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Animator

Art Department / Tokyo, Japan
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Work duties

  • In-game and cutscene animation production

Eligibility

  • Those who have practical experience of doing keyframe animation with Maya, 3ds Max, Softimage, etc.
  • Game completion experience for at least one title as an animator

For new graduates, there is no need to meet all of the eligibility requirements. 
For those with no experience in the industry, it is not necessary to meet all of the eligibility requirements, but please appeal mainly with your abilities to compensate for this. 

Desirable experiences, etc. (not required)

  • Those who have experience in making motions for cutscenes and can express the fine movements of the human body
  • Those who can produce in-game motions that are processed via motion capture data. 
  • Those who are good at hand-key animation. 
  • Experience creating game animations using Maya
  • Experience with using Motion Builder
  • Knowledge and experience in producing a wide range of animations of people as well as vehicles, machines, monsters, etc.
  • Experience in facial animation
  • Rigging experience and knowledge
  • Experience in modifying and adjusting motion capture data 

Documents to be submitted

  • Resume (with photo)
  • Work history
  • Please specify the tools you are good at using and the number of years you have used them in practice. 
  • Please specify all of the game titles you have been involved in the past and the details of your duties. 
  • Please list the game or video titles that you feel are expressed the most wonderfully at the moment in your job. Also, state the reason for this briefly. 
  • List one of the latest technology trends related to your job that has attracted your attention. Also, state the reason for this briefly. 
  • Briefly specify the game titles you had the most fun playing recently and why. 

Projects

  • Please submit them in a way that is easy to appeal to your abilities. However, you may only submit digital data that can be viewed on Windows. 

[Type of employment] Regular employee, contract employee, etc.

[Workplace] Minato Ward (nearest station: JR Shinagawa)

[Working hours] Flexible work hours, telework, time zone attendance system available
Working hours are based on a start time of 10:00 and are then left to individual discretion. 

[Salary] Annual salary system, performance incentive system available
We will give preferential treatment according to our regulations, in consideration of experience, ability, etc. 

[Benefits] Reimbursement for transportation expenses (within the income tax exemption limit), various social insurances (health insurance/employees' pension insurance/employment insurance/workers' compensation insurance), wage revision once a year, training available on the job

[Holidays] Two days a week (Saturday and Sunday) and national holidays, summer holidays, year-end and New Year holidays, paid holidays, special holidays for weddings and funerals.

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