Animator Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience bringing characters to life through motion.
• Minimum of a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Animation or similar
• Proficiency with industry-standard animation tools like Maya and Blender.
• Ability to direct the rendering of multi-material deformable surfaces, including textiles (fiber, weft, etc) and rubber.
• Experience with the limitations of real-world systems (torque, collisions, etc)

Nice To Haves

• Demonstrated aesthetic sensibilities for creating appeal and agency in non-humanoid forms
• Ability to operate in a dynamic environment with complex, multidisciplinary inputs
• Clear and persuasive communication skills
• Skilled at working across diverse disciplines and with external experts, from scientists to mechanics
• Demonstrated passion for exploring new ideas and technologies
• Excitement for innovating in the non-human companionship space
• Openness and excitement for new tools and processes, including AI-powered workflows.

Responsibilities

• Develop animations for Familiars across a wide range of contexts, emotional states, and goals.
• Create motions that provide maximum clarity within real hardware limitations, and which maintain legible and consistent character/personality across animations.
• Advise on the right tools and external partners to work with to create the most effective workflows.
• Collaborate on the development of internal tools that integrate physical constraints for rapid iteration before deployment.
• Critique the output of control policies.
• Collaborate with experience designers on how best to create a long-term emotional connection between Familiars and people.
• Create visual assets that communicate and illustrate the nuances and value of key animation decisions.
• Keep a tidy, version-controlled repository of animations.
• Advise on key hardware decisions for future Familiars.