Technical Animator

Keywords Studios Plc; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Keywords Studios, headquartered in Dublin, is hiring for Singapore-based Technical Animators to work on an exciting AAA project. You will implement and iterate gameplay animation in-engine, collaborating with design and engineering to ensure movement feels responsive and integrated with systems.

We seek candidates with professional experience in technical or gameplay animation, familiar with Unreal or Unity, and a track record on shipped titles.

Qualifications

• Professional experience in Technical Animation or Gameplay Animation.
• Experience with Unreal, Unity, or proprietary engines.
• Strong eye for movement, timing and posing.
• Able to prototype and iterate quickly in-engine.
• Experience on at least one shipped AAA title.

Responsibilities

• Implement and iterate gameplay animation across traversal, combat, and interactive sequences.
• Support traversal systems such as climbing, jumping, and mantling.
• Collaborate with programmers and designers to integrate animation with gameplay.
• Create rapid in-game previs for interactive narrative and action sequences.
• Support combat animation for players and NPCs, including melee and ranged actions.
• Prototype and iterate quickly to test movement and timing in-engine.
• Troubleshoot animation issues and propose technical solutions.
• Contribute to overall gameplay quality and responsiveness.

Skills

Technical Animation

Gameplay Animation

Unreal Engine

Unity Engine

Rigging

In-engine prototyping

Job description

Keywords Studios, established in Dublin in 1998, now has 70+ studios across Europe, North and South America and Asia with 12,000+ employee strength located across 5 continents and 26 countries. The company provides complete outsourced game art, engineering, testing, audio and localization services for all Console, PC, Handheld and Mobile content, to many of the biggest names in games and interactive entertainment, working on thousands of titles including many of the best-selling titles of the past few years.

Keywords Studios is comprised of many individual brands, all with something unique to offer our clients. The studios are integrated into the Group by Service Line and use the operating systems and tools deployed by those service lines to ensure people and projects can operate across studios and across geographies.

Keywords Studios Asia is currently hiring for Singapore-based Technical Animators.

We are looking for enthusiastic and self-motivated Technical Animators to join our Singapore-based team working on an exciting, new, and unannounced AAA project.

This role focuses on implementing and iterating gameplay animation in-engine, working closely with design and engineering to ensure movement and interactive sequences feel responsive, believable, and integrate effectively with the wider gameplay systems.

What you will do:

• Implement and iterate on gameplay animation across traversal, combat, and interactive sequences.
• Support traversal systems including climbing, jumping, mantling, and general movement across the environment.
• Work closely with programmers and designers to ensure animation integrates effectively with gameplay systems.
• Create and implement rapid in-game previs for interactive narrative and action sequences.
• Support combat animation for both player characters and NPCs, including hand-to-hand, improvised weapons, throwing, and ranged actions.
• Prototype and iterate quickly to test movement, posing, timing, positioning, and camera requirements.
• Troubleshoot animation-related issues and help identify practical technical solutions.
• Contribute to the overall quality and responsiveness of the gameplay experience.

Requirements:

• Professional experience in Technical Animation, Gameplay Animation, or a closely related role.

• Experience working with Unreal, Unity, or proprietary game engines.
• Strong understanding of real-time gameplay animation and how animation interacts with game systems.
• A good eye for movement, timing, posing, and animation quality.
• Comfortable working closely with programmers, designers, and animators.
• Able to prototype, test, and iterate quickly in-engine.
• Experience contributing to at least one shipped game, ideally at AAA or high-quality production scale.

Nice to have:

• Experience with traversal, combat, or interactive narrative systems.
• Familiarity with technical animation workflows such as animation graphs, state machines, rigging, or procedural animation.
• Experience working with motion capture or gameplay animation pipelines.

Our Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) Commitment: Keywords Studios is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, ethnicity, religion or belief, sex, age, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws. If you require any adjustments during the process please let us know in your application. We are committed to creating a dynamic work environment that values diversity and inclusion, respect and integrity, customer focus, and innovation. We especially welcome applications from candidates of underrepresented groups in the industry.

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Role Information: EN

Studio: Keywords Studios

Location: APAC, Singapore

Area of Work: Art

Service: Create

Employment Type: Contract

Working Pattern: Full Time, On-site