Senior Lead Animator: Realistic Motion & Cinematics

Bandai Namco; Malaysia; On-site; MYR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Bandai Namco is seeking talented 3D animators in Malaysia with expert-level body mechanics, acting, timing, and weight for realistic animation. You will drive excellence in hero characters, gameplay sets, and cinematics while shaping long-term animation strategy and pipelines.

You will mentor senior team members, collaborate across design, programming, and art, and contribute to R&D efforts for new technologies and workflows to maintain studio quality across projects.

Qualifications

• Extensive game animation experience with body mechanics, acting, timing and weight.
• Advanced proficiency in Maya and MotionBuilder; real-time animation in engines.
• Strong understanding of Unreal Engine or Unity animation systems and state machines.
• Solid character rigging and deformation knowledge; best-practice pipelines.
• Proven track record building and maintaining animation workflows and standards.
• R&D experience evaluating new animation tech (motion matching, procedural).
• Cinematic animation, storytelling, facial animation, and performance capture familiarity.
• Ability to lead, mentor, and collaborate across Design, Programming, Art, and Productions.

Responsibilities

• Define and uphold animation standards for quality, style, and performance.
• Create benchmark-quality animations for heroes, gameplay, and cinematics.
• Develop visual and technical benchmarks as team references.
• Solve complex animation challenges including gameplay responsiveness and optimization.
• Oversee animation quality with high-level reviews and corrective direction.
• Establish and improve pipelines for animation production and implementation.
• Collaborate with leadership to shape long-term animation strategy and studio capabilities.
• Mentor senior animators, leads, and specialists to raise overall capability.
• Assist R&D and innovations for new technologies and workflows.
• Support external partners by defining standards and ensuring alignment with quality.

Skills

Body mechanics

Acting timing

Stylized animation

Maya

MotionBuilder

Unreal Engine

Unity

Rigging

Performance capture

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Maya

MotionBuilder

Unreal Engine

Unity

Animation tools in engines

Job description

Bandai Namco is seeking talented 3D animators in Malaysia with expert-level body mechanics, acting, timing, and weight for realistic animation. You will drive excellence in hero characters, gameplay sets, and cinematics while shaping long-term animation strategy and pipelines.

You will mentor senior team members, collaborate across design, programming, and art, and contribute to R&D efforts for new technologies and workflows to maintain studio quality across projects.