delight of players. We will be looking at your past studies, experience, and your personal relationship with games. If you embody player empathy and care about the experiences of players, this could be the role for you!

It’s our policy to provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees of Bee Talent Solutions. The Company makes reasonable accommodations for handicapped and disabled employees and does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, handicap, veteran status, marital status, criminal history, or any other category protected by applicable federal and state law. We consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state and local law, including, but not limited to, the California Fair Chance Act, the City of Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the Washington Fair Chance Act.

Per the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the following core duties may create a basis for disqualifying candidates with relevant criminal histories:

• Safeguarding confidential and sensitive data while employed by us and while on assignment at a customer of ours
• Communication with others, including employees and third parties such as vendors, customers (including their employees), and/or players, including minors
• Accessing our or our customer’s assets, secure digital systems, and networks
• Ensuring a safe interactive environment for players, employees, and temporary workers

These duties are directly related to essential operations, safety, trust, and compliance obligations within our organization and within the organization of any customer to whom you may be assigned while employed by us. Please note that job duties may evolve based on business needs and additional responsibilities may be assigned as necessary to maintain operational efficiency and security.