What You'll Do:
Epic Games is searching for a Lead Animator to join our team working on Fortnite, to develop Emote concepts and animation for our wide variety of IP partners and Epic Original Content. A successful candidate should have a great understanding of the fundamentals of animation and how they relate to acting, rhythm, and game animation. A strong understanding of the Unreal editor, including how to implement animations, is strongly desired.
In this role, you will:
- Oversee and supervise/lead character-specific animations such as dances and emotes in Maya and Unreal, using our ART tools set
- Guide emotes from initial concept, through animation, and final implementation, in Unreal Engine
- Collaborate across various art disciplines here at Epic, as well as Vendor teams
- Lead the growing library of cosmetic animations/emotes offered to players, helping to shape and drive the style and feel of Fortnite’s animation
What we're looking for:
- You have an animation reel showing key-framed character and creature animations
- Strong experience with Maya and gameplay systems such as Unreal Engine
- Good instincts for realistic and stylized motions
- Strong communication and leadership skills and experience
- Related skills, such as modeling, skinning, rigging
- Experience working with mocap data
- Leadership Experience having shipped at least one title
- User-focused, passionate, solutions-focused, and innovative
