Gameplay Animator

2K•Burnaby, BC

6d•Onsite

About The Position

Founded in 2023, 2K Sports Lab is the newest stand alone studio at 2K looking to push game development boundaries to bring 2K's next groundbreaking sports franchise to life. We're building a world-class team at our new Vancouver, BC location where our goal is to deliver an exceptional experience through bold ideas, technical excellence, and creative collaboration. We're seeking passionate and driven professionals across all areas of game development to help shape this ambitious vision. If you’re interested in tackling unique challenges and think you have what it takes to level up our team, we encourage you to apply! Our studio is looking for an experienced Gameplay Animator who has a high quality bar and a passion for replicating authentic sports behaviors. In this role, you will work closely with AI and Animation Engineers, Designers and Producers to implement authentic sports behaviors to build highly polished world – class gameplay for what will be the next massive sports franchise in our industry.

Requirements

A university degree in visual arts with specialization in graphic design, commercial art, graphic communications or cartooning or completion of a college diploma program in graphic arts is required
Experience or training in multimedia design at a post-secondary, college or technical institution may be required
Creative ability and artistic talent, as demonstrated by a portfolio of work, are required for graphic designers and illustrators
A passion, and understanding of sports games
Experience working with ‘second-to-second’ interactive animation features
Player experience focused
Open minded, proactive and collaborative
Experience with Unreal Engine
Passionate about playing and/or watching sports
Passion for video games (not just ours!)
Subject matter expert in human movement pertaining to professional sport

Responsibilities

Collaborate as a professional in a multidisciplinary game development environment
Participate in review/feedback process both in source animation and gameplay contexts.
Edit, enhance and clean up motion Capture Data in accordance with Gameplay and engine and design requirements
Collaborate with Design Leads to define the animation needs and create the design for animation based features
Collaborate with Engineers and Designers to influence the technical implementation of features in order to build the strongest feature possible
Collaborate with the Animation Director to understand, and deliver on, the quality bar for the animations that you create
Collaborate with the Design Lead and Engineering team to implement your features in engine
Champion animation quality and authenticity within your features, bringing the animation perspective to all decision making
Occasionally contribute elements such prototype assets, sketches, layouts and other elements for game/cinematic previsualization
Provide task estimations with regard to animation work.