Director Animation

Activision

2d • $134,000 - $247,900 • Onsite

About The Position

Elsewhere Entertainment is looking for a Director, Studio Animation to join the development of a new IP.

You will lead the Animation team by driving, maintaining, and crafting high fidelity animations that align to our pursuit of ultimate player immersion.
As a leader on the project, you’ll help take the studio and our game from great to even better—with a focus on inclusivity, mutual respect (for ourselves and our players), thoughtfulness, empathy, professionalism, and collaboration.

Requirements

• +12 years Leading Animation for Game Development
• An extreme passion for Animation, video games, and the entertainment it inspires and draws from
• An outstanding ability for Hand-Keyed Animation
• Excellent Maya Animation experience
• Understand all the roles within the Animation department
• Have a good understanding of the technology used in game design and development, its capabilities and limitations
• Capable of taking animation systems from concept to completion
• Can build good working relationships with other departments
• Has excellent communication skills, including tact and diplomacy

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Technical Animation and/or leading a content focused team in AAA games
• Have shipped 1 or more AAA games
• Master’s degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science or related field
• Experience with shader programming languages
• Experience with animation compression and streaming

Responsibilities

• Work with all Animation Directors, Leads and Producers of the project, ensuring Animation is created with the highest quality and delivered with the highest efficiency
• Use Motion Capture and Hand-Keyed Techniques to create high-fidelity Run-Time Action Cinematics, 1st and 3rd Person Gameplay and AI Animations
• Implement and maintain Animations using Proprietary Tools within our Game Engine.
• Connect with internal and external partners to ensure the highest collaborative, qualitative and efficient completion of team tasks

Benefits

• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees