Senior Cinematic Animator - Craft Epic Game Cutscenes

Ubisoft Toronto; Toronto; On-site; CAD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Ubisoft Toronto is seeking a Senior Cinematic Animator to deliver high-quality cinematic animations for our games. You will work with Directors, animators, scripters and tech teams to realize cinematic scenes from motion capture or key-framing.

You will mentor teammates, polish performances, and ensure scenes align with storytelling and cinematography standards within our production pipelines. This fixed-term role supports our ongoing projects in Toronto, with compensation in line with standard

Qualifications

• Strong experience creating cinematic animations for video games.
• Excellent grasp for storytelling, acting and cinematography.
• Understanding of game cinematic production pipelines and workflows.
• Relevant 2D and 3D software experience - MotionBuilder, Maya, 3DSMax, Photoshop, Premiere, Final Cut.
• Good collaboration with members of the animation team and other team members on the project.
• Must be open to direction, criticism and able to accept change.
• Extensive animation experience with hand-keyed disciplines, experience with motion capture a plus.

Responsibilities

• Work with Cinematic and Animation Directors to create cinematics and scripted events.
• Mentor and collaborate within the animation team.
• Enhance character performances (body and facial) from video/MOCAP.
• Apply animation principles to produce believable key-frame animations.
• Create previs, scene layouts, staging, camera and editing.
• Communicate with Directors for reviews and feedback.
• Ensure quality integration of animations with scripters and TDs.
• Detect inconsistencies or bugs and validate cinematic playback.

Skills

Cinematic Animation

Storytelling

Cinematography

Motion Capture

Tools

MotionBuilder

Maya

3DS Max

Photoshop

Premiere

Final Cut

Job description

Ubisoft Toronto is seeking a Senior Cinematic Animator to deliver high-quality cinematic animations for our games. You will work with Directors, animators, scripters and tech teams to realize cinematic scenes from motion capture or key-framing.

You will mentor teammates, polish performances, and ensure scenes align with storytelling and cinematography standards within our production pipelines. This fixed-term role supports our ongoing projects in Toronto, with compensation in line with standard