Senior Gameplay Animator MFNB Non annonced Project

Why We Need You:

Join a small design team on an unannounced project alongside a Senior team.

What You Will Do:

Creation and Integration of Gameplay Animations

• Produce and integrate gameplay animations (combat locomotion traversal) with a high level of responsiveness and clarity.
• Adapt animations to gameplay constraints: responsiveness readability timing.

Development of Gameplay-Oriented Animation Systems

• Participate in prototyping and polishing animation systems up to the final version.
• Contribute to the development of Main Character & NPC animations (combat behaviors).

Cross-Team Collaboration

• Work closely with:
  • Game Designers to ensure gameplay readability and intention.
  • Gameplay Programmers for technical integration optimization and debugging.

Optimization and Quality

• Test and iterate on animations to ensure performance and consistency.

Your Future Work Environment:

• Small team based in Montpellier.
• Collaboration with specialized senior profiles.
• Animation tools: Maya.

Qualifications :

Qualifications

What Were Looking For:

Key skills for this role

Technical Skills:

• Strong animation background (share your best animations via your Demo Reel).
• Proficiency in Maya.
• Experience with combat and/or creature animations.
• Comfortable with game engines and animation systems.

Reliability & Ownership

• You understand project constraints in order to deliver within production timelines.
• You are proactive: you push the quality of your work all the way through its in-game context.

Team Spirit and Mentoring

• You know how to give and receive feedback with peers and share best practices.
• You stay open to feedback: art direction revisions gameplay rebalancing engine optimization etc.
• You understand the needs of other teams and technical constraints to achieve the best results in the game.
• You can share knowledge with junior profiles.

What Will Make You Successful

• Your ability to tell a story through your animations.
• Your attention to detail and your expertise in knowing where to focus your efforts.
• Your artistic vision while staying pragmatic and gameplay-oriented.
• Your ability to elevate the artists around you.

Additional Information :

Our Recruitment Process

• Application review: our team will carefully review your profile.
• Quick prequalification (max 30 min by phone): if your profile matches youll have an initial call to validate key points.
• Interview 1: Introduction (1h online): a conversation with a member of the recruitment team to get to know you better and assess the alignment between your background and our expectations.
• Interview 2: Technical (1h online): a discussion with two team members more technically oriented to dive concretely into the role and speak the same language.

Contract type: Permanent contract
Location: Montpellier
Start date: You can join the team as soon as possible
Remote work: 

We embrace a hybrid work model helping you stay connectedwith your team and aligned with business priorities while giving you the opportunity to maintain your work-life balance. Note that some roles are fully office-based and are not eligible for hybrid work.

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Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time