Expert Gameplay Animator

2K
Burnaby, Vancouver
Workplace: HybridFull time99,800 - 147,680 annuallyFunction: Creative Production (Video/Audio/Photo)Education: certificationSkills: ["Collaboration","Proactive mindset","Quality mindset","Open-minded communication"]

Create and refine gameplay animations for an upcoming sports franchise by collaborating with AI and animation engineers, designers, and producers. You’ll implement authentic sports behaviors, clean up and enhance motion-capture data to meet engine and design requirements, and participate in review/feedback loops. Partner with leads to define animation needs, champion quality and authenticity, estimate animation task scope, and occasionally contribute prototype assets for previsualization.

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FursaFursa
2K
2K
14 hours ago

Expert Gameplay Animator

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Job Summary

Create and refine gameplay animations for an upcoming sports franchise by collaborating with AI and animation engineers, designers, and producers. You’ll implement authentic sports behaviors, clean up and enhance motion-capture data to meet engine and design requirements, and participate in review/feedback loops. Partner with leads to define animation needs, champion quality and authenticity, estimate animation task scope, and occasionally contribute prototype assets for previsualization.
Location: Burnaby, Vancouver
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Creative Production (Video/Audio/Photo)

Key Responsibilities

  • •Collaborate in a multidisciplinary game development environment and participate in review/feedback for both source animation and gameplay contexts.
  • •Edit, enhance, and clean up motion capture data to meet gameplay, engine, and design requirements.
  • •Work with design leads to define animation needs and create feature animation designs.
  • •Collaborate with engineers and designers to influence technical implementation and deliver the strongest possible features in-engine.
  • •Champion animation quality and authenticity, estimate animation task scope, and occasionally contribute prototype assets for previsualization.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: 99,800 - 147,680 annually

Key Requirements

  • •A university degree in visual arts (e.g., graphic design, commercial art, graphic communications, cartooning) or completion of a college diploma program in graphic arts.
  • •Creative ability demonstrated by a portfolio of work.
  • •Experience or training in multiplayer/post-secondary multimedia design may be required (confirm during application).
  • •Experience with second-to-second interactive animation features and a player-experience-focused approach.
  • •Experience working with Unreal Engine.
Experience:Sports gamesInteractive animationMotion captureUnreal Engine
Education:Certification / Diploma in visual arts (graphic design, commercial art, graphic communications, cartooning)
Skills:CollaborationProactive mindsetQuality mindsetOpen-minded communication
Languages:English
Tech Stack:Unreal EngineMotion captureGame engineAI

Company Brief

2K
2K is a video game publisher and developer known for sports, action, and strategy franchises such as NBA 2K, WWE 2K, Borderlands, and Sid Meier’s Civilization. It operates as a major label within Take-Two Interactive.
Industry: Gaming
Company Size: Large (251 to 1,000 employees)
Growth: Established Company
Headquarters: Novato, United States
Founded: 2005
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