Senior Gameplay Animator

Insomniac Games; Washington; On-site; USD 106,000 - 118,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Job summary

Insomniac Games seeks a Senior Gameplay Animator to craft top-tier gameplay animations that align with artistic direction and technical standards. You will collaborate with designers and programmers to implement animations in the engine using Maya and proprietary tools.

This role emphasizes independent troubleshooting, motion capture workflows, and hand-key animation for believable characters across hero traversal, combat, and open-world sequences.

Qualifications

• Strong ability to create high-quality gameplay animations.
• Ability to troubleshoot and resolve animation issues independently.
• Experience integrating animations into engines and tooling.

Responsibilities

• Develop high-quality gameplay animations aligned with artistic direction and technical standards.
• Collaborate with Designers and Programmers to implement animations in engine using Maya and proprietary tools.
• Independently troubleshoot and resolve animation issues.
• Work with motion capture data and hand-key animation to create believable characters.
• Support hero traversal, combat, boss, camera cinematography, and open-world sequences at a high level.

Skills

Animation

Collaboration

Problem solving

Tools

Maya

Insomniac proprietary tools

MotionBuilder

Adobe Premiere

Job description

Insomniac Games is looking for a Senior Gameplay Animator. In this role the Senior Gameplay Animator is responsible for creating gameplay animation at the highest quality level set by Lead Animators and Animation Directors. They collaborate closely with other disciplines to ensure that animations are integrated into the game, supporting the creative, narrative vision, and technical requirements. The Senior Gameplay Animator works independently requiring minimal supervision.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Develop high-quality animations for gameplay characters, ensuring alignment with artistic direction and technical standards.
• Collaborate with Designers and Programmers to implement animations in engine using expert skills in Maya and proprietary engine tools.
• Independently troubleshoot and resolve issues that arise.
• Ability to utilize motion capture data and hand key animation to create believable characters.
• Gameplay responsibilities can include hero traversal, combat, boss, gameplay camera cinematography, mission and open world animations at the highest level using advanced skills in game engine tools.
• Work with the Animation team to guarantee cohesive execution of the established animation direction across the game, providing constructive feedback as necessary.
• Communicate effectively with other disciplines, including Designers, Programmers, Writers, Project Managers, Art, Audio, Character and Rigging teams, to resolve issues and achieve project goals.
• Other duties may be assigned

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Mathematical Skill s:

Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.

Computer Skill s:

Advanced knowledge of Maya, Insomniac proprietary tools (preferred), and a knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite. MotionBuilder and Adobe Premiere a plus. Knowledge of common state machine flow in any game engine required.

At SIE, working with our partners, we consider several factors when setting each role’s base pay range, including the competitive benchmarking data for the market and geographic location.

Please note that the individual base pay range may vary based on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location.

In addition, this role is eligible for benefit offerings that include medical, dental, and vision.

The estimated base pay range for this role is listed below, this is an hourly rate.

$76.92 — $86 USD

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