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Activision · 4 days ago

Senior Gameplay Animator - Infinity Ward

Los Angeles, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$81K/yr - $149K/yr

8+ years exp

Activision is a leading interactive entertainment company, and they are seeking a Senior Gameplay Animator with experience in game development. The role involves creating high-quality animations and collaborating with the animation team to establish character motion and personality.

GamingMedia and EntertainmentPC GamesPublishingVideo Games

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Create high-quality, realistic key-framed and motion capture animations, demonstrating a strong sense of posing, timing, and weight

Work closely with the Lead Animator and animation team to establish character motion and personality

Accept direction and cooperate with the team to meet production deadlines

Design and take ownership of animation features

Qualification

Key-frame animationMotion capture animationMayaNode-based graphsGame engine pipelinesDebugging toolsPassion for animationPassion for video gamesCommunication skillsOrganizational skills

Required

8+ years of professional experience

Proficiency in both realistic key frame and motion capture animation

Proficiency in Maya

Strong experience working with node-based graphs and building gameplay systems

High comfort level with utilizing game engine pipelines

Ability to use debugging tools to identify and solve gameplay issues

Excellent communication and organizational skills

Strong passion for animation and video games

Benefits

Medical, dental, vision, health savings account or health reimbursement account, healthcare spending accounts, dependent care spending accounts, life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance

401(k) with Company match, tuition reimbursement, charitable donation matching

Paid holidays and vacation, paid sick time, floating holidays, compassion and bereavement leaves, parental leave

Mental health & wellbeing programs, fitness programs, free and discounted games, and a variety of other voluntary benefit programs like supplemental life & disability, legal service, ID protection, rental insurance, and others

If the Company requires that you move geographic locations for the job, then you may also be eligible for relocation assistance

Company

Activision

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Activision develops, publishes and distributes interactive entertainment, and leisure products. It is a sub-organization of Activision Blizzard.

Founded in 1979

Santa Monica, California, USA

5001-10000 employees

https://www.activision.com/

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