3D Animator

Grimlore Games is seeking a skilled, passionate, and creative 3D Animator based in Germany. The role involves creating high-quality animations that reflect character personalities and align with the creative vision. The animator will collaborate closely with the tech team and designers, working with 3ds Max/Maya and Unreal Engine to contribute to current and future game titles.

Responsibilities

• Create high quality animations that portray character and creature personalities consistent with the style and vision as laid out by Directors
• Demonstrate a superior sense of posing, timing, and weight
• Continuously push the quality of the animations
• Help to identify and solve animation process and implementation issues

Requirements

• A demo reel that showcases a range of gameplay animations (handkey and mocap)
• Good knowledge about animation in Maya / 3D Studio Max
• Knowledge of the pipeline of animating a video game character from Maya/3DS Max into the animation controller in Unreal/Unity
• Ability to analyze our game and competitor games and identifying needs to increase the animation quality
• Motion Capture and Pose to Pose experience
• Bonus: Coding knowledge in C++, Blueprints (UE4), C# or Python
• Passion for roleplaying games is welcomed
• Applicants must be authorized to work in Germany/E.U
• Fluent in written and spoken English
• A positive team-oriented mindset
• Proactive, self-motivated, and able to work without micromanagement