Senior 3D Animator — Remote Lead, Pipeline & Mentorship

Placements24; Durban; Hybrid; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Health and dental coverage

Professional development budget

Job summary

Placements24 is recruiting a Senior 3D Animator for our client, a renowned game development studio operating remotely near Durban. You will bring characters and environments to life with fluid, believable motion, and help shape animation pipelines and quality standards.

You will mentor junior animators, collaborate with distributed teams, and contribute to cutting-edge projects across our global studio network. A strong portfolio and expert knowledge of industry tools are essential.

Qualifications

• Significant professional experience as a 3D Animator in gaming with a strong portfolio.
• Expertise in Maya, Blender, or 3ds Max and animation principles.
• Experience with motion capture editing and cleanup is highly desirable.
• Excellent communication and remote collaboration skills; able to meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Animate high-quality character performances for games.
• Collaborate with art and design to meet aesthetics and gameplay.
• Develop and refine animation pipelines, tools, workflows.
• Provide mentorship to junior animators.
• Troubleshoot animation challenges within the game engine.

Skills

3D Animation

Maya

Blender

3ds Max

Animation principles

Motion capture editing

Remote collaboration

Mentoring juniors

Tools

Maya

Blender

3ds Max

Job description

Placements24 is recruiting a Senior 3D Animator for our client, a renowned game development studio operating remotely near Durban. You will bring characters and environments to life with fluid, believable motion, and help shape animation pipelines and quality standards.

You will mentor junior animators, collaborate with distributed teams, and contribute to cutting-edge projects across our global studio network. A strong portfolio and expert knowledge of industry tools are essential.