Lead Animator

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🕒 March 18

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Eleventh Hour Games

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2017

🎮 Gaming

👥 B2C

Gaming • B2C

Eleventh Hour Games is an all-remote indie game development studio currently developing the action RPG (ARPG) Last Epoch. The studio creates narrative-driven, time-travel themed gameplay and recruits remote creative talent to design, build, and support the game for players on consumer platforms.

📋 Description

• Work closely with the design team to understand animation needs and lead execution on animation design and implementation • Creating and facilitating project schedules, creating and implementing a plan for project resources, workflow and milestones • Identify project and team risks through regular monitoring of production status, team morale and communication channels. Utilize this information to execute early intervention and preventative measures • Document, communicate, administer, and refine project processes. Identify opportunities for improvement, and work with your team to find creative solutions, and execute solutions with them and their teams • Convey the Creative Directors animation direction for gameplay and cinematics to your team in an efficient and actionable manner • Feedback and validate the work carried out by the various teams to ensure that quality objectives are met • Ensure the project’s direction is followed by working in close collaboration with the Producers, Animators, and Artists • Help plan the work in collaboration with the production team who oversees planning

🎯 Requirements

• 4+ years of industry experience, 3+ years experience in Animation focused role(s) • Demonstrable experience in animation and team management through the full-cycle of game development, from conception to shipping • A passion for leadership/mentoring with 2+ years of prior experience in a similar role • Experience delivering products while managing a remote team (including experience with team member feedback and evaluation processes) • Demonstrable working experience with the tools and programs: Maya, Unity and/or Unreal, project management software (such as Clickup) • Ability to work core studio hours (10am-4pm CST)

🏖️ Benefits

• Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities • Equal employment opportunities • Anti-discrimination and harassment policies