3D Animator

Donkey Crew; Wrocław; Remote; PLN 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Relaxed studio atmosphere

International team

Flexible working hours

Remote or onsite in Wroclaw

Relocation support for foreigners

Private medical healthcare

Job summary

Donkey Crew in Wroclaw, Poland, is seeking an experienced 3D Animator to join our international team of artists and programmers. You’ll create high-quality player character, ambient, and creature animations for our nomadic survival MMO Last Oasis built with Unreal Engine 5.

You’ll work with motion capture data, Unreal's cloth simulations, and collaborate closely with programmers, artists, and designers across production.

Qualifications

• Understanding of animation pipelines from concept to implementation.
• Strong knowledge of human anatomy and movement.
• Experience with Maya and Motion Capture data workflows.
• Proficiency with Unreal Engine 5 and Animation Blueprints.
• Experience in rigging and skinning characters, animals, clothes and props.
• Experience in gaming industry and collaboration with teams.
• Good English communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Create high-quality player character combat, human ambient and creature animations
• Use the UE5 Editor to implement animations
• Work with motion capture data and Unreal's cloth simulations
• Work closely with programmers, artists and designers on all levels of production

Skills

Animation pipelines

Human anatomy

Maya

Motion Capture Data

Unreal Engine 5

Animation Blueprints

Rigging & skinning

English communication

Team collaboration

Tools

MotionBuilder

Unreal Engine 5

Job description

Donkey Crew is an indie game developer looking for experienced humans to join our international team of passionate artists and programmers at our studio in the beautiful city of Wroclaw, Poland. If you are enthusiastic about the prospect of making great PC games and looking to work in an inspiring and growing environment, this is the place for you. Currently we're developing our nomadic, survival MMO " Last Oasis " which was released to Early Access on Steam March 26th, 2020 and is made using Unreal Engine 4. Get familiar with our project: Steam store page of Last Oasis Last Oasis gamepedia

3D Animator

What you’ll do

• Create high-quality player character combat, human ambient and creature animations
• Use the UE5 Editor to implement animations
• Work with motion capture data and Unreal's cloth simulations
• Work closely with programmers, artists and designers on all levels of production

Ideally you’ll have

• A thorough understanding of animation pipelines and the processes involved from the conceptual phase to implementation
• Strong understanding of Human anatomy and movement
• Maya or equivalent software experience creating 3D animations
• Experience processing and cleaning Motion Capture Data in MotionBuilder
• Experience with Unreal Engine 5 and Animation Blueprints
• Experience rigging and skinning characters, animals, clothes and other props
• Experience and strong motivation to work with animations in the gaming industry
• Good communication skills in English

We offer you

• Competitive salary
• A relaxed and indie studio atmosphere
• A chance to work in a cool and geeky industry within an international team
• Flexible working hours
• You can work fully remote or onsite in our office in Wrocław
• Possibility of relocation support for foreigners aiming to work onsite; including social security, health insurance, and general assistance with settling
• Great private medical healthcare package and other benefits