Lead Animator

Job Description

Treyarch is looking for an extraordinary Lead Animator with experience in animation leadership experience. In this role, you will lead a passionate and talented animation team in crafting the highest quality weapon and locomotion animations, pushing the boundaries of gameplay immersion, storytelling, and creativity. The ideal candidate is passionate about animation and gameplay, and has a strong understanding of realistic body mechanics, animation principles, and strong leadership skills.

A successful Lead Animator will collaborate across departments to push for that AAA quality and fun our studio is committed to achieve. We're looking for a strong communicator who is passionate about creativity and innovation in this role, where you will influence the direction of Treyarch's animation technology. If you possess a strong will to become an essential pillar of an outstanding animation team, to inspire those around you, and create epic moments in gaming, then this is the role for you!

What you'll be doing…
• Produce high-quality first-person animations using all the tools at your disposal, with a focus on weapons, locomotion, and gameplay
• Lead a team of dedicated animators, ensuring that all work is at the highest quality possible while staying on schedule, providing and receiving feedback from Animators on a regular basis
• Collaboratively work with multiple departments of different disciplines to maintain the look and feel of the project
• Drive improvements to our first-person animation pipeline, advocating for and exploring a wide variety of ideas to keep pushing the Call of Duty style of animation forward
• Implement and maintain Animations, using our proprietary tools within our game engine
• Represents the Gameplay Animation team in all meetings
• Identify potential areas of risk and work with other groups to mitigate them

To succeed you should have…
• 8+ years of experience in the game industry
• Expert level first person animation skills and knowledge of animation implementation and debugging techniques
• A solid understanding of realistic body mechanics
• Expert level knowledge of Maya
• Demonstrated mentorship experience and excellent interpersonal skills

We'd love it if you also have…
• Knowledge of weapon mechanics
• Experience in both stylized and realistic styles of animation
• Experience working with outsourcing teams
• Experience with Perforce
• A passion for video games and the Call of Duty franchise

We love hearing from anyone who is enthusiastic about changing the games industry. Not sure you meet all qualifications? Let us decide! Research shows that women and members of other under-represented groups tend to not apply to jobs when they think they may not meet every qualification, when, in fact, they often do! At Activision Blizzard, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and strongly encourage you to apply.

PS, we've also got some pretty amazing office perks and benefits, like 20 vacation days and 16 holidays, 10 weeks of family leave, free lunches and snacks at our office, comprehensive healthcare, and more! Check out all the details here for more information: https://www.benefitsforeveryworld.com/

Rewards

We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical, emotional and financial well-being for 'Every World' - we've got our employees covered! Subject to eligibility requirements, the Company offers comprehensive benefits including:
• Medical, dental, vision, health savings account or health reimbursement account, healthcare spending accounts, dependent care spending accounts, life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance;
• 401(k) with Company match, tuition reimbursement, charitable donation matching;
• Paid holidays and vacation, paid sick time, floating holidays, compassion and bereavement leaves, parental leave;
• Mental health & wellbeing programs, fitness programs, free and discounted games, and a variety of other voluntary benefit programs like supplemental life & disability, legal service, ID protection, rental insurance, and others;
• If the Company requires that you move geographic locations for the job, then you may also be eligible for relocation assistance.

Eligibility to participate in these benefits may vary for part time and temporary full-time employees and interns with the Company. You can learn more by visiting https://www.benefitsforeveryworld.com/.

In the US, the standard base pay range for this role is $97,200.00 - $179,900.00 Annual. This base pay range is for the US and is not applicable to locations outside of the US Actual amounts will vary depending on experience, performance and location. In addition to a competitive base pay, employees in this role may be eligible for incentive compensation. Incentive compensation is not guaranteed.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-gpjzb4-18-218-184-214-42 in your application.