
Posted 10 days ago
Senior Animator
AI Summary
Breathes life into characters, creatures and objects to create a living and dynamic game experience, working closely with artists, designers and technical teams to deliver high-quality animations across gameplay, cinematics and menus.
About this role
Creating experiences is magical… but everyone should be able to do it! We are trying to realize this dream by creating games, communities, and building empowering technologies. If you are passionate about our mission, bring your expertise, enthusiasm and ridiculous ideas. Everyone at Embark contributes as game makers and culture creators. Your willingness to fail and learn with us, and enjoy it, is essential to our success.
Overview
As a Senior Animator at Embark your job is to breathe life into the characters, creatures and objects to create a living and dynamic game experience. You use your magnificent skills to make the world come alive and play a critical role enhancing the emotional experience and the gameplay elements of the game.
Examples of responsibilities
Create high quality animations for a wide range of characters, creatures and props
Evaluating different softwares, techniques, engines and pipelines
Be responsible for not just the animations but the whole chain needed to experience it in the game
Work closely with character artists, technical artists, animators and designers to build a fun and amazing looking game
Participate in playtests and provide feedback on the game
Opportunity to delve into gameplay animation as well as presentation areas such as menus, cinematics and trailers
We would love if you have
Relevant professional animation experience
A strong passion for animation, games and relevant technologies
Excellent visual skillset and deep artistic understanding and knowledge
Ability to follow directions and deliver to quality from a visual, game play and technical perspective
Great understanding and ability to work according Game and Animation direction as well as technical constraints
Great communication and collaboration skills
Modern game engine knowledge, stateflow, visual scripting etc.
Scripting language knowledge such as python and C#
This is an on-site role, and we are only considering candidates already residing in Sweden.
At Embark we offer competitive salaries, passionate colleagues to share knowledge with and much more, but most of all we invite you to take part of a journey into the unknown, to build creative, surprising and beautiful experiences together.
Be yourself at Embark and make games while doing so. Please apply with confidence. We can’t wait to hear from you (in English)!
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