Senior Animator

United States /Art – Art /Full-time/ Remote

Location: Los Angeles, Utah, or Palo Alto

About us:

Deep expertise. Personal and Industry evolution. Impeccable craft. These are Limit Break’s founding principles.

Limit Break founded by global industry leaders in mobile gaming, We are unlocking its potential beyond games to transform digital markets into real-world economies and digital worlds into vibrant communities who will take gaming economies for both players and traders to new limits. We combine the power of technology, crypto currency, and creative vision to create experiences that connect people from all corners of the globe. Reporting directly to the Chief Technical Officer.

Limit Break is backed by leading investors that include Buckley Ventures & Paradigm Ventures. The total crypto market capitalization increased by 25 times in a single year. The adoption rate and a number of public and private partnerships is proving it to be the next wave of technology of future and Gaming is leading the way.

About the Role:

Limit Break is looking for a Senior Animator to establish and maintain our character animation process on our upcoming game. This role will involve working heavily with a variety of other departments to achieve visual fidelity while adhering to technical and design constraints required for the desired platform. This position is an opportunity to build a team, and execute your vision for building a new character animation and authoring pipeline.

This is a unique opportunity for an intellectually curious and hardworking individual to help the organization shape what best practices are for games involving blockchain technologies.

Responsibilities. What you’ll do:

●       Work closely with the Art Director to define the animation >

●      Establish process, standards, documentation, and training

●      Task and manage a large team, both internally and with external partners

●      Collaborate with Production to organize, schedule, and manage the animation team's daily activities

●      Partner with Engineering and Technical Art to build and improve the character art pipeline

●      Troubleshoot a wide variety of issues in DCC tools and in game

Requirements. Who you are and what you’ve done:

●      Passion for iterative design and peer-to-peer culture.

●      5+ years of professional experience creating animations and leading teams

●      Excellent understanding and the ability to educate on the principles of animation

●      Strong understanding of storytelling and how to translate into meaningful narrative

●      Mastery of modern asset generation techniques in industry standard DCC tools (Maya, etc)

●      A solid understanding of rigging, skinning, budgets, and other technical requirements

●      Strong organizational and communication skills, both written and verbal

●      Experience managing and collaborating with a team working remotely

●      Extensive experience collaborating with other departments, artists, designers, and programmers

●      Experience working with modern game engines such as Unreal, Unity, or proprietary technologies

Nice to have. What an ideal candidate looks like:

●      Broad interest in real-time rendering technologies and art asset creation tools

●      Experience with animation state machines and/or procedural animation pipelines

●      Previous experience with facial animation pipelines

What you’ll Get in Return:

●      Competitive total compensation between $147,900 and $174,000

●      Generous paid vacation

●      Generous parental leave (12 weeks at 100% pay), family care leave, and unlimited sick days

●      Industry-leading health benefits that are applicable per country of residence for all our full-time employees

●      Company-paid Life Insurance

●      Health & wellness stipend

●      Cell phone stipend

●      Company-paid identify theft/credit monitoring service

●      Generous home office reimbursement 

Apply now:

If you are confident, driven, and are looking for an exciting role, this job could be a great opportunity for you.

This is an international blockchain gaming company that operates regionally and is opening offices in multiple locations around the globe.

We value diversity at our company. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or any other applicable legally protected characteristics in the location in which the candidate is applying.