Animator

Half Mermaid
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Posted
February 22, 2024
Full Time
Anywhere
Remote
$70k – $100k per year

We are seeking an Animator to join our studio and create animations for an upcoming project in development

 

Work With Us on Project D████

We are developing a third person horror game with experimental narrative, a return to the genre that Sam previously explored with Silent Hill: Shattered Memories. Candidates with experience of shipping a third person Unreal title on console are preferred. We’re combining AAA experience with indie agility to deliver a big, ambitious game and are assembling a small team to make it happen as we move from pre-production into full development.

 

Responsibilities & Skills 

  • Create animations for both grounded, real world human characters and inhuman characters alike
  • Take animations from design spec through key pose to finished animation, creating responsive but authentic motion
  • Shipped a character-based game on console
  • Experience with combat and grapple animations
  • Experienced with motion capture pipelines and interest in cutting edge technologies to reduce cost and effort for performance capture 
  • Experience with Unreal Engine 5

 

All candidates for the Half Mermaid roles are expected to fulfill the following requirements:

  • Comfort working with a hybrid in-person and remote team
  • An appreciation for narrative and psychological horror
  • Alignment with our studio’s stated mission and values

 

This is a full-time position scheduled to begin in Summer 2024. We are open to discussing remote or hybrid working formats with the right candidate.

 

Yearly Salary Range: $70,000 – $100,000

Salaries listed reflect the estimated base range for the roles. Your offer will be based on multiple factors, such as experience and work location.

 

To Apply

Please use our Job Application form. Do not email your application, it will not be reviewed if it is not submitted using the Job Application form.

Applicants from traditionally marginalized identities within the game industry are highly encouraged to apply. Half Mermaid Productions does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender expression, age, national origin, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status.

If you have any questions or encounter any issues using our job application form, please email jobs@halfmermaid.co.

 

About 
Half Mermaid

Half Mermaid Productions is an independent video game studio founded by Sam Barlow. Our mission is to create authored, player-centric stories across the spectrum of narrative genres. Our game IMMORTALITY was the first ever indie game to get a perfect 10/10 in Edge Magazine and won BAFTA, GDC, and IGF awards, holding its own against AAA titans.

 

Our Mission

To create authored, player-centric stories across the spectrum of narrative genres.

 

Our Values

As the founding members of Half Mermaid, we worked together to establish the following values for our studio. For an in-depth explanation behind each of these pillars, please visit our Brand Value Deck.

  • Community. Our studio was founded in Brooklyn, outside the central hub of the game industry and surrounded by the deep history of storytelling, art, and culture in New York City. We have the opportunity to enrich the development of games around our home, and the responsibility to include and amplify new and underrepresented voices in our scene.

  • Innovation. We are driven to create new game genres and push the boundaries of how game mechanics are utilized to tell stories. As popular entertainment continues to become more interactive, we aim to shape its future.

  • Integrity. We believe in a proactive approach to ensuring the quality of our work and how we go about making it. We value and nurture the voices of our creators. When mistakes are made, we listen, learn, and take action.

  • Inclusivity. We are the change we want to see in the gaming industry. That means we center narratives around a diverse set of individuals. It also means we are and work with a diverse set of individuals, providing a multiplicity of perspectives on our methods and projects.
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