Technical Animator — Rigging, Tools & Unity Pipeline Pro

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

Benefits offered by this job

UnlimitedVacation

Paid Sick Days

Kin Care

Holidays

Medical Insurance

Dental & Vision

Life Insurance

401k

Flexible Spending Accounts

Wellness Programs

Parental Leave (12 weeks)

Happy Hours

Company Events

Job summary

Jam City is seeking a skilled Technical Animator to join a tight-knit team of artists, animators and tech artists in San Francisco. You will help rig characters and props, export and assemble animations in Unity, and contribute to an optimized animation pipeline for upcoming and live titles.

The ideal candidate has extensive Maya rigging and animation experience, Unity proficiency including state machines and shaders, and a passion for high-quality, performance-conscious game animation.

Qualifications

• A minimum of 5 years of experience rigging characters and props using Maya.
• A minimum of 3 years of experience animating characters using Maya.
• Master of Unity, with emphasis on anything animation and rigging related.
• Self-motivated, an excellent communicator and a team player. Go to great lengths to create outstanding work rather than settling for bare minimum.
• Excellent understanding of human and animal anatomy.
• Skilled in 3D character animation for bipedal humanoids, creatures, and organic forms.
• Expertly apply animation principles to in-game animation: timing, acting, & body mechanics.
• Experience with Unity particle systems.
• Proven problem-solving and prototyping ability, collaborating within the animation team and across adjacent teams.
• Excellent grasp of the English language.
• Able to be onsite 5x a week.

Responsibilities

• Rig characters, creatures and props that adhere to all the animation needs.
• Export, import and assemble animations in Unity.
• Create State Machine and Blend Trees in Unity.
• Augment and maintain the animation pipeline.
• Propose or create tools to automate the animation pipeline.
• Assist the animation team with high quality animation. This includes short loops, locomotion cycles, and full cinematics with camera and character animations.
• Collaborate with the Lead Animator to refine and maintain the game's animation style and feel.
• Embellish story scenes with high quality FX using particles or shaders in Unity.
• Setup and maintain cloth simulation pipelines.
• Able to maintain clean and organized work files.

Skills

Rigging (Maya)

Character animation (Maya)

Unity Expertise

Team player

Anatomy knowledge

3D character animation

Animation timing

Unity Particle Systems

Problem solving

English proficiency

Onsite required

Tools

Maya

Unity

Job description

Jam City is seeking a skilled Technical Animator to join a tight-knit team of artists, animators and tech artists in San Francisco. You will help rig characters and props, export and assemble animations in Unity, and contribute to an optimized animation pipeline for upcoming and live titles.

The ideal candidate has extensive Maya rigging and animation experience, Unity proficiency including state machines and shaders, and a passion for high-quality, performance-conscious game animation.