Remote Associate Gameplay Animator — Bring Character to Life

VOID Interactive Ltd; Cork; Hybrid; EUR 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

VOID Interactive Ltd in a remote-first studio is seeking an Associate Gameplay Animator to help create high-quality character animations for locomotion, traversal, combat, and other gameplay systems.

You’ll work with hand-keyed animation and motion capture data, integrate animations in-engine, and collaborate with designers, riggers, programmers, and fellow animators to balance visual quality with responsive gameplay.

Qualifications

• 1+ years of professional production experience or equivalent in game development.
• A portfolio or demo reel demonstrating character animation skills.
• Strong understanding of realistic body mechanics, timing, weight, and character performance.
• Proficiency with Autodesk Maya, including animation layers and the Graph Editor.
• Ability to work in a collaborative, remote-first team and take feedback well.
• Familiarity with integrating animations in-engine and responsive gameplay.

Responsibilities

• Create high-quality character animations for locomotion, traversal, combat, and gameplay systems.
• Work with hand-keyed animation and motion capture data.
• Integrate and test animations directly in-engine.
• Work with animation state machines, blend trees, and animation layers.
• Collaborate with designers, riggers, programmers, and animators to balance quality with responsive gameplay.
• Assist with motion capture shoots and data cleanup.
• Test animations in context and respond to feedback from the team.
• Troubleshoot animation and implementation issues under senior guidance.
• Learn proprietary tools and animation pipelines, contributing to workflow improvements.

Skills

Animation fundamentals

Team collaboration

Communication

Adaptability

Feedback-driven

Tools

Autodesk Maya

Unreal Engine

Unity

Graph Editor

Job description

VOID Interactive Ltd in a remote-first studio is seeking an Associate Gameplay Animator to help create high-quality character animations for locomotion, traversal, combat, and other gameplay systems.

You’ll work with hand-keyed animation and motion capture data, integrate animations in-engine, and collaborate with designers, riggers, programmers, and fellow animators to balance visual quality with responsive gameplay.