Smashverse is looking for an experienced Senior Animator to join our team.

We’re a fast growing company that is looking to invent a new genre of games and make our mark within the industry. We thrive on creativity and autonomy and are focused on building games that can stand the test of time.

Roles are typically full-time salaried position and offer generous incentive packages so the entire team benefits greatly as the company grows.

What you will do?

• Use traditional animation fundamentals to craft game motions that range from stylized to hyper-realistic
• Lead the combat animation of a free-to-play PC game built
• Support the Game Director in enhancing the overall design of the game
• Work with the Lead Game Developer to create, test, and iterate on combat animations
• Contribute to and implement the vision of the game
• Work with the technical art team to bridge the gap between animation, art and engineering
• Work autonomously to rapidly deliver feature prototypes
• Establish and maintain good animation workflows
• Create recruitment and development roadmap and work with the recruitment team to hire top talent

What are we looking for?

• 3+ years experience across multiple projects
• 1+ years of combat game experience
• Ability to create combat animations
• Technical animation skills such as rigging, skinning and scripting
• Experience with motion capture editing
• Strong animation fundamentals with a focus on human movement (timing, weight, balance)
• Ability to think philosophically about character movement