Senior Gameplay Animator (contract)

We’re seeking a skilled and experienced Senior Gameplay Animator to join our team for a 2-years fixed term contract. In this role, you’ll collaborate closely with Gameplay Designers, Programmers, and Technical Animators to create lifelike and immersive animations. You’ll be responsible for planning and crafting animation sets that bring our Player and playable Horse to life, enhancing gameplay and aligning with the game’s overall vision. If you’re passionate about games and excited to contribute to a dynamic, creative environment alongside industry veterans, we’d love to hear from you!
Daily responsibilities
Delivering in-game animations using Autodesk Maya, MotionBuilder and Unreal Engine as the main art creation and implementation tools.
Establishing and maintaining animation asset creation workflows, folders, naming conventions and other engine-related organizational structures.
Co-developing multiple playable and non-playable animation systems, including MotionMatching Systems, Blendspaces, animation graphs, procedural animation setups, and engine-specific auxiliary data such as notification and synchronization events, and additional data settings files.
Strong experience with motion capture data and key-frame animation.
Both Technical and Artistically oriented.
Strong understanding of animal locomotion biomechanics, with a particular focus on horse movement
Proven experience animating animals and/or creatures
Production proven game experience with at least one title released.
Good grasp and understanding of gameplay design.
Very good communication and problem-solving skills.
Fluent English.

Employment type
Full-time

Work arrangement
Hybrid