Prismatic Studios — 3D Animator — Auckland, New Zealand

Prismatic Studios; Auckland; Hybrid; NZD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Prismatic Studios Ltd. is seeking a motion/animation specialist to polish and retarget character performances for Unreal Engine projects in Auckland. This full-time contract role favors on-site work, with potential NZ-wide remote consideration and the right to work in New Zealand.

You will clean up body and facial mocap, refine locomotion, and implement animation within Unreal Engine, addressing capture issues and ensuring smooth real-time playback.

Qualifications

• Two years of professional animation experience.
• Strong character-animation fundamentals and body/facial mocap cleanup.
• Experience with real-time animation.
• Familiarity with Maya; knowledge of HumanIK and MotionBuilder retargeting workflows.

Responsibilities

• Clean up body and facial motion capture, refine locomotion and retarget animation.
• Implement and review animation in Unreal Engine, correcting movement and capture issues.

Skills

Character animation

Motion capture cleanup

Unreal Engine

Maya

Retargeting workflows

Real-time animation

Tools

HumanIK

MotionBuilder

Maya

Job description

Polish character performances and gameplay motion for Prismatic Studios’ Unreal Engine projects.

Engagement: full-time contract; duration not stated. Location: Auckland, with on-site work strongly preferred. Remote work may be considered within New Zealand only. The right to work in New Zealand is required.

What you will do

• Clean up body and facial motion capture, refine locomotion and retarget animation.
• Implement and review animation in Unreal Engine, correcting movement and capture issues.

What the studio is looking for

• At least two years of professional animation experience.
• Strong character-animation fundamentals, body/facial mocap cleanup and real-time animation experience.
• Maya preferred; familiarity with HumanIK, MotionBuilder or similar retargeting workflows.

Source and dates

• Official source: https://www.prismaticstudios.co.nz/careers/#job-7.
• Employer publication date: not stated for this vacancy.
• Added to the source spreadsheet: October 27, 2026; this is not the employer publication date.
• Availability and details verified: October 28, 2026.
• No employer application deadline is stated in the reviewed source. Any AnimaWorker listing expiry is separate from the employer application deadline.