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SeniorFull-timeReact
Salary Range
$66,300 - $89,700 /year
This salary is estimated based on similar roles. The actual salary may vary.
About the Role
We are looking for a Senior Gameplay Animator with a focus on locomotion to join our team working on Cyberpunk 2, the next mainline Cyberpunk 2077 game. This role involves defining the look and feel of player and NPC locomotion for a high-quality animation experience.
Key Responsibilities
- →Drive locomotion animation quality for player and NPC movement across gameplay states and contexts.
- →Partner with the Animation Lead and key stakeholders to align animation quality, style, and execution with the project’s aesthetic goals, gameplay pillars, and overall player experience.
- →Collaborate daily within a cross-disciplinary team to define gameplay experiential goals and deliver features from concept through final implementation.
- →Create pre-visualizations and prototypes to assist in communication and development.
- →Create high-quality finished animation using hand-keyed, procedurally generated animation, and motion capture techniques to achieve seamless, expressive, reactive movement.
- →Implement and iterate within Unreal Engine to ensure locomotion animation feels responsive, readable, and polished in real-time gameplay.
- →Research, explore and advocate new techniques, systems, and workflows to improve animation quality, efficiency, and support evolving gameplay and previsualization needs.
- →Curate motion capture shot list and provide performance direction, preparing locomotion patterns and reference videos, and assisting on-stage as necessary.
- →Provide clear feedback and animation insight during reviews and collaborations, helping raise quality.
- →Provide mentorship, inspiration, and support to early-career animators through feedback, collaboration, and example.
