Animation Technical Director

Reporting

The Animation Technical Director will report to the Production Director.

Responsibilities and Duties

• You will work with the other directors and discipline leads to establish a technical strategy to address gameplay needs.
• Anticipate technological advancements, guide and participate in the development of the animation tools and pipelines.
• Support animators, game designers, and riggers with their technical needs.
• Review game design concepts and identify and analyze risks and dependencies.
• Resolve and escalate complex issues & perform technical validations.
• Collaborate with the Character Technical Director for character creation, rigging and their integration in the game.

Skills required

• Experience shipping at least one AAA game from start to finish in an equivalent role.
• Extensive experience in animation, rigging, or programming experience (or related experience) .
• Working knowledge of hardware platform limitations. 
• Knowledge and practical experience in building animation trees.
• Strong knowledge of DCC tools such as MotionBuilder, Blender, Maya, etc
• Experience with motion capture, motion capture direction, and motion retargeting.
• Experience with runtime animation systems, concepts and constraints.
• A highly innovative, collaborative, and solution-oriented mindset.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with Unreal.
• Knowledge of multiplayer game constraints.