Senior Cinematic Animator - Freelance

📋 Description

• Animate characters and props for cinematic sequences, with a particular focus on high-energy
• Create, refine, and polish high-quality animation in Autodesk Maya before preparing and integrating
• Collaborate closely with cinematic artists and other production team members to choreograph
• Apply technical animation expertise, including character and prop rigging, skinning, and
• Clean up and refine motion-capture data to achieve polished, production-ready animation.
• Troubleshoot and optimize animation workflows and pipelines between Maya and Unreal Engine.

🎯 Requirements

• At least 5 years of professional experience in character animation for games or film, with a strong
• Expert-level proficiency with Autodesk Maya and Unreal Engine.
• A strong portfolio demonstrating high-quality cinematic animation, character performance, and
• Hands-on experience with motion-capture cleanup and implementation.
• Solid technical animation knowledge, including rigging, skinning, and animation pipeline workflows.
• Strong understanding of cinematic animation principles, timing, posing, movement, and visual

🎁 Benefits

• 4-month freelance contract with an immediate start.
• Fully remote work within a globally distributed team.
• Flexible working schedule, with core collaboration hours from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM CET.
• Opportunity to work on ambitious, high-profile game projects and contribute to cinematic
• Access to cutting-edge game-development technologies and modern animation workflows.
• Collaboration with talented professionals from different backgrounds and locations.