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2K Games is seeking a Gameplay Animator to join their team in Burnaby, British Columbia. The Gameplay Animator will collaborate with the Animation Lead and Designers to deliver high-quality, on-brand animations for sports games. They will be involved in the entire animation process, from ideation to implementation, and will champion animation quality within features.
Responsibilities:
- Work closely with the gameplay Animation Lead
- Collaborate with Designers to support the design for animation-based features
- Provide animation from the ideation stage through to final implementation of features
- Support production by staying on top of mocap shot lists and mocap reference
- Collaborate with Engineers and Designers to influence the technical implementation of features
- Collaborate with the Animation Director to understand, and deliver on, the quality bar for the animations that you create
- Collaborate with the Design Lead and Engineering team to implement your features in engine
- Champion animation quality and authenticity within your features
Requirements:
- A passion, and understanding of sports games
- Experience developing and shipping AAA games on Unreal Engine 4 or 5
- Experience working with on ‘second-to-second’ interactive animation features
- Player experience focused
- Open-minded, organized, proactive and collaborative
- Excellent understanding of human mechanics – specific to sports behaviors
The role offers:
- A chance to work on AAA games
- A collaborative environment
