Senior Gameplay Animator (M/F/NB) - BGE2

Responsibilities

• Create and integrate gameplay animations.
• Produce and integrate gameplay animations (combat, locomotion, traversal) with a high level of responsiveness and readability, and work independently on a subsystem (e.g., combat or traversal) from the outset.
• Adapt animations to gameplay constraints: responsiveness, readability, timing.
• Work from keyframes and/or motion capture, adjusting, reworking, and energizing the data to match the artistic direction.
• Export and test animations using internal tools.
• Energize the animation, give it movement, and place it in context (beyond simple mocap cleaning).
• Development of gameplay-oriented animation systems
• Participate in the prototyping and polishing of animation systems until the final version.
• Ensure compatibility with game mechanics (combat, interactions).
• Contribute to the development of Main Character & NPC animations (combat, behaviors).
• Inter-team collaboration
• Work closely with: the Animation Art Director,
• the Lead Animator and the team of animators,
• the Game Designers (intentions, readability),
• the Gameplay Programmers (integration, debugging, technical constraints),
• the Technical Animators (pipelines, state machines, animtrees).
• Identify needs, report problems, and propose appropriate solutions.
• Quality, optimization & iteration
• Test the game to identify additional animation needs.
• Iterate on integrated content to ensure consistency, artistic fidelity, and performance.
• Maintain a high level of quality while respecting the technical constraints of the internal AAA engine.
• Your work environment :
• Based at Ubisoft Montpellier, under the supervision of the Lead Animator (minimum 3 days on site)
• Experienced and specialized team.
• Tools: MotionBuilder (main), internal AAA engine, Jira, Perforce (P4V).
• Animation style: Semi-realistic, stylized, gameplay-oriented.
• Technical skills
• Solid background in 3D animation - share your demo reel with your best animations.
• Excellent minimum proficiency in MotionBuilder (keyframe + mocap).
• Very good skills in combat gameplay animation.
• Proficiency Experience with game engines, animation pipelines, import/export, Perforce.
• Experience on AAA projects.
• Ability to communicate in English (spoken and written).

Requirements

• Knowledge of Maya (optional).
• Appetite for Tech Anim (state machines, animtrees, pipeline).
• Understanding of French.
• Soft skills:
• Autonomy and initiative: ability to quickly grasp topics, propose solutions, and move forward without constant supervision.
• Excellent communication: essential for collaborating effectively with different teams.
• Artistic sense and attention to detail: ensuring animations are consistent with the stylized semi-realistic artistic direction.
• Interdisciplinary collaboration: working with a variety of profiles and understanding their constraints to find appropriate solutions.
• The recruitment process:
• Our recruitment process
• Review of your application: our team will carefully review your application and portfolio.
• Interview 1: Introduction (1 hour, via video conference): a discussion with a member of the recruitment team to get to know you better and check that your background matches our expectations.
• Interview 2: Artistic (1 hour, via video conference): with members of the team (Animation Director and Animation Team Lead) to discuss your methodology and skills, as well as a live discussion about your demo reel.
• Artistic test: a one-day exercise to assess your mastery of tools and artistic sensibility.
• Other information:
• Location: Montpellier.
• Start date: You can join the team as soon as possible.
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• Rejoindre Ubisoft Montpellier c'est avoir accès dès le premier jour à :
• De la flexibilité dans tes horaires et la possibilité de travailler à distance dans les conditions prévues par la charte Ubisoft.
• 20 jours de télétravail par an depuis un pays de l'union européenne (réservé aux profils de citoyennetés européennes) ;
• Le remboursement de ton titre de transport à 50%

Benefits

Additional Information

Why we need you: Beyond Good & Evil 2 is an open-world action-adventure game set in a captivating space opera universe. It is also the direct prequel to the 2003 classic! Thanks to the technological advances brought about by our proprietary Voyager engine, Beyond Good & Evil 2 aims to offer an organic, seamless experience of exploration and space piracy on a solar system scale, featuring exotic locations, colorful characters, and countless mysteries to discover, either solo or with friends. If you're looking for a unique adventure, join our team and help us create System 3! We are expanding our 6-person Gameplay Animation team to take on major challenges in Beyond Good & Evil 2. Join an experienced team where everyone is an owner of their features, in a stimulating AAA environment. Become a key player in creating animations that will thrill players.

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