Senior Motion Designer creating 2D/3D motion graphics for The Heist, a Vancouver motion design and post - production studio. Developing styleframes, animation, and polished campaign deliverables.
About the role
- Cinematic Animator crafting emotionally impactful scenes for in-game cinematics and marketing trailers at Torn Banner Studios. Collaborating with teams while driving the animation cinematic pipeline.
Responsibilities
- Create high quality animations for cinematics and marketing material.
- Innovate our cinematic animation pipeline.
- Accomplish realistic results that create memorable scenes and impactful moments in trailers.
- Collaborating in a multi-disciplinary team, participating in team reviews and creative discussions
- Design and polish character performances for both pre-rendered and real-time cinematics.
- Ensure cinematic content aligns with the visual style, tone, and creative vision of the project.
- Create and maintain animation documentation, workflows, and best practices for the cinematic team.
- Integrate and troubleshoot animation assets within Unreal Engine, ensuring seamless implementation.
- Work with motion capture data, including cleanup, retargeting, editing, and performance enhancement.
- Partner with Technical Animators to improve cinematic tools, rigs, and animation pipelines.
- Manage end-to-end motion capture workflows, from shoot planning through final animation polish.
- Mentor junior animators and contribute to team knowledge sharing initiatives.
Requirements
- At least 3 years of professional animation experience
- Working experience in Maya and Motion Builder
- Experience in Unreal or similar game engines.
- Animation reel demonstrating a relevant and high-level animation skillset.
- A strong focus on facial animations and creating realistic human animation sets.
- Strong interpersonal communication skills and team involvement
- High degree of self-motivation and initiative-taking
- An understanding and passion for video games
- The drive and the ability to take on research and self-education
Benefits
- 6.5 weeks paid vacation
- Eligible for Employee Stock Options Plan
- Flexible schedule and work location, with your choice of remote, hybrid, or on-site.
- Healthcare & benefits plan, for you and your family
- 100% parental leave top-up for 16 weeks, for Canadian employees.
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