3D Animator, Virtual Reality

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and five (5) years of experience appropriate to the area of assignment/field; OR, Any equivalent combination of experience and/or training from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved.
• Job Profile Summary:
• Responsible for advancing the university's public image and reputation through intermediate to complex media engagement and outreach activities to actively engage with media outlets, secure impactful coverage, and promote the university's stories, achievements, and expertise.
• Job Description:
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• Essential Duties:
• Spatial Composition : Manage timing and spatial layouts within Maya and Unity.
• Rapid Prototyping : Build interactive mock-ups and prototypes to test gameplay and narrative concepts.
• Key-Frame Animation : Develop high-quality key-frame animations using Maya.
• Real-Time Development : Manage technical 3D development and implementation within the Unity engine.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration : Partner with the Lead Animator and production teams to meet project milestones.
• Stakeholder Integration : Interpret and execute creative feedback from leadership and project stakeholders.
• Creative Problem Solving : Identify technical constraints and provide feasibility recommendations for complex VR scenes.
• Iterative Design : Work in a high-speed, iterative environment to refine animation concepts.
• Mentorship : Mentor student workers to foster professional growth.
• Other : Assume or coordinate other duties or projects as assigned or directed.
• NOTE : This is an in-person, hybrid position. You must be able to reliably commute to Tempe, Arizona.
• Experience in professional 3D animation in the game or film industry, demonstrating strong fundamentals of animation.
• Experience in professional Virtual Reality development.
• Experience applying motion capture to enhance performances.
• Experience rigging 3D models for animation.
• Demonstrated proficiency in Maya and Unity, including timeline animations.
• Experience in previsualization, scene layout, and cinematography.
• Experience with animation pipelines.
• Experience with Shotgrid, Coda, JIRA and Confluence.
• Experience with motion graphics and/or FX animation.
• Experience in Adobe Premiere Pro or similar editing tools
• Experience with version control software such as Perforce, PlasticSCM, Git and BitBucket.
• Evidence of basic scripting skills (e.g., C#, Python, MELscript).
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize and manage multiple milestones and projects efficiently.
• Demonstrated ability to adapt to changing creative direction.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and in a team environment.
• Evidence of strong organizational skills, including file management, revision tracking, documentation, and milestone-based production workflows.
• Evidence of professional curiosity and willingness to learn new tools, workflows, and emerging technologies relevant to animation, VR, and immersive storytelling.
• A web link to an animation demo reel (required).
• NOTE: Please answer the following questions in your cover letter:
• Have you ever animated in a game engine such as Unity or Unreal Engine?
• Have you ever done any previsua

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Job Profile: Creative Services Specialist 3 Job Family: Creative Services Time Type: Full time Max Pay - Depends on experience: $90,000.00 USD Annual Apply before 11:59 PM Arizona time the day before the posted End Date.

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