Senior Character Animator

Company
Our mission is to contribute to the global gaming and cinematic industries by constantly improving the quality of 3D animation.

Bones is a fully equipped production studio specializing in motion capture and all-purpose character animation. As one of the biggest performance capture studios in Europe we work on many AAA games (we co-produce most of the Polish big titles!) and various cinematic productions.

Job description
You will work on a series of animated shorts while gaining a lot of insight into professional character animation pipelines. We are looking for someone who can be a true leader of our animation team.
Most of the time you will be designing and creating character animations based on motion capture data recorded at our studio. You will also work on creating end-to-end animation pipelines or take care of the keyframe animations only. All of it done in a friendly atmosphere and far from unachievable deadlines. You won’t get bored with us, we promise.

Requirements

• At least 3 years of experience in kids film industry and/or gamedev
• Excellent knowledge of MotionBuilder and/or Maya/Blender
• Excellent knowledge of Unreal Engine
• Ability to create body animations based on motion capture data
• Good understanding of keyframe animation’s principles and the ability to apply this knowledge to animation creation
• Experience in the animation of bipedal/quadruped/quasi-living forms
• The ability to lead our animation team and work effectively with programmers and members of other teams
• Showreel presenting examples of your previous work
• Ability to rig characters is a plus
• Experience working with blendshape-based face animation pipelines
• Experience designing and improving animation pipelines
• Ability to create stylized, cartoonish animations is a plus

We offer

• Work with a team passionate about animated shorts and games!
• Studio and workshop full of cutting-edge technology
• Attractive salary based on experience and skills
• Flexible working hours
• Participation in conferences and game industry events
• Private medical care
• Excellent coffee

Please drop us a few lines about why you think you are a perfect fit for this position