Senior Technical Animator: Rigging, Unity & Cinematics

Jamcity; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited vacation

Paid sick days

Kin care

Holidays

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Life insurance

401k

Flexible Spending Accounts

Wellness programs

Parental leave (12 weeks)

Happy hours

Company events

Job summary

Jam City in San Francisco is seeking a Technical Animator to join our close-knit team of artists, animators and tech artists. You will create rigs, animate characters, and help build intuitive tools to energize our upcoming games.

Requirements include rigging and animating in Maya, Unity proficiency, and experience shipping AAA or mobile titles. This role is onsite in SF, with a focus on quality, collaboration and visual storytelling.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years experience rigging characters and props in Maya.
• Minimum 3 years experience animating characters in Maya.
• Expert in Unity with emphasis on animation and rigging.
• Strong communication and team player attitude.
• Excellent understanding of human and animal anatomy.
• 3D character animation for bipedal humanoids, creatures, and organic forms.
• Apply animation principles to in-game timing and body mechanics.
• Experience with Unity particle systems and shader work.
• Able to ship AAA or mobile game projects as a tech animator.

Responsibilities

• Rig characters, creatures and props to meet animation needs.
• Export, import and assemble animations in Unity.
• Create State Machine and Blend Trees in Unity.
• Augment and maintain the animation pipeline and tools.
• Assist animation team with high-quality animation, loops, locomotion, and cinematics.
• Collaborate with Lead Animator to refine animation style and feel.
• Enhance scenes with FX using particles or shaders in Unity.
• Set up and maintain cloth simulation pipelines.
• Maintain clean and organized work files.

Skills

Rigging characters

Character animation

Unity animation

Animation pipeline

Collaborative teamwork

Communication

English proficiency

Tools

Maya

Unity

Shaders

Particle systems

Cloth simulation

Job description

Jam City in San Francisco is seeking a Technical Animator to join our close-knit team of artists, animators and tech artists. You will create rigs, animate characters, and help build intuitive tools to energize our upcoming games.

Requirements include rigging and animating in Maya, Unity proficiency, and experience shipping AAA or mobile titles. This role is onsite in SF, with a focus on quality, collaboration and visual storytelling.