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Senior Technical Animator

Epic GamesCary,North Carolina,United States
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Senior Technical Animator

Epic Games

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Epic Games is seeking a Senior Technical Animator to join their Cinematics team, focusing on character movement and rigging for high-profile trailers related to Fortnite and other IP projects. The role emphasizes collaboration with artists and vendors to enhance models, movements, and tools within a creative and innovative environment.

Qualification

  • Extensive experience rigging characters in Unreal Engine
  • Portfolio showcasing rigging for various characters, bipeds, and creatures
  • Strong attention to aesthetic detail in character deformation and physics movement
  • Familiarity with the Unreal Engine 5 art pipeline
  • Positive individual with a collaborative mindset

Responsibility

  • Rig characters, props, and vehicles
  • Set up assets in Unreal Engine 5, including cloth, physics, and blueprints
  • Collaborate with modelers and animators to ensure a smooth development pipeline
  • Assist in building pipeline tools and improve engine tools with project leads
  • Direct Technical Animation work for Cinematic trailers, including outsourced and internal projects
  • Provide support and optimization for the Animation Team, focusing on performance and workflow
  • Design UI Pickers for the Animation team

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