3D Animator

About This Role

Bringing high-fantasy heroes, dynamic enemies, and epic bosses to life is the core of this 3D Animator role. You will create fluid, impactful, and expressive character animations tailored for fast-paced mobile combat, ensuring they look crisp from top-down game camera angles and execute seamlessly in-engine.

Responsibilities

• Keyframe high-quality 3D animations for playable heroes, monsters, and bosses (including attacks, skill casts, locomotion, hits, and idle states)
• Build, test, and optimize character skeletons, joint structures, and control rigs tailored for mobile performance budgets
• Import and set up animation trees, state machines, and blend trees in-engine (Unity/Unreal)
• Ensure frame-accurate timing for hitboxes and skill cancels
• Ensure attack silhouettes, anticipation frames, and weight distribution read cleanly at high speeds from a top-down mobile camera perspective

Requirements

• Proven experience as a 3D Animator on released mobile or PC action titles
• Mastery of Maya, Blender, or 3ds Max for keyframe animation and rigging
• Experience setting up animation controllers and state machines in Unity
• Strong understanding of animation principles (timing, weight, anticipation, impact) applied to stylized anime/high-fantasy characters