Senior Gameplay Animator
Zapper Games is looking for a talented Senior Gameplay Animator to join our team and help work on a new open-world IP! Could it be you? Apply today!
Do you find delight in playing and making games such as Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Sonic Frontiers, Immortal: Fenix Rising and Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity? Do you love iterating to discover the fun? Do you enjoy collaborating with different disciplines in a tight-knit team environment? If yes, we want to hear from you!
Responsibilities:
- Create dynamic gameplay animations using hand-key animation
- Work with designers on traversal and combat specifications
- Ensure animations contribute to the overall design and art direction of the game.
- Help design and implement animation state machines for characters and NPCs
- Experiment with next-gen game animation tech and procedural approaches
- Animate humans and creatures (bi-peds)
Requirements:
- Experience working in Autodesk Maya
- 5+ years in the video game or film industry
Nice to Haves
- Understanding of animation systems in Unreal Engine 4 and 5
Why Zapper Games?
We want you to enjoy crafting amazing player experiences and have fun creating games you can be proud of. We also know that making games is hard work and that’s why we offer a generous benefits package to make sure our team members are properly taken care of. Here’s what you can expect from us.
- Top-tier health, dental and vision insurance (No Premiums!)
- Four weeks paid vacation.
- Paid time off the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day (the office is closed for this period).
- Paid federal holidays
- 10 sick days
- 401k with matching
Zapper games is part of the Amplifier Game Investment group which is part of the Embracer Group. This group brings players some of the biggest games on the market and we are beyond excited to have their amazing support.
- Department
- Art
- Locations
- Raleigh (On-Site)
Raleigh (On-Site)
Our Core Values
Build Together
We know making video games takes a diverse team of people from different disciplines. We also know it genuinely takes more than that. Collaboration, respect, ownership of work and honest discussions within the team help bring games to the next level.
Be Daring
Don't be afraid to take chances in everything you do. Speak up if you have something important to say. Push your work to the next level and don't settle for mediocrity.
Nurture Curiosity
Seek out knowledge, try things you feel would push the game to another level, brainstorm your ideas often with others and most importantly, create with passion.
Have Fun
While this may sound like an obvious thing to say, truly having fun making the games you also like to play within a positive work environment is important to us. Great games experiences come from teams of people who enjoy working on them together.
About Zapper Games
Zapper Games is a member of Amplifier Game Invest which is a subsidiary of the Embracer Group of studios.
Senior Gameplay Animator
Zapper Games is looking for a talented Senior Gameplay Animator to join our team and help work on a new open-world IP! Could it be you? Apply today!
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