Offworld Industries is looking for a seasoned Senior Animator to join our studio. This position is at our New Westminster Studio, located a short walk from the New West sky train station.

Responsibilities:

• Create high-quality full body and first person animations based on established artistic and gameplay direction.
• Integrating animations into the engine.
• Ability to push the animation style and advance the look and feel of the animation in the game in conjunction with the Lead Animator.
• Rigging more complex weapon props, vehicles and characters.
• Work in close collaboration with the Lead Animator to understand the quality objectives, game play intentions and engine capacities in order to anticipate the in-game look of the animations.
• Support with the triage of the team's animation bugs.
• Managing animation quality of final assets in-engine and ensuring they are game ready.

Your Qualifications:

Required Skills

• Expert understanding of movement, pose and timing.
• Expert understanding of the nuances of first person viewport animation.
• Solid skillset to create the mech/props animation is a plus.
• Ability to create creature animation in various styles is a plus
• Ability to work from reference materials such as video recording or already established animation.
• Solid knowledge of rigging.
• Solid knowledge of the animation process in Maya or equivalent software.
• Understanding of the technical constraints in game development and ability to apply them when animating.
• Organized and clean workflow, compatible with a collaborative environment.
• Effective communication skills across all levels and organizations.
• Ability to work in a dynamic and collaborative team environment.

Managerial Competencies

• Assist the Lead Animator with taskings.
• Mentoring junior and intermediate level animators, improving their skill sets and helping them in their day to day tasks.
• Participate in the process of recruiting top talent for careers at Offworld Industries.

Experience

• End to end Game Development Experience. 2 or more shipped titles desirable.
• 5+ years animation experience within the games industry

This is a full-time permanent position.

This role offers:

• Competitive salary
• Health and dental benefits
• Wellness spending account
• Retirement savings plan
• Employee stock purchase plan
• 3 weeks paid vacation and 2 weeks paid studio shutdown over the December holiday period
• Wonderful colleagues!

If you meet the above qualifications, and Offworld sounds like the kind of company you want to be a part of, please apply now with a cover letter and a copy of your resume.