Cinematic Animator

Job Description

Ubisoft Barcelona, has developed for over 20 years a strong expertise in the production of videogames from a large variety of genres and platforms. Our goal is to bring outstanding experiences to our players around the world. Our passion is innovation and using cutting-edge technology to deliver the unexpected.
Our teams are behind memorable AAA titles such as ''Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege'', ''Beyond Good & Evil 2'', ''Assassin's Creed Valhalla'', etc.

Job Description

Working in close collaboration with the animation director of the game, your mission will be to animate complete scenes of cinematics (body + facial + cam) using MotionBuilder, going through different phases of polish and reaching a realistic result. You will be part of a strong and talented cinematic team which creates memorable scenes and performances on well-known Ubisoft projects such as Assassin's Creed, Ghost Recon, Beyond Good and Evil, Rabbids…

What you´ll do
• Assemble scenes importing characters, props, cameras and environment. Following the storyboards and scripts information.
• Integrate and edit motion capture data (body and facial).
• Create or edit camera animation delivering good compositions.
• Integrate and test animations in our engine.
• Take ownership of your scene and be responsible delivering the maximum quality.
• Communicate daily with the animation supervisor.

Qualifications

What you´ll bring
• Strong composition sense (camera movements, framing, etc)
• Knowledge of the human anatomy, physiological reactions and body language, in order to express character emotions through movement.
• Experience in Motion capture.
• Experience in Autodesk MotionBuilder and Maya.
• Attention to detail.
• Good communication skills (English) spoken and written.
• Ability to receive and provide constructive criticism.
• Able to collaborate well with the other members of the animation team and other team members.
• Organizational skills.
• Autonomous and proactive attitude.
• Familiarity with engines art pipeline.
• Basic rigging knowledge is a plus.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-d9nnmk-3-135-202-224-42 in your application.