Principal Cinematics Animator 48104

At Invoke our mission is to Have Fun Building Great Games.

We believe the best games come from people who love what they do in an environment that values them and their ideas. And we ensure that everyone has the opportunity to contribute to our collective success whatever their role. As a member of Wizards of the Coast we help enrich a catalog of games that has inspired gamers and developers for decades.

At Invoke you get to play your part as a valued member of an open and dedicated team within a magical world!

Job Description

Invoke is looking for a Principal Cinematics Animator to join our cinematic team in developing a AAA singleplayer storydriven actionadventure game built using the Unreal Engine. In this position you will play an important part in bringing our ingame narrative stories to life by working with the Directors Lead animators and cross discipline departments to craft memorable cinematic sequences which will have a high impact on the player experience.

What youll do

• Support the Cinematic Animation Director in defining and communicating the vision to the team ensuring alignment with the games scope schedule and quality benchmarks
• Create highquality realistic performance through motion captured and handkeyed animations for ingame cinematics as well as ensuring proactive troubleshooting of animation issues providing input to the technical team
• Assist the Cinematic Animation Director in planning and gathering information for preparing mocap shoots working with DTs (rigs sets props etc. to ensure they are checked and validated
• Help onboard new team members by mentoring animators on tools and pipeline processes providing guidance and feedback to achieve highquality animated sequences that align with the Cinematic Animation Directors vision
• Participate in planning recording selection and integration of motion capture and animation data to ensure the quality is in line with the animation directors vision
• Review the cinematic scenes in Unreal Engine ensuring a highquality integration.
  

What youll bring

• 8 years of experience as a Cinematic Animator and shipped at least one AAA game as a cinematic animator
• Expert at performance capture polish and keyframe proficiency for human and creature character
• Deep knowledge of the human anatomy physiological reactions and body language to express character emotions through movement and facial expressions
• Strong understanding of narrative structure and cinematography vocabulary including pacing and visual storytelling including staging camera layout and editing
• Expert in animation in Maya software
• Knowledge in Unreal 5.0 and Motion Builder is a plus
• Support actor performances and help direct motion capture shoots when needed is a plus
• Ability to be proactive selfmotivated and creative problem solver
• Good communication organizational time management and interpersonal skills
• Eagerness to receive seek and provide constructive feedback
• An animation reel demonstrating seniorlevel skills with a clear explanation of contributions
• Proven mentoring and leadership abilities.
• Excellent communication skills in French and English.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer

Invoke commits to offer equal working chances to every individual without regard based on the following: age sex sexual orientation physical disability country origin religion citizenship native country or any other possible particularities. We sincerely believe in a respectful and openminded work environment in which everyone can fully contribute to the organizations development.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process to perform essential job functions and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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