Lead Animator

Job Description

• Art Bully Productions is looking for a Lead Animator to work on indie and AAA titles. You will work closely with the Animation Director to oversee a team of animators. You will critique their work and provide feedback before delivering the animations to external clients for approval.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Supervise a team of animators to ensure all work is completed and submitted on time
• Review all animations from the team to ensure they meet Art Bully quality standards before they are sent off to the client
• Submit approved animations to external clients and relay client feedback to the animation team, ensuring the animators understand and complete all feedback on time
• Troubleshoot any technical issues animators may encounter, as well as any issues the client may have to implement the animations into their game engine
• Using online communications, stay in constant contact with Animation Director, the client, and the animation team

SKILLS AND REQUIREMENTS

• Minimum 2 years experience as Lead Animator or Animation Lead supervising a team of multiple animators
• Minimum 6 years experience as an animator
• Expert knowledge of Maya
• Ability to animate in a variety of styles, from cartoony to hyper-realistic
• Ability to determine what is missing or what needs improvement when reviewing animations
• Strong communication skills and ability to relay feedback in a detailed and easily understandable manner - fluent English required
• Ability to spot subtle twitches and unnatural pops in motion capture data
• Expert understanding of animation fundamentals

BONUS SKILLS

• Working knowledge of 3ds Max
• Working knowledge of Motion Builder
• Working knowledge of Unreal Engine and Unity 3D

Additional Information

• Work Remotely
• Relocation Assistance

How to Apply

To apply please send your CV to JOBS@ARTBULLYPRODUCTIONS.COM and include the position you are applying for in the subject line. About the Company

Art Bully Productions has been in operation for over 14 years, and we have contributed to over 40 shipped titles. We're a fully functional art outsourcing company providing full turnkey art development, which includes (Concept art, Modeling, Texturing, Rigging, Skinning, and Animation) to clients big and small. We employ over 100 highly skilled artists between our three studio locations (Raleigh, North Carolina, Belgrade, Serbia, and Mohali, India).

We're a quality-driven company that specializes in characters, creatures, weapons, vehicles, complex prop structures, and animation. This ranges from photo-realistic assets and animations to highly stylized assets and animations. We've created a number of these asset types for our clients. Some of them include Epic Games, Activision, Bethesda Games, 2k Games, Obsidian Entertainment, Gearbox Software, Hi-Rez Studios, and Frictional Games, to name a few.