Senior Animator (View Model)

At Turtle Rock, we make the games we want to play. We're dedicated to providing a collaborative environment where our team members feel empowered with the creative freedom to contribute and grow. While we are based in Orange County, CA, we support flexible work arrangements ranging from in-studio, hybrid, to fully remote throughout North America. Join our award-winning game development team and help create our next AAA title.

We are looking for a Senior View Model Animator to join our Animation team. As a Senior View Model Animator, you will play a crucial role in enhancing the player's immersive experience by creating seamless, realistic, and visually appealing first-person animations. This individual will work very closely with the Lead Animator and team to create industry-leading and memorable gameplay experiences. This position will report to the Lead Animator.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the Lead Animator and team to create industry-leading appealing animation and immersive, memorable, and seamless gameplay experiences
• Create detailed animations for weapons ensuring the movements feel natural, responsive, and immersive from the player's perspective
• Give characters unique personalities that embody the artistic and gameplay style and vision
• Constantly push animation quality higher
• Collaborate with character and tech art teams during all character creation phases
• Collaborate and iterate quickly with designers and other animators to ensure animations align with gameplay mechanics, timing, and feel
• Work in engine creating, implementing, tuning, and regularly testing animation assets with attention to detail
• Organize complicated sets of animation data and assets
• Help establish and refine the animation pipeline and tools
• Coordinate with all departments to achieve project goals

Requirements

• 5+ years game industry experience having shipped at least one AAA title
• Strong understanding of animation principles
• Strong keyframe and mocap clean-up animation skills
• Experience animating humanoid characters and creatures
• Experience with animation systems in Unreal Engine 5, or equivalent (animation blueprints, graphs, and state machines, blend spaces, and montages)
• Expert with Maya or similar package
• Creative problem-solving at all stages of development
• Strong communication skills, a team player, and a positive attitude
• Able to provide objective feedback and take direction well
• Strong work ethic and self-motivated, able to maintain high quality of in-game animation and consistent progress without constant supervision
• Your reel must be included with your resume and showcase samples of realistic animation work.

Preferences

• 7+ years game industry experience
• Working knowledge of modeling, skinning, and rigging for games and how it pertains to animation
• Familiarity of development tools such as Perforce, JIRA, and Confluence

The estimated base pay range for this role is: $105,000-$155,000 USD

Benefits

Some of the benefits and perks our employees get to enjoy, include:

• 100% Medical, Dental, Vision Coverage for you and your family
• 401k Matching
• Student Loan Repayment Plan / College Savings Plan
• Career Improvement Plan
• Flexible Work Arrangements - In-House, Hybrid, and Remote
• Generous Time Off Policy
• Company Events - In-Person + Virtual Events
• Fully Stocked Kitchen + Sponsored Food Trucks

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.