# Gameplay Animator - EA Sports FC

**Company**: Electronic Arts
**Location**: Vancouver, British Columbia
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: regular
**Category**: Design
**Industry**: Technology
**Ticker**: EA
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q173941

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## Description

We are searching for a talented and experienced Animator to join FC Gameplay in Vancouver, BC. Our ideal candidate is, like us, passionate about gameplay and advancing animation in a collaborative environment with a team of veteran developers.

The ideal candidate will possess a strong problem-solving mentality, have the ability to create high-quality animation, maintain a sharp and continued focus on the player experience, and be fearless in the face of new technologies and tools.

Your Responsibilities:

- Work closely with the director to understand the vision for gameplay

- Curate, edit, polish, and implement motion capture data into animation sets with a keen eye for quality

- Collaborate with designers to ensure animation is aligned with design goals for animation features

- Work with technical artists/animators - providing feedback on rigs, tools, and animation

- Collaborate with the animation and engineering team to solve unique animation challenges

- Working with leads/director who will support the end-to-end pipeline ownership of capturing motion capture and building of animation data to the final implementation in-game

Your Qualifications:

- A strong understanding of animation principles and anatomy, especially in relation to athletic movement

- Proficient in standard industry tools such as Autodesk Maya/Motionbuilder

- Highly self-motivated and ability to work under tight deadlines

- Excellent problem-solving skills. Must be able to quickly identify issues and resolve them

- Passion for games and sports is a bonus

Portfolio:

- All submissions must include a portfolio showing personal and professional artwork.

## Skills

### Required
- animation
- Autodesk Maya
- Motionbuilder
- problem-solving

### Nice to have
- games
- sports

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