About the Role

The role is for an experienced CG character animator to join the EA SPORTS FC Cinematics Team at EA Vancouver's Burnaby office. The animator will key-frame characters to a very high standard and work closely with the Director to bring quality animated performances to the game. This is a 12-month contract position with the possibility of longer-term employment, requiring onsite work three days per week from Tuesday to Thursday.

Key Responsibilities

- Work closely with the Director to understand the vision for the cinematics.
- Assemble Motion Capture character performances together with all the props necessary to realise the cinematics.
- Work with artists and technical artists/animators to provide feedback on rigs and tools.
- Provide feedback to other animators on the team, both internally and externally, where necessary.
- Polish key frame face and body animation for cinematic scenes and test in the game engine.
- Work with technical artists/animators and engineers to manage and solve any technical problems that arise with both first and third party tools and software.

Required Experience & Qualifications

- Ability to key-frame characters to a very high standard.
- Experienced CG character animator with a minimum of 3 years of work experience.
- Excellent character animation skills.
- Experience working with advanced facial animation rigs.
- Experience animating cameras and a good eye for cinematics.
- Experience creating the various passes needed to take animations from initial previz and blocking through to fully realised, highly polished sequences.




- Strong working knowledge of a 3D animation package such as Maya or XSI.
- Ability to work under tight deadlines.
- Experience working with, and providing feedback to, both artists and technical artists/animators.
- Strong technical communication and collaboration skills.
- Motivation to learn how to use new or proprietary software.
- Adaptability to different workflow methods.
- Ability to communicate well with other disciplines.
- Meticulous, detail-oriented, and driven, with the ability to work with very little supervision to produce high-quality work.
- Solid work ethic and ability to work well with a team.

Preferred Skills

- Familiarity with Autodesk's Motionbuilder, preferred but not essential.
- Experience working in gaming, preferred but not essential.
- A passion for sports/soccer is an asset.

Workplace

- Onsite at EA Vancouver (Burnaby office).
- Required to work onsite 3 days per week, Tuesday to Thursday.

Benefits & Perks

- 3 weeks of vacation per year to start.
- 10 days per year of sick time.
- Extended health, dental, and vision coverage.
- Basic life insurance.

About the Company

EA SPORTS is one of the world's leading sports entertainment brands, known for top-selling video game franchises, award-winning interactive technology, and cross-platform digital experiences. EA SPORTS FC is one of the largest sports entertainment platforms in the world, redefining football with genre-leading interactive experiences and connecting a global community of fans through innovation and authenticity.

📌 Cinematic Animator - EA SPORTS FC (Vancouver)
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