Looking for an purposeful and motivated Animation Director with a good track record of game development and experience in leading a team, who will Define, document, and drive the vision for animation on the AAA title projects as well as manage a team of animators, spearheading project planning ensuring quality and staying on the schedule precisely.
Обязанности
- Define, document, and drive the vision for animation on the AAA title projects;
- Manage a team of animators, spearheading project planning, ensuring quality and staying on the schedule precisely;
- Create/determine the benchmark in each project and test;
- Act as the key person to communicate between animators, cross department in studio and the external clients;
- Provide the guidance during the creative discussion with design and art leadership;
- Strong partner with producers to ensure the schedules and plans meet business needs;
- Mentor/Pitcher to support the animation team with constructing feedbacks;
- Provide a sharp perspective with game-logic to meet the quality and requirement;
- Foresee the weakness and threats in animation department to improve what is needed;
- Team Cultural keeper and guardian to create an atmosphere with belonging;
- Pitch the action/acting in Cinematics to fulfill the story-telling and narrative inside; camera staging is needed as well.
Требования
- 10+ years’ experience in game industry with at least 3 shipped titles;
- Minimum of 3 years of management experience as an Animation Director or Animation Team Lead position with sufficient and good credentials;
- A great eye for overseeing and supervising all animation content across a single project;
- Deep understanding of full game industry working process;
- A thorough understanding of all kinds of animation styles, technique and theory;
- Confidence with directing story boarder and animator in Cinematic and Cutscene;
- Committed and motivated to be a good team player with a positive attitude;
- A fluent English ability with good communication skills.
Pluses:
- With the shipped AAA titles;
- Experience in various 3D Animation software - Motionbuilder, Maya, 3dsMax and Blender;
- Experience in developing Film or Animated series in CG Industry;
- Knowledgeable of Animation system in game engine - UE4, Unity, Customized and so on;
- Knowledgeable of Animation Blueprint/Animator in game engine - UE4, Unity, Customized and so on;
- Deep understanding of full game industry working process.
Условия
- Relocation Assistance.