People Can Fly — Senior Gameplay Animator — Project Florence — Montréal, Québec, Canada — remote/hybrid

People Can Fly; Montreal; Hybrid; CAD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

People Can Fly in Montréal, Québec, Canada is seeking an experienced character and creature animator to support Project Florence's gameplay and story. You will build hand-keyed and motion-capture animation and implement it in-game.

The role requires strong timing, weight, staging and anatomy for creatures and quadrupeds; English communication and collaboration; Maya/MotionBuilder, rigging or Unreal experience are useful extras.

Qualifications

• Five+ years of professional game-animation experience.
• Strong timing, weight, staging and anatomy for creatures and quadrupeds.
• English communication; Maya/MotionBuilder and Unreal experience are useful.

Responsibilities

• Build hand-keyed and motion-capture animation, implement it in-game and iterate with the team.
• Plan animation tasks, seek feedback and contribute to the studio's motion-capture work.

Skills

Game animation

Motion capture

Maya

Unreal

Rigging

Tools

MotionBuilder

Unreal Engine

Rigging

Job description

Create character and creature animation supporting Project Florence's gameplay and story.

Location: Montréal, Québec, Canada - remote/hybrid
Contract and work arrangement: Full-time; Canada-based remote/hybrid role associated with Montréal. Do not assume eligibility from outside Canada.

What you will do

• Build hand-keyed and motion-capture animation, implement it in-game and iterate with the team.
• Plan animation tasks, seek feedback and contribute to the studio's motion-capture work.

What the studio is looking for

• Typically five or more years of professional game-animation experience.
• Strong timing, weight, staging and anatomy, including creature and quadruped animation.
• English communication and collaboration; Maya/MotionBuilder, rigging, scripting or Unreal experience are useful extras.