[PAID] Sr. Animator
Within was founded by award-winning filmmaker Chris Milk and renowned technologist Aaron Koblin with the goal of exploring and expanding the potential of immersive storytelling. Along with our sister company, VR production house Here Be Dragons, we collaborate with companies including Apple, The New York Times, NBC, Vice Media, and the United Nations as well as artists including U2 to bring to life and distribute premium immersive stories in a variety of genres. Investors in Within include Andreessen Horowitz, 21st Century Fox, Raine Ventures, WME, Live Nation, Vice Media, Tribeca Enterprises, Annapurna Pictures, Legendary Pictures, and Freelands Ventures.
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Senior Animator/Rigger
Responsibilities
Rigging, weighting and setting up controls and interfaces for character animation.
Facilitating tools for exporting rigs to the engine.
Help troubleshoot, diagnose, and correct animation-related performance issues.
Collaborate with engineering to implement IK-based animation system.
Responsibility for creating rigs for all creatures.
Experience with hard surface and smooth deforming character pipelines and setup.
Advanced technical problem-solving skills.
Understanding of biomechanics and anatomy.
Requirements
3D animation and rigging.
5 years of experience in the video game industry.
Expert knowledge of Maya or Max.
An excellent understanding of real time animation including IK and physics.
An expert-level understanding of next-gen game character development processes, tools, pipelines.
A demonstrated ability to integrate the creative and technical character-building processes.
Optional, but a major plus
Experience in cinematic productions.
Experience with the Unity game engine.
- Experience with VR
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