# Senior Viewmodel Animator (Apex Legends)

**Company**: Electronic Arts
**Location**: Los Angeles, California
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $127,700 - $190,600 USD
**Category**: Design
**Industry**: Technology
**Ticker**: EA
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q173941

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## Description

Electronic Arts is seeking a talented and experienced Senior Viewmodel Animator to join the Apex Legends Animation team. You will help establish and realize high-quality first-person animations that bring gameplay to life.

Responsibilities:

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

- Work closely with Designers and members of all disciplines cross-discipline teams to ensure responsive, immersive gameplay.

- Share knowledge, inspire creativity, and help elevate the quality bar.

- Maintain communication across all relevant disciplines throughout development.

- Help establish efficient pipelines and procedures across animation teams.

- Assess and evolve workflow and player experience.

Requirements:

- 5+ years of professional game development experience.

- Strong understanding of video game animation development.

- Proficiency in 3D animation packages like Autodesk Maya.

- Experience with first-person weapons and behaviors.

- Experience working closely with Designers, Engineers, and Artists.

Benefits:

- Competitive salary: $127,700 - $190,600 USD (California), $114,300 - $156,200 CAD (British Columbia).

- Comprehensive benefits package including paid time off, sick time, company holidays, medical/dental/vision insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, and 401(k) or retirement plan.

## Skills

### Required
- Autodesk Maya
- video game animation development
- first-person animations
- game development

### Nice to have
- first-person weapons/behaviors
- collaboration with Designers, Engineers, and Artists

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