Lead Animator

Job Description

ART

What We Do

Push your artistic talent to the limit on a team of world-class environment, character and concept artists who strive to innovate and inspire.

What You'll Do

Epic Games is searching for a Lead Animator to join our team working on Fortnite. A successful candidate should have a great understanding of the fundamentals of animation and how they relate to game animation and the ability to implement animations in the Unreal 4 editor using our animation blueprint system.

In this role, you will
• Create character specific animations such as dances and emotes as well as gameplay animations in Maya using our ART tools set
• Take animation from initial concept through to implementation in Unreal Engine 4 using our animation blueprint system
• Lead a growing team of animators, helping mentor and drive the style and feel of Fortnite's animation

What we're looking for
• You have an animation reel showing key-framed character and creature animations
• Strong experience with Maya and gameplay systems
• Good instincts for realistic and stylized motions
• Strong communication and leadership skills
• Familiarity with the Unreal Engine 4 art pipeline
• Related skills, such as modeling, skinning, rigging
• Experience working with mocap data
• Experience having shipped at least one title

If you have a portfolio/reel/website you'd like to share, please hyperlink it to your resume, or submit it as an attachment with your application.

Note to Recruitment Agencies: Epic does not accept any unsolicited resumes or approaches from any unauthorized third party (including recruitment or placement agencies) (i.e., a third party with whom we do not have a negotiated and validly executed agreement). We will not pay any fees to any unauthorized third party. Further details on these matters can be found here.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-rvvxyn-18-216-186-164-42 in your application.