Senior Gameplay Animator

Job Description

2K Games is seeking a Senior Gameplay Animator to join their team in Burnaby, British Columbia. The Senior Gameplay Animator will collaborate with AI and Animation Engineers, Designers and Producers to implement authentic sports behaviors to build highly polished world-class gameplay for what will be the next massive sports franchise in the industry. The ideal candidate will have a passion for sports games and experience developing AAA games on Unreal Engine.

What this role involves:

• Collaborating with Design Leads to support the design for animation-based features
• Providing animation from the ideation stage through to final implementation of features.
• Collaborating with Design Leads to define the animation needs for animation-based features
• Being responsible for mocap shot lists and mocap reference to deliver appropriate animations that support the strongest feature possible
• Collaborating with Engineers and Designers to influence the technical implementation of features
• Collaborating with the Animation Director to understand, and deliver on, the quality bar for the animations that you create
• Collaborating with the Design Lead and Engineering team to implement your features in engine
• Championing animation quality and authenticity within your features, bringing the animation perspective to all decision making
• Potentially supporting some cinematic work

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
• Experience with Motion capture animation and motion builder

What this role offers:

• The pay range for this position in British Columbia at the start of employment is expected to be between $75,400 and $111,580 per Year.