# Viewmodel Animator (Apex Legends)

**Company**: Electronic Arts
**Location**: Vancouver, British Columbia
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $77,700 - $107,900 CAD or $42 - $63 USD
**Category**: Design
**Industry**: Technology
**Ticker**: EA
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q173941

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## Description

We are seeking a talented and experienced Viewmodel Animator to join the Apex Legends Animation team at Respawn, a studio within Electronic Arts. As a Viewmodel Animator, you will be responsible for creating high-quality first-person animations that bring our gameplay to life.

Responsibilities:

- Deliver powerful, memorable first-person animation performances from initial blockout to final polish, with style and personality.

- Collaborate with designers and members of all disciplines to ensure responsive, immersive gameplay that feels rewarding to our players.

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

- Help establish efficient pipelines and procedures across the animation teams.

- Be proactive in assessing and evolving both workflow and player experience for Apex Legends.

Requirements:

- 2+ years of professional game development experience.

- Strong understanding of video game animation development.

- Proficiency in a 3D animation package such as Autodesk Maya.

- Examples of high-fidelity first-person viewmodel animation and a range of expressive personality and grounded body mechanics.

- Experience working with other domains, especially designers, engineers, and artists.

- Proactive work ethic and a sense of responsibility for the continued success of Apex Legends.

Benefits:

- Competitive salary: $77,700 - $107,900 CAD (British Columbia) or $42 - $63 USD (California).

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

## Skills

### Required
- Autodesk Maya
- 3D animation
- game development
- animation development

### Nice to have
- first-person viewmodel animation
- expressive personality
- grounded body mechanics

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