Senior Gameplay Animator

Employer: 2K Sports Lab

Position: Senior Gameplay Animator

Terms of Employment: Full-time / Permanent

Location: Vancouver, BC

Employment Address: 2025 Willingdon Avenue, Burnaby, BC. 12 th Floor, V5C 0J3

Hours of Work: 40 hours/week

Language: English

Benefits: Eligible for discretionary bonuses and/or salary increases in accordance with company policy. Eligible for health insurance, dental insurance and vision insurance. RRSP and ESPP also available to those who are eligible.

Salary: $ 110,000 CAD / year

Contact: Please send resumes to Shefali.jain@2k.com and include “Senior Gameplay Animator” in the email subject line.

Who We Are:

2K Games is headquartered in Novato, California and is a wholly owned label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ:TTWO). Founded in 2005, 2K Games is a global video game company, publishing titles developed by some of the most influential game development studios in the world. Our studios are responsible for developing 2K’s portfolio of world-class games across multiple platforms, including Visual Concepts, Firaxis, Hangar 13, CatDaddy, Cloud Chamber, 31 st Union, and HB Studios.

Located in Vancouver, BC, 2K Sports Lab is a small collective being formed within 2K Games that is driving the research and development of future sports interactive entertainment programs.

What We Need:

Our studio is looking for an experienced Gameplay Animator who has a high quality bar and a passion for replicating authentic sports behaviors. In this role, you will work closely with AI and Animation Engineers, Designers and Producers to implement authentic sports behaviors to build highly polished world-class gameplay for what will be the next massive sports franchise in our industry!

Duties:

• Determine the medium best-suited to produce the desired visual effect and the most appropriate vehicle for communication.
• Occasionally contribute elements such as prototype assets, sketches, layouts and other elements for game/cinematic previsualization.
• Provide task estimations with regard to animation work.
• Collaborate as a professional in a multidisciplinary game development environment.
• Participate in review/feedback process both in source animation and gameplay contexts.
• Edit, enhance and clean up motion capture data in accordance with gameplay and engine and design requirements.
• Collaborate with Design Leads to define the animation needs and create the design for animation based features.
• Be responsible for mocap shot lists and mocap reference in order to deliver the strongest feature possible.
• Collaborate with Engineers and Designers to influence the technical implementation of features.
• Collaborate with the Animation Director to understand, and deliver on, the quality bar for the animations that you create.
• Champion animation quality and authenticity within your features, bringing the animation perspective to all decision making.

Requirements:

• A university degree in visual arts with specialization in graphic design, commercial art, graphic communications or cartooning or completion of a college diploma program in graphic arts is required.
• 5+ years experience in animation or multimedia design.
• Creative ability and artistic talent, as demonstrated by a portfolio of work, are required for graphic designers and illustrators.
• Experience working with ‘second-to-second’ interactive animation features.
• Player experience focused.
• Open minded, proactive and collaborative.
• Experience with Unreal Engine.
• Passionate about playing and/or watching sports.
• Passion for video games (not just ours!).
• Subject matter expert in human movement pertaining to professional sport.

As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to ensuring that qualified individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform their essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

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