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3D Art
Motion Designer
Hand-key motion for humans, monsters, multi-limbed creatures and mechs, and take ownership of the motion workflow and its quality.
- Open
- Job code: AP-3D-05
- Portfolio required
Role
You will handle motion production as a whole, centred on hand-keyed animation for humans, monsters, multi-limbed creatures and mechs.
We are looking for someone who can grow into a lead role: owning specifications, quality control and outsourcing management.
Responsibilities
- Design and build the motion workflow
- Supervise motion production and manage its quality
- Motion production in general, centred on hand-keyed animation for humans, monsters, multi-limbed creatures and mechs
Why this role
- Work on a title made for players around the world.
- Bring your experience and the drive to make the world take notice, and build a high-quality game with us.
Required
- Experience setting up standard rigs and skinning
- Professional experience hand-keying motion for humans, monsters, multi-limbed creatures and mechs in action games
- Able to picture a wide range of motions and poses from a spoken or written description
Preferred
- Broad motion-related knowledge such as physics control and HumanIK
- Comfortable automating work with MEL or other scripting
- Experience managing schedules and outsourcing
Who we are looking for
- People who love games
- People who actively absorb new technology and talk through how to apply it
- People who balance schedule and quality
- People who take responsibility for the project they join
- People with a strong will to grow the company together
Tools and languages
- Unreal Engine 4 / Unreal Engine 5
- Maya
Openings
One
How to apply
Please submit a portfolio.
Terms of employment
- Unreal Engine 4 / 5
- Maya
- HumanIK
- MEL / Python
- Project
- Bloodstained: The Scarlet Engagement
- Employment
- Full-time or contract (contract hires are made with conversion to full-time in mind). 3-month probation.
- Location
- Kanda Center Building 5F, 2-3-2 Kajicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo (about 3 min from JR Kanda Station)
- Hours
- 10:00–19:00 (8 working hours, flextime available)
- Holidays
- Saturdays, Sundays, national holidays, year-end and New Year, paid annual leave, summer leave, celebration and condolence leave
- Benefits
- Commuting allowance, full social insurance, annual health check, celebration and condolence allowances, free drinks, skill-development support, gym subsidy, company trips
- Salary
- Determined by experience and ability under company rules, regardless of age, and reviewed after joining. Monthly salary includes 40 hours of fixed overtime.
Use the application form to send your resume and work history (PDF preferred, 20MB total). Apply by email
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