Contractor with Expertise in 3D Animation - Project Based

Pocket Gems develops free-to-play mobile games that are ridiculously fun. Pocket Gems was founded in 2009 by Daniel Terry and Harlan Crystal. Their first products pioneered the free to play mobile games industry and have delighted and entertained millions of players.

We are currently looking for a talented 3D Animator and Rigging artist to join Pocket Gems in downtown San Francisco.

*Interfacing with your project’s engineers, artists and designers, you’ll help create tools, enhance the production pipeline and help steer external vendors producing content for our next line of hit mobile games. You should love problem solving, quickly iterating, and start-up environments.

What you will do:

• Work with the Art Director and other team leads to prototype human character rigs and animation for a mobile storytelling platform.

• A BFA, MFA, art degree, or equivalent experience as a 3D animator
• At least 3+ years working in gaming with credit on at least one shipped title
• Rigging and character animation experience required
• Expert knowledge of Maya animation and rigging tools
• Able to create secondary animations, such as flowing hair
• Thorough understanding of fundamental principles of animation for human characters including posing, timing, anticipation, exaggeration, arcs, staging, etc
• Able to construct complex and well organized rigs so that they may be used by other artists with a clear understanding
• Demo reel demonstrating animation and rigging
• Able to troubleshoot
• Strong organizational and file management skills
• Strong character acting animation skills

Pluses:

• Maya Modeling, UV/texturing