Senior Gameplay Animator – Craft Fluid, Hero Animations

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 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.