# Lead Animator

**Company**: Ubisoft
**Location**: Chengdu, Sichuan
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Game Development
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

As a Lead Animator at Ubisoft Chengdu, you will be responsible for managing the production and delivery of all animation.

Your main tasks will include:

- Organising and supervising animators to prioritise and deliver upon requirements

- Maintaining effective relationships with outsource partners

- Identifying and resolving risks to the project and outsource pipeline

- Planning and scheduling animation tasks

- Troubleshooting and solving animation issues with all departments

- Collaborating with the Art Director to verify in-game animation quality and consistency

- Driving the development of rapid prototypes

- Working with Art, Tech, and Design to define short and long-term objectives and establish workflows

- Providing mentorship and guidance to the animation team

- Managing the balance between quality and delivering to aggressive deadlines

To succeed in this role, you will need:

- Strong understanding of animation principles and character anatomy

- Hand and key animation skills in various styles

- Proficiency in Maya or 3DS MAX

- Proven experience in mentoring or leadership

- Scheduling and outsourcing experience

- Ability to take direction and impart feedback to the Animation team

- General understanding of technical and animation pipelines

- Broad understanding of contemporary processes and engine technology

- Experience shipping a high-quality game on mobile or console

- English language skills, with proficiency in Chinese being a plus

## Skills

### Required
- animation
- character anatomy
- Maya
- 3DS MAX
- mentoring
- leadership
- scheduling
- outsourcing
- technical pipelines
- engine technology

### Nice to have
- Chinese

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