Remote Gameplay Animator — Junior

VOID Interactive Ltd; Ireland; Remote; EUR 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

VOID Interactive is seeking an Associate Gameplay Animator to create high-quality character animations for locomotion, traversal, and combat in a fully remote studio. You will work with hand-keyed animation and motion capture data, integrate assets in-engine, and collaborate with designers, riggers, and programmers to balance visual quality with responsive gameplay.

Ideal candidates bring 1+ years of production experience, strong Maya skills, and a passion for games.

Qualifications

• Strong working knowledge of Autodesk Maya, including animation layers and the Graph Editor.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• A detail-oriented approach to your work.
• The ability to work effectively within a collaborative, remote-first team.

Responsibilities

• Creating high-quality character animations for locomotion, traversal, combat, and other gameplay systems.
• Working with both hand-keyed animation and motion capture data.
• Integrating and testing animations directly in-engine
• Working with animation state machines, blend trees, and animation layers
• Collaborating with designers, riggers, programmers, and fellow animators to balance visual quality with responsive gameplay
• Supporting motion capture shoots and assisting with motion capture data cleanup
• Testing animations in context and responding to feedback from the wider development team
• Assisting with troubleshooting animation and implementation issues under the guidance of senior team members
• Learning and working with proprietary tools and established animation pipelines
• Contributing to the continued improvement of animation workflows and overall gameplay quality

Skills

Animation fundamentals

Communication

Collaboration

Detail-oriented

Tools

Autodesk Maya

Job description

VOID Interactive is seeking an Associate Gameplay Animator to create high-quality character animations for locomotion, traversal, and combat in a fully remote studio. You will work with hand-keyed animation and motion capture data, integrate assets in-engine, and collaborate with designers, riggers, and programmers to balance visual quality with responsive gameplay.

Ideal candidates bring 1+ years of production experience, strong Maya skills, and a passion for games.