Senior Animator
Hybrid
Information
Help build a kick ass game.
Represent the company values.
Drive next-gen development within the animation field.
Mentor and guide junior developers.
Have a genuine interest in animation and game development.
Role and key responsibilities
- Create compelling animations (Characters, creatures, Bosses and other assets)
meeting the high standard and style that has been set from our art dept.
- Exploring and creating is a part of your workweek life and you adopt new learnings as you go along.
- Collaborate with your animation team, artists, designers, programmers and
producers to further realize the vision of the team.
- Actively contribute and share your feedback with the team to help improve on the
animation pipeline and tools, document changes, and contributions.
- Mentor, train and inspire the animation and art department with your key experience.
- Plan, structure and drive the animation workload (team) and communicate status in a
clear and constructive way through channels established by the studio.
Skills and main qualifications
- Broad experience of different animation styles, both realistic and stylized. Any
experience within traditional animation is a plus.
- Experienced in the animation field and preferably a few years of experience as a senior animator or as a mentor to junior animators.
- Experience from creating 2D and/or 3D VFX is a big plus, as the senior animators will create VFX together with the technical artists.
- Good technical experience to push a character through the animation pipeline from model to game. Skinning, rigging, animation, export, import, state machine and control rig setup in engine.
- Experienced with optimizing animations for gameplay performance and requirements for the game.
- Expected to provide feedback on unclear direction or communication, make your
voice heard if information is unclear.
- Good experience and understanding of Unreal, Maya and the animation pipeline
between them is a must.
Company perks and benefits
- Penthouse level office location in Central Gothenburg, Sweden
- Health benefits package
- State of the art equipment
- Flex hours and days, with core hours starting from 9:30
- Snacks, fruits and beverages
- Friday outings
- 30 days of vacation.
Application process
Go to tothesky.se and connect with the “Art and Creative” department. Or email:
andre.ahlinder@tothesky.se with your application.
Experience level
Mid-Senior level
Job type
Full-time
Department
Animator
Main contact (s)
andre.ahlinder@tothesky.se
Location
Gothenburg, Sweden
