Demiurge Studios is hiring a
Senior Gameplay Animator

Summary

Demiurge is seeking a self-directed and talented gameplay animator with production experience in Unreal to help take an original IP project from concept phase through launch. The animator will collaborate on improving gameplay readability, storytelling, and design mechanics using animation. They should have a strong understanding of keyframe animation for characters, creatures, and assets, and be able to create and maintain animation workflows in Unreal. The candidate must have at least 3 years of game industry employment and at least 1 shipped title.

Requirements

3+ years game industry employment and at least 1+ shipped titles

Responsibilities

• Support, collaborate, and innovate solutions to improve gameplay readability, storytelling and design mechanics using animation with lean direction and support
• A strong understanding of authoring and implementing key-frame animation for characters, creatures, and other assets
• Champion Character, Controls, and Camera principals and apply them to both 1st and 3rd person views
• Created and maintained animation workflows, pipelines, and processes for action games (preferably shooters) using Maya/Max/Motion Builder, and implemented them in Unreal

Preferred Qualifications

• Traditional animation skills
• Mo-cap experience (directing and clean-up)
• First person animation experience
• T-shaped' game dev skills (other skills such as modeling, vfx, lighting, coding, etc)

Benefits

• 401K Partial Match
• Flexible work environment
• Generous PTO program including vacation days, sick days, and holidays. Earn-as-you-go plan that rolls over year to year, offering flexibility as well as the last week of December the studio closes to recharge
• Medical benefits with PPO options that start on your first day of employment
• Health Reimbursement Arrangement (HRA) - Let us help you with your medical deductible!
• Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account (HC & DC FSA)
• Commuter Reimbursement Program (Commuter FSA)
• Tuition reimbursement promoting lifelong learning
• Referral bonuses
• Bonus plan
• So. Many. Games. - Access to our huge game library!