# Gameplay Animator (Apex Legends)

**Company**: Electronic Arts
**Location**: Los Angeles, California
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $92,900 - $129,200 CAD or $104,400 - $157,400 USD
**Category**: Game Development
**Industry**: Technology
**Ticker**: EA
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q173941

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## Description

We are seeking a talented and experienced Gameplay Animator to join the Apex Legends Animation team at Respawn Entertainment, a subsidiary of Electronic Arts. As a Gameplay Animator, you will help establish and realise an immersive experience through remarkable animations and gameplay.

Responsibilities:

- Deliver powerful and believable animation performances in first and third-person gameplay.

- Develop and apply strong knowledge of craft and content, from conceptualisation to realisation.

- Collaborate with designers and members of all disciplines to ensure responsive and immersive gameplay.

- Maintain communication across all relevant disciplines throughout the development of your areas of responsibility.

- Proactively assess and evolve workflow and player experience for Apex Legends.

Requirements:

- 3+ years of professional game development experience.

- Strong understanding of video game animation development.

- Proficiency in 3D animation packages such as Autodesk Maya.

- Experience creating behaviours and full-body/bipedal animations.

- Knowledge of motion capture editing and first-person animation.

- Familiarity with animating cameras and cinematography.

- Experience working closely with designers, engineers, and artists.

Benefits:

- Competitive salary: $92,900 - $129,200 CAD (British Columbia) or $104,400 - $157,400 USD (California).

- Comprehensive benefits package including paid time off, sick time, medical/dental/vision insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, and retirement plans.

## Skills

### Required
- Autodesk Maya
- 3D animation
- game development
- motion capture editing
- cinematography

### Nice to have
- first-person animation
- bipedal animations
- camera animation

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