Ubisoft Toronto - Technical Animator

3D Animator is needed in Toronto, Canada.

Client: Ubisoft Toronto

Location: Toronto, ON, Canada

Contract: Full-time, Full-time, Full-time

Job Description

The incumbent supports and innovates animation systems. Working closely with animators, riggers, game designers, and programmers, you will work with mocap data, lip sync and facial animation systems, animation and physics rigs, animation trees, and dynamic objects. In this role, you’ll track, refine, or establish pipelines for conventional and innovative features.

Responsibilities include understanding the vision of technical management in animation, working with technical constraints, analyzing and proposing new tools and best practices, maintaining communication with animators and other departments, and supporting the Technical Direction team in the development of production methods and practices. Additional tasks involve working with procedural animation systems, validating animation assets, supporting the integration of animations into the game engine, creating animations, maintaining the production pipeline, providing technical support to the animation team, creating and maintaining documentation, and performing any other related tasks.

Requirements

What you bring:

• Degree in game-oriented 3D animation techniques, equivalent training, or relevant experience.
• Experience in video game animation or any other relevant experience.
• Understanding of engine workflow and developing tools with digital content creation (DCC) software.
• Understanding of the production process and animation principles.
• Artistic anatomy and body mechanics knowledge.
• Knowledge of rigging, animation systems, IK, and state machines.
• Knowledge of controllers and/or scripting (Max Script and/or Python) and/or animation DCC.
• Basic modeling and animation skills.
• Rigor and ability to synthesize.
• A sense of initiative and resourcefulness, with self-taught abilities.
• Attention to detail and adaptability.
• Ability to give, receive, and solicit constructive criticism.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills with the animation team and other project teams.

Additional Information

Charles-Antoine and Marie, our talent acquisition specialists, will analyze your application. Please send us a portfolio of your best work (you can attach images or provide us with a password link) as well as your CV highlighting your education, experience, and skills.

Please note that our positions are hybrid, but if you reside outside Ontario or Canada, relocation will be necessary. If you require a work permit, your eligibility will depend on your education and relevant work experience, as required by the government.

We look forward to reading your application! 😊