Animator

Job Description

Animator - (Open to Remote)

Your Platform

Toys for Bob, a collaborative team of stellar individuals that have inspired love, joy, and laughter through epic AAA entertainment for more than 30 years, is open to remote work! Our passion for developing award-winning games with diverse genres includes the Crash Bandicoot®, Call of Duty®, Overwatch®, Spyro®, Skylanders®, and Tony Hawk® franchises. We are constantly evolving and support our growing employees to be as innovative as they can be. Toys for Bob's experienced developers are looking for creative individuals ready to take on exciting and new projects. Join us!

Toys for Bob is wholly owned by Activision. To learn more about our studio, visit us at www.toysforbob.com and @ToysForBob on Twitter.

Your Mission

As an Animator, you will create and edit photorealistic 1st and 3rd-person animations for COD projects. The ideal candidate has a strong understanding of animation principles and can problem solve with riggers and technical designers.

Priorities can often change in a fast-paced environment like ours, so this role includes, but is not limited to, the following responsibilities:
• Work directly with the Lead, Sr. Animators, and Designers to identify and implement the animation needs of the game.
• Plan, animate, implement and support complex animations.
• Build great animation using motion capture data or making original work through keyframe animation.
• Collaborate effectively with other teams, including art, design, and audio.
• Manage day-to-day development issues, identify problems, and drive creative solutions to fix them.
• Own animation sets and/or scenes.
• Implement and maintain animation assets delivered by outsourcing.

Player Profile

Minimum Requirements:
• 3 - 5 years of animation experience in the game industry.
• Broad knowledge of gameplay and cinematic keyframe animation.
• Knowledge of Motion Capture Editing and cleanup.
• You are self-motivated, open to learning and expanding your knowledge.
• Excellent communication skills, time management, and work ethic.
• Experience with Maya.

Bonus Experience:
• Experience with facial animation.
• Experience animating non-humanoid characters.
• Experience with cinematic layout and animation.
• Passion for first-person shooters.
• Experience creating and editing stylized 1st and 3rd person animations.

The video game industry and therefore our business is fast-paced and will continue to evolve. As such, the duties and responsibilities of this role may be changed as directed by the Company at any time to promote and support our business and relationships with industry partners.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-r108xv-3-15-151-214-42 in your application.