Senior Cinematics Cutscene Animator

Title: SENIOR CINEMATICS CUTSCENE ANIMATOR

Pay Range:
$40 - $50 per hour

Job Description:

SENIOR CINEMATICS ANIMATOR

Location: United States (Remote)

Work Type: Contract

Role Overview

We are seeking a Senior Cinematics Animator to deliver character and creature acting in cinematic cutscenes. The role involves working with a cinematic layout artist partner to produce high-quality performances. This position requires both hand-key animation and animation from motion capture data.

Key Responsibilities

• Work with your cinematic layout artist partner in delivering high quality performances for our cinematic cutscenes.
• Animate both hand-key animation as well as animate from motion capture data.
• On occasion, work with Tech Art, Character team, and Creature team to test out rigs.
• Set up and implement animation files using Unreal, Unreal Sequencer, Autodesk Maya, and the Metahuman Performance Asset auto lip sync tool.
• Work with our proprietary Round Trip Tool to assist the layout artist with animation related issues.
• Implement feedback given by Cinematics management and the Cinematics Animation supervisor.
• Post captured work to review and contribute input and feedback at team meetings.

Required Qualifications

Experience: 5+ years of relevant animation experience.

Technical Skills: A strong portfolio demonstrating skills in performance animation, both body and face, is required. Candidates must show strong lip sync animation ability. Proficiency in Maya and experience with an auto lip sync tool and Unreal are necessary. The role requires the ability to hand-key animate as well as augment motion capture and collaborate by taking direction from stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

• Good sense of other cinematic related skills, such as editing, storyboarding, layout, camera, lighting, and audio collaboration.
• Passion for games, animation, and storytelling.

Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRateds Best of Staffing® in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work® in the United Kingdom and Mexico.

Everforth Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click here for more details. By applying for this job, you agree to receive calls, AI-generated calls, text messages, or emails from Everforth Apex and its affiliates, and contracted partners. Frequency varies for text messages. Message and data rates may apply. Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages. You can reply STOP to cancel and HELP for help.

Everforth Apex Benefits Overview: Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our ‘Welcome Packet’ as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.

Everforth Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Everforth Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law.

UnitedHealthcare creates and publishes the Transparency in Coverage Machine-Readable Files on behalf of Everforth Apex Systems.