Insomniac Events · 8 hours ago
Senior Animator (CONTRACT)
United States, Burbank, CA
Contract
Onsite
Senior Level
$76.92/hr - $86.06/hrInsomniac is looking for a new CONTRACT Senior Animator. The role involves animating gameplay characters and mentoring other animators to improve workflows and content pipeline.
ConcertsMedia and EntertainmentMusicPerforming Arts
Responsibilities
Creates animation content at a consistently expert quality level delivered on schedule and meeting performance targets
Works with Animation Directors and Lead Animators to establish animation style and with the gameplay animation team to maintain a cohesive animation style for the game, providing constructive feedback as needed
Mentors, tutors, and aids others based on documented workflows
Ensures Designers and Programmers understand the creative direction and identifies required animation assets for characters and scenes through clear cross-department communication
Provides support for both independent and embedded Co-Dev resources and organizes work for Ex-Dev resources including creating briefs and reviewing and integrating deliveries
Experiments with and evaluates techniques to improve efficiency, workflow, and visual fidelity in our animation pipeline
Assists in establishing and maintaining performance targets and collaborates with other departments to ensure animation is implemented appropriately in the game engine
Assists with creating documentation in Confluence, or equivalent
Assists with tasking in JIRA, or equivalent
Effectively communicates with the Animation Director and Project Management to report progress and ensure timely completion of deliverables
Other duties may be assigned
Qualification
Required
Advanced knowledge of Maya
knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite
MotionBuilder
Ability to create animation content at a consistently expert quality level delivered on schedule and meeting performance targets
Ability to work with Animation Directors and Lead Animators to establish animation style
Ability to mentor, tutor, and aid others based on documented workflows
Ability to ensure Designers and Programmers understand the creative direction and identify required animation assets for characters and scenes
Ability to provide support for both independent and embedded Co-Dev resources and organize work for Ex-Dev resources
Ability to experiment with and evaluate techniques to improve efficiency, workflow, and visual fidelity in the animation pipeline
Ability to assist in establishing and maintaining performance targets and collaborate with other departments
Ability to assist with creating documentation in Confluence, or equivalent
Ability to assist with tasking in JIRA, or equivalent
Ability to effectively communicate with the Animation Director and Project Management to report progress and ensure timely completion of deliverables
Preferred
Insomniac proprietary tools
Adobe Premiere a plus
Knowledge of common state machine flow in any game engine a plus
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
Company
Insomniac Events
Insomniac, Inc. is an Entertainment company based out of Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, CA, United States probably best known for promoting EDC
Founded in 1993
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Pasquale Rotella
CEO / Founder
Maureen Valker-Barlow
SVP Partnerships
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