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Lead Animator
Ubisoft
Chengdu, , China
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Job Description
Role:
The Lead Animator's main responsibilities are to plan, organize, follow-up and evaluate the work of his/her team and its impact on the project.
Job responsibilities:
• Define, prioritize, assign and regularly follow up on tasks and the advancement of the team’s work with regards to deliverables;
• Schedule planning and centralize tasks;
• Ensure that the work of the team follows the quality standards, artistic direction and set deadlines;
• Be the main point of contact for other teams and represent the team;
• Know the game’s story and gameplay (game design documents); understand and communicate to the team the technical and artistic constraints;
• Anticipate and recognize potential conflicts or production issues and recommend solutions;
• Motivate and develop the team members and act as a mentor in terms of technical/artistic aspects
Qualifications:
• Minimum 3-5 years of experience in animation;
• Experience in a management role;
• Good knowledge of a 3d package - 3DSMAX, Character Studio and MotionBuilder;
• Good understanding of animation principles – timing, weight and staging;
• Ability to plan, organize and prioritize the team’s work in the context of given timescales and quality requirements;
• Strong leadership skills, time and priority management;
• Ability to create and develop productive teams;
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills;
• Critical thinking and problem solving;
• Self-starter with proactive attitude to improve own qualifications;
• Knowledge sharing attitude and ability to coach less experienced people;
• Fluent English;
• Very good artistic skills;
• Experience in the gaming industry will be considered an advantage.
Additional Information
We offer:
• Opportunity to work side by side with world-class professionals on challenging AAA projects;
• Professional working environment and access to new technologies;
• Career opportunities, including the possibility of professional exchanges with other Ubisoft studios around the world;
• Incentive programs meant to ensure our new employees an easy integration in the teams;
• Motivating salary and bonuses;
• Comprehensive benefits package, incl. meal tickets, transport titles, private medical insurance, etc.;
• International work culture;
• Relocation assistance;
• Excellent office location.
Contact:
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