# Outsource Support Animator (Apex Legends)

**Company**: Electronic Arts
**Location**: Vancouver, British Columbia
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: regular
**Salary**: $92,900 - $129,200 CAD / $104,400 - $157,400 USD
**Category**: Design
**Industry**: Technology
**Ticker**: EA
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q173941

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## Description

Respawn Entertainment, part of Electronic Arts, is seeking an Outsource Support Animator to work on Apex Legends. This hybrid role involves hands-on gameplay animation work and managing outsourced animation production.

The ideal candidate will serve as both a creative contributor and external development coordinator. They will ensure partner-produced animation meets Apex's gameplay clarity, responsiveness, and performance standards within a live-service production cadence.

**Key Responsibilities:**

- Gameplay Animation Execution:

- Create block and prototype gameplay animations to establish timing, weight, and design intent.

- Collaborate with Animation Directors and Gameplay teams to co-direct motion capture sessions.

- Review, refine, and integrate vendor-delivered keyframe and mocap cleanup work.

- Ensure assets meet gameplay readability, responsiveness, and technical requirements.

- External Development Coordination:

- Manage day-to-day communication with external animation vendors.

- Provide clear, structured feedback aligned with internal animation direction.

- Partner with Animation Directors to define briefs and reference packages.

- Track sprint and milestone deliverables, revisions, and approval cycles.

- Identify risks in quality or schedule and escalate proactively.

- Support vendor onboarding and documentation updates.

- Provide performance notes and help shape capture goals.

- Pipeline & Integration:

- Export, ingest, and validate animation assets in-engine.

- Maintain animation briefs, scope breakdowns, and feedback documentation.

- Support Statement of Work (SOW) creation with detailed asset estimates.

- Ensure naming conventions, rig compatibility, and version control standards.

- Coordinate with Tech Animation and Engineering to resolve integration issues.

**Requirements:**

- 2+ years of professional game animation experience.

- Strong blocking, gameplay timing, and polish skills.

- Experience working directly with outsourced animation teams.

- Combat Animation Experience.

- First Person Viewmodel Animation Experience.

- Strong knowledge of Maya and motion capture workflows.

- Familiarity with engine integration pipelines.

- Experience tracking work in Jira or similar tools.

- Live service development experience.

- Experience writing animation briefs, asset estimates, and production documentation.

**Salary Range:**

- British Columbia: $92,900 - $129,200 CAD

- California: $104,400 - $157,400 USD

**Benefits:**

- Comprehensive benefits packages including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, and retirement plans.

- Paid time off, sick time, and company holidays.

- Opportunities for bonuses and other incentive programs.

## Skills

### Required
- Maya
- motion capture
- game animation
- animation production
- Jira

### Nice to have
- Combat Animation
- First Person Viewmodel Animation
- engine integration pipelines
- live service development

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