CINEMATIC ANIMATOR - WWE2K - TEMPORARY

Headquartered just north of San Francisco, with offices spanning the globe across the Americas, Europe, Asia and Australia, 2K is a videogame publisher managing some of the most creative, respected and premium brands in games today.

Visual Concepts is looking for hard-working, skilled animators to join the 2K Sports team on a temporary basis. In this role, you will help create AAA in-game cinematics using high-quality motion capture animation. You will work with the team’s Lead Animator in a team of animators to create compelling visuals in a fun and challenging work environment.

* Clean-up and edit motion capture data * Create cameras based on animatics * Animate props and other cinematic assets * Create high quality facial expressions/lip-sync * Implement in-game attributes

* Experience in Motionbuilder is a must * Character animation experience(Both key-frame and motion capture) * Experience with blend shape facial rigs, lip-sync and facial expressions * Ability to collaborate and work side by side with a team of animators * Ability to take direction well * Able to respond elegantly to difficult creative changes, often late in the process * Self-motivated towards solving creative problems * Experience editing motion-capture animation data * Game industry experience is a plus * Fan of sports entertainment is a plus