Senior Gameplay Animator - 3C & FPS (AAA, Remote)

neteasegames; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

neteasegames is seeking a Senior or Lead Gameplay Animator to own 3C animation work for an AAA FPS project. You will craft motion for locomotion, combat, and weapon handling, while integrating assets directly in-engine and iterating on playable builds.

Expect collaboration with designers and programmers to fine-tune responsiveness, timing, and transitions. Lead-level responsibilities include mentoring teammates and setting quality benchmarks throughout feature development.

Qualifications

• Proven experience creating and implementing gameplay animation for AAA FPS.
• Strong portfolio showing body mechanics, weight, timing, posing, and responsive gameplay animation.
• Practical experience integrating animation assets into a game engine and iterating inside playable builds.
• Working knowledge of animation graphs, state machines, blending, additive animation, and gameplay-driven transitions.

Responsibilities

• Own gameplay animation features end-to-end, including reference gathering, prototyping, asset creation, engine integration, debugging, and polish.
• Author high-quality character movement and action animations covering locomotion, directional changes, stance transitions, traversal, and combat.
• Contribute to first-person animation and its relationship with full-body movement, weapon handling, and camera feedback.
• Build and refine animation graphs, state machines, blend setups, and additive layers in-engine.
• Partner with designers and programmers to refine responsiveness, action timing, transitions, and interruption behavior while preserving believable weight and physicality.
• For Lead-level appointments, set animation quality benchmarks, mentor teammates, and guide feature planning alongside direct creation work.

Skills

Gameplay animation

AAA FPS experience

Engine integration

Animation graphs

Motion capture

Job description

neteasegames is seeking a Senior or Lead Gameplay Animator to own 3C animation work for an AAA FPS project. You will craft motion for locomotion, combat, and weapon handling, while integrating assets directly in-engine and iterating on playable builds.

Expect collaboration with designers and programmers to fine-tune responsiveness, timing, and transitions. Lead-level responsibilities include mentoring teammates and setting quality benchmarks throughout feature development.