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						<div>As an animator at Valve, you will join a world-class group of artists, writers, software engineers, and designers who are continually creating and releasing compelling entertainment experiences to players around the world.Valve is an entertainment and technology company driven to design and deliver extraordinary products to our customers. We hire exceptional people with broad skill sets who also exhibit deep expertise in their chosen craft. As animators, we determine work priorities in collaboration with our peers, contributing creative solutions throughout production in a variety of ways. From conceptualizing ideas to producing an extensive range of animated content including dynamic interactive performances and large-scale cinematic moments, your work will be crucial in helping shape our ideas. Within each team, you will be a part of prototyping gameplay experiences with designers and programmers for a diverse array of characters, creatures, and in-game encounters. You will also work closely with software engineers to improve our proprietary tools, maximize efficiency of our workflow, and to ensure the animation that we create is exceptional.Do you prefer to define the work that you pursue, rather than simply following a vision that's been set? If you're seeking an opportunity to work on genre-defining games with outstanding animators and other extraordinary creative talent, consider joining our team!<div>Qualifications</div><ul><li>An outstanding ability to portray believable physical movement and performance of 3D computer-generated characters</li><li>Strong acting and storytelling skills, and an ability to work in a broad range of styles</li><li>Proven professional experience shipping world-class products in the software, television or film industry</li><li>A solid understanding of Maya; experience working with motion capture and building animation state machines a plus</li><li>Product-level thinking that informs your intentional, meaningful decisions from concept to completion</li><li>The capacity to be self-critical and responsive, and to iterate based on feedback from peers, customers and data</li><li>Great communication skills that allow you to describe your process clearly and succinctly</li><li>The ability to self-manage and make responsible decisions about time and project priorities</li><li>Knowledge of rigging, scripting, modeling, texturing, lighting or video editing are preferred</li></ul>As part of our application process, we require that you submit a concise reel demonstrating your work and a detailed description of the work found therein. Sorry, we do not accept student reels.</div>					</div>
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Senior UI/UX Designer
Storm8, developer of many successful mobile games, including the very popular Property Brothers Home Design and Home Design Makeover, is now looking for a talented Senior UI/UX Designer to help us level up—as we further expand our portfolio of games, and continue to add exciting new features to keep our players engaged and entertained!
Our Senior UI/UX Designer will be responsible for working with our team of Designers, Engineers, and Artists to bring our new visions and ideas to life: all the way from wireframes to finished in-game UI art and animation. The ideal candidate will bring a solid and seasoned understanding of mobile game development and current trends, as well as the ability to contribute at a high level with minimal direction. Portfolio link is required to apply. Responsibilities
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<li>Identifies the goals of each project and presents multiple realistic solutions. Calls out the pros and cons of each option</li>
<li>Takes feature specifications and creates clear and detailed wireframes for other departments to review</li>
<li>Collaborates with other team members to come up with design solutions</li>
<li>Works through all user flows, solving edge cases and interactivity challenges</li>
<li>Mocks up screens and views, and responds and adjusts per team feedback</li>
<li>Creates UI icons, dialog elements, and other assets within the game style</li>
<li>Works with Engineering to implement UI assets, screens, and animation in Unity</li>
<li>Playtests often to ensure quality work; fixes UI and localization bugs</li>
<li>Constantly strives for pixel perfect implementation and consistent visual quality</li>
<li>Creates clean and intuitive UX designs and promotes constant improvement of our UI/UX systems and shared functions</li>
<li>Consistently produces quality visuals and works with Artists, Designers, and Engineers to push the envelope of our UI visuals and animation</li>
<li>Shares knowledge and experience with other members of the team by providing constructive and actionable feedback to ensure product consistency and quality</li>
<li>Receives feedback gracefully</li>
<li>Consistently performs at a high level with minimal direction</li>
<li>Strives to always design an innovative UI and a positive UX</li>
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<li>BA degree in Human-Computer Interaction, Interaction Design, or a closely related discipline</li>
<li>5 years of experience as a UI/UX Designer in game development</li>
<li>Solid UX, art, graphic design, and motion graphics/animation knowledge and abilities</li>
<li>Strong proficiency in Illustrator, Photoshop, and Unity</li>
<li>A compelling UI/UX portfolio, including both wireframe and finished UI work, that displays proficiency in all stages of feature development</li>
<li>Capacity to scope, set project deadlines, and deliver work on time to meet project deadlines</li>
<li>Skilled in presenting ideas and making recommendations based on facts and examples in a clear and coherent manner</li>
<li>Ability to create and contribute to a style for a game’s UI and interactivity that is very appealing, intuitive, and clear</li>
<li>Extreme attention to detail</li>
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About Splash Damage  At Splash Damage, we’re dedicated to crafting team-based multiplayer games that ignite friendships as much as they do healthy competition and teamwork. Our teams celebrated the launch of Gears Tactics earlier this year, and we’re currently developing Outcasters for Stadia along with several unannounced titles. As an UnrealEngine focused studio, we're excited to be transitioning our teams to the latest in UE5 technology and we're looking for skilled and passionate developers to help us drive this. We're advocates for work-life balance and offer a comprehensive benefits package focused on the well-being of our staff and their families. We believe that teams create the best work when they have a range of perspectives and experiences to draw from. Therefore we're committed to increasing diversity across our studio, fostering an inclusive environment to ensure everyone's voices are heard. Due to the on-going COVID-19 outbreak, we're all currently working from home. We’re still looking to welcome new team members, who'll join us remotely until we return to the studio  The RoleAt Splash Damage, we create multiplayer combat games that champion team play and promote lifelong friendships. Members of the Gameplay programming team at Splash Damage are responsible for implementing new and exciting gameplay features within a multiplayer environment. We work closely with other disciplines to help them realise their ideas through rapid prototyping and iterative agile development.As a Lead Gameplay Programmer, you will consider the skills and talents of your team members and use their experience to identify risk, build roadmaps and become a force-multiplier for your team, mentoring them every step of the way.As an UnrealEngine focused studio, we're excited to be transitioning our teams to the latest in UE5 technology and we're looking for skilled and passionate developers to help us drive this. We're advocates for work-life balance and offer a comprehensive benefits package focused on the well-being of our staff and their families.You excel at:<ul><li>Setting clear technical direction, intent and best practices within your team.</li><li>Identifying risks and blockers early and proactively removing them.</li><li>Working effectively in open and collaborative environments.</li><li>Working closely with project leadership to plan long term road maps and improve development processes.</li><li>Seeing the big picture impact of decisions and critically evaluating them.</li><li>Write clear, maintainable and scalable code as needed</li><li>Nurturing professional growth within your team with an enthusiastic attitude and a team-first mentality.</li><li>Communicating ideas, intent and constraints to both technical and non-technical team members.</li></ul>You have:<ul><li>Expert knowledge of C++, with relevant professional experience.</li></ul><ul><li>Strong understanding of game-development related 3D maths principles.</li><li>The leadership skills to lead a gameplay development team.</li><li>Professional experience iteratively implementing gameplay features from inception to delivery.</li><li>Experience working in all phases of game development, from feature design to planning and establishing roadmaps, implementation, and bug-fixing.</li><li>Able to analyse and debug unfamiliar code of a reasonable complexity to understand and extend the functionality of an existing module.</li><li>Has knowledge and experience driving an agile methodology within a team.</li><li>Experience working closely with design teams to elicit requirements and design gameplay systems.</li><li>Ability to review and give feedback on teams work in a clear and constructive manner.</li></ul>Even better if you have:<ul><li>Professional development experience with real-time networked multiplayer games.</li></ul><ul><li>Professional Unreal Engine 4 development experience on PC and/or consoles.</li></ul><ul><li>Experience with multi-threaded development</li><li>Experience developing for Xbox Series, PlayStation5, Xbox One and/or PS4.</li><li>Experience profiling and optimising code for optimal CPU, memory and bandwidth usage.</li><li>Experience in animation programming.</li><li>Experience developing procedurally generated environments.</li></ul> Splash Damage is an equal opportunity employer. We believe our teams create better work when they have a range of perspectives to draw from, and we are committed to creating an inclusive working environment that celebrates diversity.

About Splash Damage  At Splash Damage, we’re dedicated to crafting team-based multiplayer games that ignite friendships as much as they do healthy competition and teamwork. Our teams celebrated the launch of Gears Tactics earlier this year, and we’re currently developing Outcasters for Stadia along with several unannounced titles. As an UnrealEngine focused studio, we're excited to be transitioning our teams to the latest in UE5 technology and we're looking for skilled and passionate developers to help us drive this. We're advocates for work-life balance and offer a comprehensive benefits package focused on the well-being of our staff and their families. We believe that teams create the best work when they have a range of perspectives and experiences to draw from. Therefore we're committed to increasing diversity across our studio, fostering an inclusive environment to ensure everyone's voices are heard. Due to the on-going COVID-19 outbreak, we're all currently working from home. We’re still looking to welcome new team members, who'll join us remotely until we return to the studio  <h3>The role:</h3>At Splash Damage, we create multiplayer combat games that champion team play and promote lifelong friendships. Members of the Gameplay programming team at Splash Damage are responsible for implementing new and exciting gameplay features within a multiplayer environment. We work closely with other disciplines to help them realise their ideas through rapid prototyping and iterative agile development. As a Senior Gameplay Programmer, you will use your advanced knowledge and experience to own the technical design and implementation of large-scale game features. Through mentoring and championing of best practices, you will provide day-to-day support for more junior members of the team whilst effectively managing your own time and workload through delegation. You will help drive the project forward by working with your discipline lead to plan and maintain roadmaps. We believe that constantly improving our skills is an essential part of the job and offer regular leadership, management and mentoring training opportunities.  You excel at:<ul><li>Working with members of multiple disciplines to effectively elicit requirements and translate them into technical designs. </li><li>Identifying and championing best practices within your specialist domain. </li><li>Working effectively in open and collaborative environments. </li><li>Employing a can-do attitude to solve difficult problems as part of an agile, fast-moving and highly-focused team. </li><li>Writing clear, maintainable and portable code. </li><li>Communicating ideas, intent and constraints to both technical and non-technical team members.   </li></ul>You have:<ul><li>Strong practical knowledge of C++, with relevant professional experience. </li><li>Strong understanding of game-development related 3D maths principles. </li><li>The ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical team members. </li><li>Excellent time management skills and the ability to self-organise. </li><li>The people skills to work collaboratively within a team. </li><li>Professional experience iteratively implementing gameplay features from inception to delivery. </li><li>Experience mentoring junior team members and providing clear and considered feedback. </li><li>Experience working in all phases of game development, from feature design and implementation to bug-fixing.</li></ul> Even better if you have: <ul><li>Professional development experience with real-time networked multiplayer games. </li><li>Professional Unreal Engine 4 development experience. </li><li>Experience developing for Xbox One and/or PS4. PlayStation5 experience a bonus</li><li>Experience profiling and optimising code for optimal CPU, memory and bandwidth usage. </li><li>Experience developing procedurally generated environments. </li><li>Experience in animation programming. </li><li>Experience delivering systems or content for a live-service release schedule would be a plus</li></ul> Splash Damage is an equal opportunity employer. We believe our teams create better work when they have a range of perspectives to draw from, and we are committed to creating an inclusive working environment that celebrates diversity.

About Splash DamageCome join us!  At Splash Damage, we’re dedicated to crafting team-based multiplayer games that ignite friendships as much as they do healthy competition and teamwork. Our teams celebrated the launch of Gears Tactics earlier this year, and we’re currently developing Outcasters for Stadia along with several unannounced titles. As an UnrealEngine focused studio, we're excited to be transitioning our teams to the latest in UE5 technology and we're looking for skilled and passionate developers to help us drive this. We're advocates for work-life balance and offer a comprehensive benefits package focused on the well-being of our staff and their families. We believe that teams create the best work when they have a range of perspectives and experiences to draw from. Therefore we're committed to increasing diversity across our studio, fostering an inclusive environment to ensure everyone's voices are heard. Due to the on-going COVID-19 outbreak, we're all currently working from home. We’re still looking to welcome new team members, who'll join us remotely until we return to the studio.The role:At Splash Damage, we create multiplayer combat games that champion team play and promote lifelong friendships. As an Animation Programmer at Splash Damage, you will be responsible for implementing new and exciting game features with a specific focus on animation integration, playback and fidelity. You will be an integral part of the Gameplay programming team and work closely with the Animation and Design teams, helping them to realise their ambitions through rapid prototyping and iterative agile development. In this role, you will not only use your technical expertise but also your understanding of aesthetic requirements to help games achieve fluid, AAA-looking animations.You excel at<ul><li>Working with an interdisciplinary agile team of animators, designers, and programmers to design, prototype, and implement new gameplay features with focus on animations</li><li>Identifying technical and developmental risks/obstacles and generate solutions to overcome identified risks</li><li>Maintaining and extend existing animation components, tools, pipelines and workflows</li><li>Using your knowledge of recent developments and upcoming techniques in the field of character animation to create engaging gameplay experiences</li><li>Employing a can-do attitude to solve difficult problems as part of an agile, fast-moving and highly focused team.</li><li>Writing clear, maintainable, and portable code.</li><li>Communicating ideas, intent, and constraints to both technical and non-technical team members.</li></ul>You have<ul><li>Strong practical knowledge of C++, with relevant professional experience.</li><li>Strong understanding of game-development related 3D maths principles</li><li>Excellent time management skills and the ability to self-organise.</li><li>Experience solving animation and character related problems within game development</li><li>Solid understanding of a state-of-the-art animation engine internals, and a strong interest in researching and implementing new Animation related technologies</li><li>Contributed to 1 shipped title.</li></ul>Even Better if you have: <ul><li>Experience with Low level Animation system development</li><li>Professional development experience with real-time networked multiplayer games.</li><li>Professional Unreal Engine 4 development experience.</li><li>Experience developing for Xbox/Playstation/Stadia/Switch/mobile.</li><li>Experience profiling and optimising code for optimal CPU, memory and bandwidth usage.</li></ul> Splash Damage is an equal opportunity employer. We believe our teams create better work when they have a range of perspectives to draw from, and we are committed to creating an inclusive working environment that celebrates diversity.

About Splash DamageCome join us!  At Splash Damage, we’re dedicated to crafting team-based multiplayer games that ignite friendships as much as they do healthy competition and teamwork. Our teams celebrated the launch of Gears Tactics earlier this year, and we’re currently developing Outcasters for Stadia along with several unannounced titles. As an UnrealEngine focused studio, we're excited to be transitioning our teams to the latest in UE5 technology and we're looking for skilled and passionate developers to help us drive this. We're advocates for work-life balance and offer a comprehensive benefits package focused on the well-being of our staff and their families. We believe that teams create the best work when they have a range of perspectives and experiences to draw from. Therefore we're committed to increasing diversity across our studio, fostering an inclusive environment to ensure everyone's voices are heard. Due to the on-going COVID-19 outbreak, we're all currently working from home. We’re still looking to welcome new team members, who'll join us remotely until we return to the studio.The role:At Splash Damage, we create multiplayer combat games that champion team play and promote lifelong friendships. Members of the Gameplay programming team are responsible for implementing new and exciting gameplay features within a multiplayer environment. We work closely with other disciplines to help them realise their ideas through rapid prototyping and iterative agile development.As an AI Programmer you will work within cross-functional teams to deliver features on-time and to a high level of quality. Through regular communication and interaction with other team members, you will gather the requirements for, and own the implementation of, key tasks and features related to a wide range of development areas. You enjoy exploring tasks outside of your comfort zone, and are comfortable solving difficult problems autonomously where required. You Excel at: Working with members of multiple disciplines to iteratively develop features that address and achieve the high-level goals of the game.<ul><li>Working effectively in open and collaborative environments.</li><li>Employing a can-do attitude to solve difficult problems as part of an agile, fast-moving and highly-focused team.</li><li>Breaking down your work into measurable and achievable tasks.</li><li>Writing clear, maintainable and portable code.</li><li>Communicating ideas, intent and constraints to both technical and non-technical team members.</li></ul> You have:<ul><li>Strong practical knowledge of C++</li><li>The ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical team members.</li><li>Excellent time management skills and the ability to self-organise.</li><li>The people skills to work collaboratively within a team.</li><li>An understanding of AI behavioral &amp; navigational techniques used in modern games.</li><li>A strong interest in researching and implementing new AI related technologies.</li></ul> Even better if you have:<ul><li>Professional development experience with real-time networked multiplayer games and/or turn-based tactical games.</li><li>Professional Unreal Engine 4 development experience.</li><li>Experience developing for Xbox One and/or PS4. PlayStation 5 experience a bonus.</li><li>Experience profiling and optimising code for optimal CPU, memory and bandwidth usage.</li><li>Experience in animation programming.</li></ul> Splash Damage is an equal opportunity employer. We believe our teams create better work when they have a range of perspectives to draw from, and we are committed to creating an inclusive working environment that celebrates diversity.

About Splash Damage  At Splash Damage, we’re dedicated to crafting team-based multiplayer games that ignite friendships as much as they do healthy competition and teamwork. Our teams celebrated the launch of Gears Tactics earlier this year, and we’re currently developing Outcasters for Stadia along with several unannounced titles. As an UnrealEngine focused studio, we're excited to be transitioning our teams to the latest in UE5 technology and we're looking for skilled and passionate developers to help us drive this. We're advocates for work-life balance and offer a comprehensive benefits package focused on the well-being of our staff and their families. We believe that teams create the best work when they have a range of perspectives and experiences to draw from. Therefore we're committed to increasing diversity across our studio, fostering an inclusive environment to ensure everyone's voices are heard. Due to the on-going COVID-19 outbreak, we're all currently working from home. We’re still looking to welcome new team members, who'll join us remotely until we return to the studio  The RoleAs a Technical Animator, you will be responsible for creating and maintaining our Animation toolset on an exciting new project. You will maintain consistent high standards of support for both our character and animation teams whilst collaborating with the rest of the Technical Art and engineering teams to give an edge to our animation technology.You understand the creative process involved in character and animation authoring, have an artistic sensibility and eye for good-looking animations. You have a pragmatic and practical approach to working with technology, with experience of pushing technical limits and ensuring the Animation team can work as efficiently as possible. If this sounds like an interesting challenge to you, we would love to hear from you!As a Technical Animator, you will:<ul><li>Create new animation tools and maintain our animation toolset</li><li>Create re-usable and bespoke rigs and skin data</li><li>Pioneer novel techniques for our animation pipeline</li><li>Identify bottlenecks in our animation pipeline and help resolve them with robust technical implementations</li><li>Work with the Animation, Engineering, and Technical Art departments to ensure all dependencies are met</li><li>Assist the engineering team with implementing Animation-related tools and features</li><li>Support the Animation and character teams in debugging tools or game related issues</li></ul>Essential Skills and Experience<ul><li>Experience as a Technical Animator on shipped AAA titles</li><li>Intimate knowledge of Autodesk Maya and Motion Builder with an excellent understanding of Maya’s rigging, deformation and skinning systems</li><li>Strong working knowledge in Python and proficiency with the Open Maya API</li><li>Solid understanding of Linear Algebra, Calculus and related concepts found in animation technologies</li><li>Good understanding of Unreal’s runtime animation systems such as state-machines and animation blueprints</li><li>A keen eye for proper form and deformation throughout wide ranges of movements</li><li>Strong proactive problem-solving attitude and the ability to work with minimal supervision</li><li>Passion for games and game development</li><li>Excellent spoken and written communication</li></ul>Preferred Skills and Experience<ul><li>Experience as an Animator</li><li>Well-versed in human and animal anatomy</li><li>Good knowledge of character topology for proper deformations</li></ul><ul><li>Knowledge of lower level programming languages such as C++</li></ul> <div>Splash Damage is an equal opportunity employer. We believe our teams create better work when they have a range of perspectives to draw from, and we are committed to creating an inclusive working environment that celebrates diversity.</div>

About Splash Damage At Splash Damage, we’re dedicated to crafting team-based multiplayer games that ignite friendships as much as they do healthy competition and teamwork. Our teams celebrated the launch of Gears Tactics earlier this year, and we’re currently developing Outcasters for Stadia along with several unannounced titles. As an UnrealEngine focused studio, we're excited to be transitioning our teams to the latest in UE5 technology and we're looking for skilled and passionate developers to help us drive this.We're advocates for work-life balance and offer a comprehensive benefits package focused on the well-being of our staff and their families. We believe that teams create the best work when they have a range of perspectives and experiences to draw from. Therefore we're committed to increasing diversity across our studio, fostering an inclusive environment to ensure everyone's voices are heard.Due to the on-going COVID-19 outbreak, we're all currently working from home. We’re still looking to welcome new team members, who'll join us remotely until we return to the studio. The RoleWe’re looking for a Senior Animator to join the team at Splash Damage and help bring our characters to life.  As a Senior Animator at Splash Damage you will be responsible for working with the team to conceive, prototype, and implement exciting gameplay features and sequences, and collaborate with the Art Leads to drive for high and consistent quality across the game. Requirements:<ul><li>Demonstrable human, creature and mechanical animation skills</li><li>Experience using 3D animation software, particularly Maya or 3D Max</li><li>Good working knowledge of game development workflows, engines (e.g. Unreal), processes and tools</li><li>Understanding of the complete real time animation pipeline from character model preparation, rigging and skinning</li><li>A collaborative team worker with excellent communication ability and good problem solving</li><li>The ability to give and receive constructive feedback with humility</li><li>A passion for making and playing games</li></ul> Responsibilities:<ul><li>Assisting and supporting the team Lead in defining animation quality standards</li><li>Managing and mentoring mid-level and junior team members, helping them achieve their best work</li><li>Ownership of defined features in the game</li><li>Testing, reviewing and iterating upon animations to tune them to the highest quality</li><li>Working with Programmers, Artists and Designers to implement animations into the game</li></ul>  Preferred Skills and Experience:<ul><li>Professional experience in the video games industry with at least 3 commercially released titles</li><li>Experience developing in UE4</li><li>Experience with technical animation – rigging/skinning and problem-solving</li><li>Mocap, Camera work, and Facial animation experience</li></ul> Splash Damage is an equal opportunity employer. We believe our teams create better work when they have a range of perspectives to draw from, and we are committed to creating an inclusive working environment that celebrates diversity.

About Splash DamageAt Splash Damage, we’re dedicated to crafting team-based multiplayer games that ignite friendships as much as they do healthy competition and teamwork.Our teams celebrated the launch of Gears Tactics earlier this year, and we’re currently developing Outcasters for Stadia along with several unannounced titles.As an UnrealEngine focused studio, we're excited to be transitioning our teams to the latest in UE5 technology and we're looking for skilled and passionate developers to help us drive this.We're advocates for work-life balance and offer a comprehensive benefits package focused on the well-being of our staff and their families.We believe that teams create the best work when they have a range of perspectives and experiences to draw from. Therefore we're committed to increasing diversity across our studio, fostering an inclusive environment to ensure everyone's voices are heard.Due to the on-going COVID-19 outbreak, we're all currently working from home. We’re still looking to welcome new team members, who'll join us remotely until we return to the studio. The RoleWe’re looking for an Animator to join the team at Splash Damage and help bring our characters to life.  As an Animator at Splash Damage you will be responsible for working with the team to conceive, prototype, and implement exciting gameplay features and sequences, and collaborate with the Art Leads to drive for high and consistent quality across the game.Requirements:<ul><li>Demonstratable strong human, creature and mechanical animation skills</li><li>Experience using 3D animation software, particularly Maya or 3D Max</li><li>A passion for making and playing games</li><li>Good working knowledge of game development workflows, engines (e.g. Unreal), processes and tools</li><li>Understanding of character preparation from modelling, rigging and skinning</li></ul>Responsibilities:<ul><li>Testing, reviewing and iterating upon animations to tune them to the highest quality</li><li>Working with programmers, artists and designers to implement of animations into the game</li></ul> Preferred Skills and Experience:<ul><li>Professional experience in the video games industry with at least 1 commercially released title</li><li>Experience developing in UE4</li><li>Experience with technical animation – rigging/skinning and problem-solving</li><li>Mocap, Camera work, and Facial animation experience</li></ul>

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 Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC seeks a Sr. Animator in Los Angeles, CA to collaborate with our animation and game directors to create characters that are visually stunning. Requires a Bachelor’s degree in any field or equivalent, plus five (5) years of experience designing imaginative and visually stunning virtual worlds for video games. Prior experience must include five (5) years of experience working with animation techniques, key-frame skills, and motion capture-driven animation principles and pipelines; utilizing hand and motion capture animation techniques to create animations of primary and secondary characters, and using specialized human locomotion systems; using motion capture performance data, motion capture editing, graphic design software including Maya, Motion Builder, and body and facial performance capture pipelines to develop compelling props and characters; working with classic animation principles, including staging, timing, anticipation, follow through, exaggeration, squash, and stretch to create a full range of life-like performances; training, supervising, mentoring, and providing feedback to other animators; designing and developing animation best practices; working with producers to ensure timeliness of asset delivery, to track progress of projects, and to make sure deadlines are met; planning and directing of motion capture shoots; and, conducting scripting in Maya and Python. **The employer will accept 4 years of related work experience to satisfy the Bachelor’s degree requirement.** Send resumes to SIE-Job-Postings@sony.com &amp; indicate job code MA4624987.
 
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 We are seeking motivated intern who is interested in working in the exciting environment of our Animation Department. There will be opportunities to work with members of other departments during the implementation of your rigs. The intern will also have the opportunity to be mentored by senior members of our Rigging and Animation team.
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Internship Qualifications:
<ul>
<li>Six to twelve months related experience and/or training, or students enrolled at a college or university, working towards a BFA in Character Rigging. We will also consider Computer Science majors with rigging experience.</li>
<li>Master's candidates may apply for this internship.</li>
<li>We will also consider recent graduates – within 12 months of graduation, when the internship begins</li>
<li>The ideal intern would be energetic, self-motivated, creative, and responsible, have a passion for video games and animation.</li>
<li>Python skills and previous experience with Maya is preferred.</li>
</ul>
Internship Details:
<ul>
<li>This is a paid, full-time internship.</li>
<li>The student must be available to intern 5 days per week for approximately 40 hours a week.</li>
<li>The duration of internship is flexible, but we expect at least an 8-week commitment from our interns.</li>
<li>This role is based in Burbank, California or Durham, North Carolina</li>
</ul>
Simply click the "Apply" button and submit your resume and your reel/portfolio. We look forward to checking them out!

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This internship is for Summer 2022.
Motion Capture Intern
Santa Monica, CA 
The PlayStation Mocap Team works with Naughty Dog, Santa Monica Studios, Insomniac, and San Diego Studios to name a few of the developers that entrust us to capture the motions that go into their games. You will be getting hands on experience working on our mocap stages and learning our entire motion capture pipeline using the LightStorm system. From helping prepare the actors for the shoots to post processing the data that comes off of our stages, you'll learn from seasoned pro's how AAA game developers capture the motions that allow them to tell their stories and create next-gen games. We'll teach you all that there is to know about mocap for games so that you'll have the experience needed to land your first job in the video game industry.
Responsibilities:
<ul>
<li>Help prepare actors for the shoot day assisting them getting into their suits, markered up and calibrated</li>
<li>Assist the AD during the shoot by helping build sets, props and whatever else may come up during the shoot</li>
<li>Help clean the stages, suits at the end of the day and prepare the stage for the next shoot</li>
<li>Learn all the different parts of a motion capture production so that you can in turn find your niche</li>
<li>Bring a positive attitude with you to work everyday!</li>
</ul>
Qualifications:
<ul>
<li>Current or post-graduate (up to 1 year) student</li>
<li>Motion Capture experience is a plus  </li>
<li>3D animation experience is needed  </li>
<li>Scripting experience is highly desired, but not a requirement  </li>
<li>Familiarity with MotionBuilder is also desired  </li>
<li>Thrive working in team settings!  </li>
</ul>
Sony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, legally protected physical or mental disability, covered veteran status, status in the U.S. uniformed services, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, genetic information or membership in any other legally protected category. 
We strive to create an inclusive environment, empower employees and embrace diversity. We encourage everyone to respond. 
We sincerely appreciate the time and effort you spent in contacting us and we thank you for your interest in PlayStation.

 <div>Sony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, legally protected physical or mental disability, covered veteran status, status in the U.S. uniformed services, sexual orientation, marital status, genetic information or membership in any other legally protected category.
Reasonable Accommodation Notice Federal law requires employers to provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities. Please tell us if you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job or to perform your job. Examples of reasonable accommodation include making a change to the application process or work procedures, providing documents in an alternate format, using a sign language interpreter, or using specialized equipment.
We strive to create an inclusive environment, empower employees and embrace diversity. We encourage everyone to respond.
We sincerely appreciate the time and effort you spent in contacting us and we thank you for your interest in PlayStation.
PRIVACY NOTICE TO SIE LLC’S JOB APPLICANTS
This Privacy Notice explains what personal information we at Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC collect from you, and why we collect it and use it. This Notice covers our practices regarding the personal information of all applicants to our job positions. Please review it carefully.
Categories of personal information we collect from you
We collect personal information about you throughout the recruiting process, in particular the following categories. Generally, we obtain this information through our Recruiting Team:
A. Identification and contact information
<ol>
<li>
<ol>
<li>Direct identifiers such as your first and last name.</li>
<li>Indirect identifiers such as a government ID, your Social Security, work permit or passport #.</li>
<li>Contact information such as your email address, mailing address, telephone number.</li>
</ol>
</li>
</ol>
B. Other information about you or that can be associated with you such as:
<ol>
<li>Sensitive/Protected Data. During the recruitment process, you may (voluntarily) provide us with your ethnicity, gender, military service information, or physical or mental health information, as well as your national origin and citizenship.</li>
<li>Professional or job position-related information, including your past professional experience, references; background verification; talent management and assessment; information regarding any conflicts of interests; and the terms and conditions of your job offer.</li>
<li>Non-public education information, including information about your education records, such as grades and transcripts.</li>
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