Employer: Rockstar Games Toronto ULC
Position: Animator Gameplay
Terms of Employment: Full-time / Permanent
Location: Oakville, Ontario
Employment Address: 400-586 Argus Road, Oakville, Ontario L6J 3J3
Hours of Work: 40 hours/week
Language: English
Benefits: Eligible for discretionary bonuses and/or salary increases in accordance with company policy. Eligible for life insurance, extended medical/dental plan, RSP plan, Stock purchase plan and fitness benefits.
Salary: $75,000 CAD per annum
Contact: Please apply via the following link: https://boards.greenhouse.io/rockstarcanada/jobs/5745432003?gh_src=67ffa6083us
At Rockstar Games, we create world-class entertainment experiences. A career at Rockstar Games is about being part of a team working on some of the most creatively rewarding and ambitious projects to be found in any entertainment medium. You would be welcomed to a dedicated and inclusive environment where you can learn and collaborate with some of the most talented people in the industry.
Duties:
• Work closely with animators and programmers to create, implement, and debug compelling gameplay mechanics.
• Collaborate with the Animation, Code and Design teams, to achieve balance between animation fidelity and gameplay responsiveness.
• Work closely with colleagues under the guidance of a Lead Animator.
• Support the planning of motion capture shoots and direct actors.
• Work alongside production to ensure captured motion capture data has been assigned to tasks and distributed.
• Be self-motivated and willing to get involved in wider areas.
• Troubleshoot and provide solutions to problems in both core animation systems and developing tech.
• Implement authored animations into the game engine.
• Learn proprietary technologies to support debugging visual animation issues and help provide feedback to tech teams for improvements.
• Review assets to create stunning animations that are both fluid and responsive.
• Playtest game mechanics within the context of the overall game and collective features to help provide feedback.
• Consult with stakeholders to determine the nature and content of illustrations in order to meet their communications needs
• Develop and produce realistic or representational visualizations, digital content creation software for multimedia, interactive and digital products
• Assist in developing mock-ups for electronic productions such as multimedia, interactive and digital products
• Produce 2-D and 3-D animated drawings or computer illustrations
• May adapt existing illustrations, mock-ups or visualizations.
Requirements:
• Bachelor’s degree in art/animation is required.
• 2+ years of experience animating video games.
• Demo reel demonstrating strong animation principles, and preferably their implementation in a real time engine.
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