• Create high-quality, polished gameplay animations for a combat-focused experience. • Produce believable, weighty melee combat animations that feel responsive and satisfying. • Animate combat encounters involving player attacks, enemy reactions, finishers, and traversal where required. • Create animations supporting Quick Time Events (QTEs) and seamlessly blend gameplay into cinematic moments. • Collaborate closely with designers, technical animators, and engineers to iterate on gameplay feel and responsiveness. • Work within an established animation pipeline while maintaining a high level of polish and attention to detail. • Help define and maintain the quality bar expected of a premium AAA action title.

Role Description We're looking for an experienced Senior Gameplay Animator to join our team on an exciting short-term contract, helping bring a high-profile, well-loved AAA IP to life. This is an opportunity to work on a vertical slice/demo experience that showcases the quality and vision of an upcoming project. The work is heavily focused on delivering impactful, responsive gameplay animation with a strong emphasis on cinematic combat. - Create high-quality, polished gameplay animations for a combat-focused experience. - Produce believable, weighty melee combat animations that feel responsive and satisfying. - Animate combat encounters involving player attacks, enemy reactions, finishers, and traversal where required. - Create animations supporting Quick Time Events (QTEs) and seamlessly blend gameplay into cinematic moments. - Collaborate closely with designers, technical animators, and engineers to iterate on gameplay feel and responsiveness. - Work within an established animation pipeline while maintaining a high level of polish and attention to detail. - Help define and maintain the quality bar expected of a premium AAA action title. Qualifications - Extensive professional experience as a Gameplay Animator on AAA console or PC titles. - Demonstrated experience working on third-person action or combat-heavy games. - Strong understanding of melee combat systems, timing, anticipation, impact, and character weight. - Experience creating cinematic gameplay moments and scripted in-game events. - Excellent keyframe animation skills with a strong eye for performance and physicality. - Comfortable working from motion capture as well as creating bespoke keyframe animation where required. - Strong communication skills and the ability to work independently within a collaborative team. Bonus Skills - Experience working on titles similar in style to: - God of War - Ghost of Yōtei - Ghost of Tsushima - The Last of Us - Uncharted - Technical experience with any of the following is highly desirable: - Autodesk Maya - Autodesk MotionBuilder - Unreal Engine (UE4/UE5) - Animation Blueprints, State Machines, and gameplay integration workflows Contract Details - Contract: 3-4 Months - Location: Remote (preferred overlap with North American working hours) - Employment Type: Contract - Working Pattern: Full Time, Remote

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• Interact with team members, customers, and Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to develop an application using the Unreal 4 and 5 game engine • Contribute creatively to the application design and development process, from prototype to delivery • Develop and test code, fix bugs, profile, and optimize code • Follow best practices, development processes, and coding standards • Document and peer review technical designs with other software engineers • Write efficient code with descriptive comments and maintain attention to detail • Take ownership of work as a highly motivated self-starter • Possess a demonstrated ability to meet tight deadlines, prioritize workload, manage time efficiently, and work in a small team environment