Associate Animator - Apex Legends
Respawn Entertainment is a renowned studio that creates extraordinary games, including Apex Legends. They are seeking a talented Junior Animator to join their team, responsible for delivering high-quality animations and collaborating closely with experienced animators.
Responsibilities
- Deliver powerful animation performances from initial blocking to final polish, guided by our seasoned animators
- Craft high-quality, believable animation content for Apex that looks and feels amazing!
- Take charge of the animation process, from conceptualization (blocking, directing mocap talent) to realization (polished key-framing/motion editing, game implementation)
- Work closely with animators to push our quality, share knowledge, and inspire creativity
Skills
- 1-2 years of professional game development experience
- An understanding of video game animation development
- Proficiency with Maya
- Experience with full body/bipedal animations
- Experience with viewmodel/first-person animations
- Knowledge of motion editing (re-posing, re-timing, and enhancing mocap data)
Benefits
- Vacation (3 weeks per year to start)
- 10 days per year of sick time
- Paid top-up to EI/QPIP benefits up to 100% of base salary when you welcome a new child (12 weeks for maternity, and 4 weeks for parental/adoption leave)
- Extended health/dental/vision coverage
- Life insurance
- Disability insurance
- Retirement plan to regular full-time employees
- Certain roles may also be eligible for bonus and equity
- Healthcare coverage
- Mental well-being support
- Retirement savings
- Paid time off
- Family leaves
- Complimentary games
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