Warnerbros
Advanced Artist, Animation
UT Salt Lake City 175 East 400 South
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 4 days ago
AccessibilityMayaUnreal EngineCommunicationMentoring
About the role
- Discovery… the stuff dreams are made of.
- Here you are supported, here you are celebrated, here you can thrive.
- Games studio located in downtown Salt Lake City nestled against the backdrop of the beautiful Wasatch Mountains.
Responsibilities
- Drive keyframe animation for hero characters, creatures, and key gameplay moments, setting the standard for quality across the team
- Partner with Leads and Production to help define animation scope, schedules, and project benchmarks
- Collaborate with designers and programmers to implement and refine animations in Unreal Engine 5, determining technical and creative approaches for complex problems
- Lead motion capture sessions and oversee processing of mocap data for in-game use
- Contribute to the evolution of tools and workflows, working with engineering to create and improve pipeline tools
- Partner with art directors to translate the game's visual style and narrative goals into actionable direction for the animation team
Requirements
- 10+ years of progressively complex professional game animation experience, or an equivalent combination of experience and a BA in art or a related field
- Advanced proficiency animating both realistic and stylized characters
- Proven experience mentoring animators and reviewing others' work to raise team quality and skill level
- Demonstrated ability to establish project taxonomy, file formats, and naming conventions
- Advanced understanding of the production pipeline, with a track record of driving efficiency improvements
- Advanced knowledge of Maya, MotionBuilder, and Unreal Engine 5's animation systems
- Deep experience with procedural animation techniques and runtime animation systems
- You can find them at www.wbd.com/guiding-principles/ along with some insights from the team on what they mean and how they show up in their day to day.
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