Senior Animator (Apex Legends)

Respawn Entertainment; North Vancouver; On-site; CAD 107,000 - 148,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading entertainment company is seeking a Senior Animator for the Apex Legends team. This role involves delivering high-quality animations, collaborating with designers, and ensuring engaging gameplay. The candidate should have significant game development experience and proficiency with tools like Maya.

Benefits

Paid time off (3 weeks per year)

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Retirement plan

Life and disability insurance

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional game development experience.
• Strong understanding of video game animation development.
• Proactive work ethics.

Responsibilities

• Deliver powerful animation performances from initial blocking to final polish.
• Work closely with Designers to ensure immersive gameplay.
• Maintain communication across all relevant disciplines throughout development.

Skills

Animation Development

Motion Editing

Collaboration

Tools

Maya

Motion Builder

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Description & Requirements

Electronic Arts creates next-level entertainment experiences that inspire players and fans around the world. Here, everyone is part of the story. Part of a community that connects across the globe. A place where creativity thrives, new perspectives are invited, and ideas matter. A team where everyone makes play happen.

Description & Requirements

Electronic Arts creates next-level entertainment experiences that inspire players and fans around the world. Here, everyone is part of the story. Part of a community that connects across the globe. A place where creativity thrives, new perspectives are invited, and ideas matter. A team where everyone makes play happen.

Founded in 2010, Respawn was created with the philosophy that when talented people have creative freedom, they’ll make extraordinary games that achieve the unexpected. Respawn Entertainment is the Academy Award-winning studio behind critically acclaimed multi-platform games Apex Legends, Titanfall, Titanfall 2, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, and Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond. As a collective of creative developers, we have launched some of the industry’s most critically and commercially successful games. We truly love what we do and want to share our passion with players worldwide.

We are looking for a talented and experienced Senior Animator to join the Apex Legends Animation team. We are picturing someone who is passionate about making games in a collaborative environment, with a team of experienced developers. In this role you will help to establish and realize an immersive experience through remarkable animations and gameplay.

What You’ll Do…

• Deliver powerful animation performances from initial blocking to final polish.
• Create high quality, believable animation content for Apex that both looks and feels amazing!
• Truly own the content that you’re responsible for, from conceptualization (blocking, directing/co-directing mocap talent) through to realization (polished key-framing/motion editing, implementation in the game)
• Work closely with Designers to ensure that we achieve responsive, immersive gameplay that feels rewarding to our players.
• Work closely with the animators across Vancouver and LA to push our quality, share knowledge and inspire creativity.
• Maintain communication across all relevant disciplines (production, design, art, audio, VFX) throughout the development of your areas of responsibility.
• Work together with Artists and Riggers to establish both core and secondary functionality of our characters, weapons and abilities.
• Help to establish efficient pipelines and procedures across the animation teams
• Be proactive in assessing and evolving the experience of playing Apex
  
  

Ideally you will have…

• 5+ years of professional game development experience
• A strong understanding of video game animation development
• A high level of proficiency with Maya (and ideally Motion Builder)
• Experience with first person weapons/behaviors and full body/bipedal animations
• An advanced understanding of motion editing (re-posing, re-timing and plusing mocap data)
• Experience animating cameras, together with an understanding of cinematography.
• Experience working closely with other domains - especially Designers, Engineers and Artist’s
• Proactive work ethics and will take pride and responsibility for the continued success of Apex Legends
  
  

Compensation And Benefits

The ranges listed below are what EA in good faith expects to pay applicants for this role in these locations at the time of this posting. If you reside in a different location, a recruiter will advise on the applicable range and benefits. Pay offered will be determined based on a number of relevant business and candidate factors (e.g. education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, or business needs).

PAY RANGES

• British Columbia (depending on location e.g. Vancouver vs. Victoria) * $107,600 - $147,100 CAD
• California (depending on location e.g. Los Angeles vs. Sacramento) * $122,400 - $176,300 USD
  
  

In the US, we offer a package of benefits including paid time off (3 weeks per year to start), 80 hours per year of sick time, 16 paid company holidays per year, 10 weeks paid time off to bond with baby, medical/dental/vision insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, and 401(k) to regular full-time employees. Certain roles may also be eligible for bonus and equity.

In British Columbia, we offer a package of benefits including vacation (3 weeks per year to start), 10 days per year of sick time, paid top-up to EI/QPIP benefits up to 100% of base salary when you welcome a new child (12 weeks for maternity, and 4 weeks for parental/adoption leave), extended health/dental/vision coverage, life insurance, disability insurance, retirement plan to regular full-time employees. Certain roles may also be eligible for bonus and equity.

About Electronic Arts

We’re proud to have an extensive portfolio of games and experiences, locations around the world, and opportunities across EA. We value adaptability, resilience, creativity, and curiosity. From leadership that brings out your potential, to creating space for learning and experimenting, we empower you to do great work and pursue opportunities for growth.

We adopt a holistic approach to our benefits programs, emphasizing physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support a balanced life. Our packages are tailored to meet local needs and may include healthcare coverage, mental well-being support, retirement savings, paid time off, family leaves, complimentary games, and more. We nurture environments where our teams can always bring their best to what they do.

Electronic Arts is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will also consider employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law. EA also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Design, Art/Creative, and Information Technology

• Industries

  Computer Games

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