Senior Animator

ART & ANIMATION

Senior Animator (R26480)

**Department**

Art & Animation

**Location**

Porto Alegre, Brazil

**Product**

Fortnite

**Company**

Epic Games

**Requisition ID**

R26480

WHAT MAKES US EPIC?

At the core of Epic’s success are talented, passionate people. Epic prides itself on creating a collaborative, welcoming, and creative environment. Whether it’s building award-winning games or crafting engine technology that enables others to make visually stunning interactive experiences, we’re always innovating.
- Being Epic means being a part of a team that continually strives to do right by our community and users. We’re constantly innovating to raise the bar of engine and game development.ART

**What We Do**

Push your artistic talent to the limit on a team of world-class environment, character and concept artists who strive to innovate and inspire.

**What You'll Do**

Epic Games is searching for a Senior Animator to join our team working on Fortnite Cosmetics. You'll create original animation with a strong emphasis on style and appeal grounded in realistic world physics. You will need a strong understanding of animation fundamentals and acting, how they relate to game animation, and the ability to work in Unreal Engine with ease. You will also need a strong sense of gameplay feel and timing in relation to game design principles in Fortnite.

**In this role, you will**
- Your main priority will be creating animations for the Cosmetics team. In addition to animating in Maya, you will also be animating and working in Unreal Engine
- Take animation from the initial concept through implementation in Unreal Engine 5
- Drive collaboration across disciplines, including Production, Design, Technical Animation, Technical Design, and implementation, to help drive the style and feel of Fortnite's animation
- Collaborate with leads in a dailies-style critique environment, find optimal solutions, and address basic issues as they arise
- Refine animations and gameplay feel as needed to get the best quality animation within the timeline

**What we're looking for**
- A strong animation reel showing expertise in keyframe animation, and any other form of animation creation, including mocap
- Excellent communicator and problem solver
- Relevant experience in Maya and Unreal gameplay systems
- Good instincts for realistic and stylized motions
- Strong performance/acting choices
- Familiarity with the Unreal Engine 5 animation workflow
- Experience with providing feedback for modeling, skinning, and rigging in relation to animation
- Experience shipping at least one AAA title
- Experience working with Motion Capture is a plus

EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFE
We pay 100% for benefits for both employees (EEs) and dependents (deps). Our current benefits package includes coverage for medical, dental, and life insurance. We also offer supplemental benefits including daily meal vouchers, and commuter benefits for onsite employees.ABOUT US

Epic Games spans across 25 countries with 46 studios and 4,500+ employees globally. For over 25 years, we've been making award-winning games and engine technology that empowers others to make visually stunning games and 3D content that bring environments to life like never before. Epic's award-winning Unreal Engine technology not only provides game developers the ability to build high-fidelity, interactive experiences for PC, console, mobile, and VR, it is also a tool being embraced by content creators across a variety of industries such as media and entertainment, automotive, and architectural design. As we continue to build our Engine technology and develop remarkable games, we strive to build teams of world-class talent.

**Like what you hear? Come be a part of something Epic**

Epic Games deeply values diverse teams and an inclusive work culture, and we are proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. Learn more about our Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy

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