# Sr Animator II

**Company**: Aristocrat
**Location**: Gurugram
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

As a Sr Animator II at Aristocrat, you will play a pivotal role in our creative team, working on groundbreaking projects that captivate and entertain millions. Your primary responsibility will be to develop and update character animations and FX animations for video-based gaming projects. You will collaborate with game designers, the Art Director, Lead Artist, and production team members to understand needs, review scripts, develop storyboards, and build and edit animations. Your focus will be on content implementation pipeline, taking feedback into account and modifying animations to align with game themes. You will use creativity and artistic techniques to visually narrate game features or provide information. Additionally, you will ensure relevant processes regarding asset management, file organization, and output configuration are clearly and accurately performed. You will schedule and manage time efficiently, working with agile development leaders to plan work. You will deliver assets on time to specification with thorough attention to detail. You will conduct peer reviews to check work for accuracy and quality. You will document game development processes as needed. You will collaborate with multi-disciplined teams to achieve the highest quality games possible. You will follow guidelines set by BLS management to manage and develop art animations/assets to support the business. You will bring in ideas and innovations to improve the overall game's art development in terms of tools, processes, and more.

The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree/BFA/MFA or equivalent professional experience in 2D/3D gaming, animation, or particle simulation. They will have more than 3 years of professional experience in Spine character animation in the gaming sector. They will have strong knowledge of 2D and 3D graphics fundamentals, stop motion, and computer-generated animation. They will be proficient in CGI software, primarily Spine, and various VFX software (Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop, 3DS Max, Maya, etc.). They will have the ability to sketch or draw (digital or traditional) concepts and ideas; storyboarding skills are a plus. They will have experience using asset control systems (Perforce) and the Microsoft Office Suite is advantageous. Previous experience in the gaming sector is an advantage. They will have strong attention to detail, the ability to adjust, and willingness to accept feedback and instruction. They will have strong verbal and written communication skills to interact effectively with global collaborators. They will be able to work independently or with a team to develop animations and solve problems.

## Skills

### Required
- Spine
- 2D and 3D graphics fundamentals
- Stop motion
- Computer-generated animation
- CGI software
- VFX software
- Asset control systems
- Microsoft Office Suite

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