Senior Cinematic Animator at Tencent Singapore

Responsibilities

Responsibilities: Animate fantastic character face and body performances Animate pulse-pounding action sequences together with our Gameplay Animation Team Help design and test our Motion Capture, Face Solving, and Animation pipeline methodologies Team up with our Cinematic Animation Supervisor to guide our growing Cinematic Animation Team in creating the highest quality animation in the lowest stress environment Collaborate with our Rigging and Gameplay Animation Teams to help create the fastest and most capable character, prop, and vehicle rigs Work with our Tech Art team and Cinematic Animation Supervisor developing and testing internal tools and evaluating external tools to create the best Animation Tool Suite for our production Work with the Cinematic Animation Supervisor to choose, vet, and support Lead Cinematic Animators as we define our quality standards and boost morale Help the Cinematic Animation Supervisor and Team to foster strong working relationships across all departments at all levels Together with the Gameplay Animation Team, elevate and safeguard the consistency between gameplay and cinematic animation Work Location: US-California-Irvine

Requirements

5+ years of experience creating naturalistic human performances with a strong focus on acting 3+ years of experience creating FACS-based facial performances or similar A Solid understanding of proper FACS usage, including the ability to evaluate and give feedback on FACS rigs and FACS-based face animation A strong understanding of naturalistic body mechanics and performances A strong sense of weight, timing, and appeal in animation Adept at animating humanoids Strong technical and artistic animation skills Ability to learn new tools and techniques for animation implementation Shipped one or more AAA game titles and/or worked on three or more award-winning feature films Experience non-destructively editing and animating with motion capture data in Maya Excellent organizational, communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills A self-motivated collaborative work style with strong problem-solving skills A good work ethic and a willingness to push the highest animation quality bar A solid understanding of cinematography and camera animation Pluses: Stage, Film, and/or Television acting experience Familiarity with real-time cinematics such as Unreal Engine, Unity, Redshift or similar