Job Description RESPONSIBILTIES As a Senior Gameplay Animator, you will be responsible for bringing gameplay characters to life.

You have a passion for NPC and player gameplay systems and a keen eye for animation detail and quality.

You have a deep understanding of body mechanics and master core animation principles like weight, posing, arcs, anticipation, and follow-through.

In the role of Senior Gameplay Animator, you will be creating high-quality character animations for navigation, interactions, conversations, and other gameplay systems.

Collaborate closely with a team of skilled animators, designers, and gameplay programmers.

Ensure animation work meets artistic goals and quality standards while respecting project deadlines.

Participate in animation reviews and collaborate with other team members to maintain consistency and quality.

Exporting, implementing and testing animations into the game engine.

Troubleshoot animation gameplay issues and provide solutions to ensure smooth animation production.

Provide guidance and feedback to junior animators, helping to mentor their development and maintain consistent quality across the board. RESPONSABILITS titre danimateur ou animatrice senior, Jouabilit, vous serez responsable de donner vie aux personnages de jouabilit.

Vous tes passionne par les systmes de jouabilit des NPC et des personnages joueurs et possdez un sens aigu du dtail ainsi quun souci constant de la qualit de lanimation.

Vous avez une comprhension approfondie de la mcanique corporelle et matrisez les principes fondamentaux de lanimation, notamment le poids, les poses, les arcs, lanticipation et le suivi du mouvement.

Dans ce rle danimateur ou animatrice senior, Jouabilit, vous crerez des animations de personnages de grande qualit pour la navigation, les interactions, les conversations et dautres systmes de jouabilit.

Collaborer troitement avec une quipe danimateurs et animatrices, de concepteurs et conceptrices ainsi que de programmeurs et programmeuses de jouabilit hautement qualifis.

Veiller ce que les travaux danimation rpondent aux objectifs artistiques et aux normes de qualit tout en respectant les chances du projet.





Participer aux revues danimation et collaborer avec les autres membres de lquipe afin dassurer la cohrence et la qualit du travail.

Exporter, intgrer et tester les animations dans le moteur de jeu.

Diagnostiquer les problmes lis lanimation et la jouabilit et proposer des solutions afin dassurer une production fluide des animations.

Fournir de lencadrement et de la rtroaction aux animateurs et animatrices juniors, contribuer leur dveloppement professionnel et maintenir un niveau de qualit constant au sein de lquipe.

Qualifications Basic Requirements: 6+ years of experience in 3D character gameplay animation.

Robust demo reel showcasing gameplay animations.

Solid animation skills with a great understanding of human motion, body mechanics, biped locomotion and animation principles.

Strong proficiency in industry-standard animation tools such as Motionbuilder or Maya.

Experience in working with motion capture data and keyframe animations.

Having shipped a AAA game.

Ability to work collaboratively and communicate effectively within cross-disciplinary teams.

Basic technical understanding of gameplay systems and animation blend systems.

Desired Characteristics: Working experience with game engines such as Unreal Experience working on occupation, conversation and traversal systems Understanding of animation-graph techniques and workflows Understanding of root-motion and motion matching Experience in developing first-person and third-person gameplay systems and good understanding of 3C concepts Experience with different animation styles Experience animating animal and creature characters Rigging experience Facial animation experience Experience developing Multiplayer games QUALIFICATIONS Exigences de base: 6 ans ou plus dexprience en animation de jouabilit de personnages 3D.

Dmo professionnelle solide prsentant des animations de jouabilit.





Excellentes comptences en animation et solide comprhension du mouvement humain, de la mcanique corporelle, de la locomotion bipde et des principes danimation.

Matrise avance des outils danimation reconnus dans lindustrie, tels que Motion

Builder ou Maya.

Exprience de travail avec des donnes de capture de mouvement (motion capture) et des animations par images cls (keyframe).

Avoir contribu la livraison dun jeu AAA.

Capacit collaborer efficacement et communiquer clairement au sein dquipes multidisciplinaires.

Comprhension technique de base des systmes de jouabilit et des systmes de fusion danimation (animation blend systems).

Caractristiques souhaites: Exprience de travail avec des moteurs de jeu tels qu

Unreal.

Exprience de travail sur des systmes doccupation, de conversation et de dplacement (traversal).

Comprhension des techniques et des flux de travail lis aux animation graphs.

Comprhension du root motion et du motion matching.

Exprience dans le dveloppement de systmes de jouabilit la premire et la troisime personne ainsi quune bonne comprhension des concepts 3C.

Exprience avec diffrents styles danimation.

Exprience en animation de personnages animaux et de cratures.

Exprience en rigging.

Exprience en animation faciale.

Exprience dans le dveloppement de jeux multijoueurs.

Additional Information As part of our selection process, external candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview with an NBCUniversal employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. NBCUniversal''s policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

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📌 Senior Animator - Gameplay | Animateur ou animatrice senior, Jouabilité (Montreal)
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