Cinematic Animator

the hive; Polska; Hybrid; PLN 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

CD PROJECT RED collaboration

Flexible hours

Remote work from time zone ±2 from GMT

English lessons

Mentoring from industry veterans

Private medical insurance

MyBenefit access

Psychological support

Job summary

Fool’s Theory in Poland is seeking a seasoned Cinematic Animator to craft high-quality character animations for cutscenes and dialogues on The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Songs of the Past expansion, collaborating with Cinematic Designers and technical animators.

You will own motion capture and keyframe work, including facial animations, under the Animation Lead, ensuring both artistic and technical standards are met in a AAA production environment.

Qualifications

• Proven experience shipping AAA titles, preferably a story-driven RPG.
• Strong character animation skills with solid body mechanics.
• Experience with facial animation pipelines and motion capture.
• Proficient in Maya and MotionBuilder.
• Experience with game engines.
• Good understanding of cinematic production pipelines from concept to polish.
• Strong communication and organizational skills.
• Ability to collaborate with designers and technical animators.

Responsibilities

• Create high-quality, believable character animations for cutscenes and dialogues.
• Work closely with Cinematic Designers and other disciplines to create high quality cinematic sequences.
• Create character performances using motion capture and keyframe.
• Work on facial animations, ensuring believable performances.
• Work under Animation Lead to meet project technical and artistic standards.
• Take ownership of assigned work, ensuring quality and delivery throughout production.

Skills

AAA experience

Cinematic animation

Character animation

Facial animation

Motion capture

Keyframe animation

MotionBuilder

Maya

Game engines

Cinematic pipelines

Communication

Collaboration

Tools

Maya

MotionBuilder

Unreal Engine

Unity

Job description

We are Fool’s Theory, a company from Bielsko-Biała in Poland, creators of the game Seven: The Days Long Gone and The Thaumaturge.

We are a collective of experienced and creative developers, who share a simple philosophy - we believe that unbridled passion and flexible processes are what makes the perfect combo for crafting great games.

We are actively seeking skilled individuals to join our team to work on The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Songs of the Past expansion, developed in cooperation with CD PROJEKT RED.

Sounds interesting? Get in touch with us!

Responsibilities

• Create high-quality, believable character animations for cutscenes and dialogues.

• Work closely with Cinematic Designers and other disciplines to create high quality cinematic sequences.

• Create character performances using motion capture and keyframe.

• Work on facial animations, ensuring believable performances.

• Work under Animation Lead to make sure animations meet project technical and artistic standards.

• Take ownership of assigned work, ensuring quality and delivery throughout production.

Requirements

• Previous experience working on or shipping AAA title, preferably a story-driven RPG.

• Proven professional experience in a similar role as a Cinematic Animator.

• Strong character animation skills with proven understanding of body mechanics and character acting.

• Familiarity with facial animation pipelines, facial motion capture processing and performance capture workflows.

• Experience with keyframe facial animation.

• Knowledge of Autodesk Motionbuilder and Maya.

• Experience working with game engines.

• Good understanding of cinematic production pipelines, from initial design concept to final polish.

• Strong communication and organizational skills.

• Ability to collaborate with designers and technical animators.

Nice to have

• Understanding of cinematic language, cinematography, camera work and scene pacing.

• Experience participating in motion capture productions, including session preparation, working with actors or assisting during recording sessions.

• Experience with animation pipeline tools and workflow optimization.

We offer

• Opportunity to work on a cool project in cooperation with CD PROJEKT RED.

• Flexible working hours (core hours 10:00-16:00).

• Possibility to work remotely (from anywhere with a time zone difference of -/+ 2 hours from GMT+1).

• English language lessons.

• Working in a group of experienced specialists, often gamedev veterans, who are willing to share their knowledge.

• Custom tools to automate boring, repetitive stuff.

• Working with modern tools from leading technology suppliers (e.g. Jetbrains), as well as with our proprietary solutions.

• Support in industry training courses, conferences and fairs participation.

• Private medical insurance (Enel-med).

• Access to MyBenefit platform with a possibility to co-finance a Multisport Card.

• Psychological support.