Live-Performance Character Animator for AR/VR

Analog; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 120,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Analog is seeking an Animator who can make characters feel alive in three seconds of motion for real-time 3D, AR and VR experiences. You will animate daily, sitting near riggers, 3D artists and engineers, and delivering into Unity or Unreal as live in-engine motion rather than a rendered pass.

Bring 3–5 years of professional character animation, mastery of Maya, and a showreel showing your contribution. You will collaborate across teams, test rigs, and support motion capture to raise the quality

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of professional experience as a character/3D animator.
• Strong keyframe animation skills in Autodesk Maya.
• Showreel demonstrating polished character/creature performance with clear personal contribution.

Responsibilities

• Create high-quality keyframe animation for real-time, interactive characters and creatures with strong personality.
• Animate cycles, transitions, interactions and performance beats to a final standard.
• Prepare and export animation into Unity, working inside engine and performance budgets.
• Collaborate with riggers, 3D artists and engineers to unblock animation dependencies.
• Support motion capture sessions and clean up captured data as needed.
• Maintain and extend existing animation sets with consistent style.

Skills

Character animation

Keyframe animation

Unity/Unreal experience

Tools

Autodesk Maya

Job description

Analog is seeking an Animator who can make characters feel alive in three seconds of motion for real-time 3D, AR and VR experiences. You will animate daily, sitting near riggers, 3D artists and engineers, and delivering into Unity or Unreal as live in-engine motion rather than a rendered pass.

Bring 3–5 years of professional character animation, mastery of Maya, and a showreel showing your contribution. You will collaborate across teams, test rigs, and support motion capture to raise the quality