Senior Animator

InXile Entertainment

(Newport Beach, California)
Job Posting Details
About InXile Entertainment
Founded by long-time industry veteran @BrianFargo in 2002, inXile Entertainment develops interactive entertainment software for all popular game systems, personal computers and wireless devices. The most current project under development is Wasteland 2 which was recently financed by its fans via @Kickstarter.
Responsibilities
inXile is looking for a passionate, experienced Senior Animator to collaborate with our other animators, designers and leads, to help maintain or develop workflows, and to create inspiring and convincing animation for our games.
Ideal Candidate
**Requirements:** * 5+ years of experience in a game production environment, on one or more shipped game titles. * A thorough understanding of animation pipelines and processes from concept to implementation. * Technical / rigging / scripting experience and knowledge. * Enjoys collaborating with design and art teams to deliver great gameplay and storytelling experiences. * Extensive experience animating realistic humans as well as bipedal and non-bipedal critters. * A good sense of weight and timing in your animation performances. * Excels at creating interactive animations that blend and combine to end in a fluid result. * Must be able to work with minimal direction, but be flexible with making edits and revisions based on gameplay requirements and animation reviews. * Maintains or exceeds a consistent level of productivity while meeting deadlines and producing high quality work. * Expected to mentor entry level Animators and must be able to assist them with their animations. * Excellent communication and problem-solving skills. * Ability to work within boundaries to creatively solve animation issues. * Strong understanding of classic animation principles and fundamental. * Must have a demo reel with examples of work. **Pluses:** * Experience with Xbox Kinect for the purposes of blocking in animation or other motion capture experience. * Unity experience. * Experience working on cutscenes/cinematics. * Shipped one or more AAA titles. * Avid gamer.

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