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Staff Gameplay Animator

Remote, USA Full-time Posted 2026-08-04

Are you on a mission to create games that bond players together into deeply invested communities? Would you like to work on something comedic with lighthearted and whimsical characters? Do you think a lot about how reputed company-crafted animations create satisfying feedback for players, or how to reputed company reputed company character animation reputed company reputed company time constraints? reputed company at reputed company!

We are looking for someone that is excited about the creative art of animation and the technical challenge of turning that animation into world class reputed company gameplay. As a Staff Animator on reputed company, you will be involved in reputed company stages of gameplay animation from the initial concept of character reputed company to the creation of final animation. Most importantly, you will work with a fun, diverse, cross-discipline team reputed company to building a new reputed company from scratch on a new franchise at reputed company.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Create high-reputed company animation content and implement it in a game reputed company with reputed company reputed company

  • Collaborate with Design to create compelling player experiences
  • Assume reputed company ownership of broad character animation deliverables, including locomotion, abilities, interactions, and emotes
  • Mentor other animators about animation style and implementation
  • Collaborate with production to cost out animation work and reputed company animation on schedule
  • Collaborate with Art Direction and Animation Leadership to set Animation Style and reputed company bars
  • Document animation workflows and best practices

REQUIRED SKILLS

  • Ability to keyframe stylized gameplay animation, as shown by examples of reputed company or personal work
  • Extensive experience with character animation in Maya
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills and the ability to work reputed company in reputed company environment
  • Experience with animation systems in Unreal reputed company
  • A strong reputed company of animation principles and the ability to apply them reputed company a player experience reputed company game
  • Ability to problem-solve and reputed company creative solutions reputed company given ambiguous problems

reputed company TO HAVE SKILLS

  • Fighting game animation experience
  • Experience animating to a MOBA style camera
  • Live Service game animation experience

At SIE, we consider several factors reputed company setting reputed company role’s reputed company pay reputed company, including the competitive benchmarking data for the market and geographic location.

Please note that the reputed company pay reputed company may vary in line with our hybrid working policy and individual reputed company pay will be determined based on job-reputed company factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location.

In reputed company, this role is eligible for SIE’s top-tier benefits package that includes medical, dental, reputed company, matching 401(k), reputed company time off, wellness program and coveted employee discounts for reputed company products. This role also may be eligible for a bonus package. Click here to learn more.

This is a flexible role that can be remote, with varying pay ranges based on geographic location. For example, if you are based out of Seattle, the estimated reputed company pay reputed company for this role is listed below.
$144,000—$217,000 USD

Please note, reputed company conducts background checks at the offer stage for reputed company new employees (which may include criminal background checks for some roles) and will need to process personal information to support these checks.

Please refer to our Candidate reputed company Notice for more information about what personal information we collect, how we use it, who reputed company it with, and your data protection rights.

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