About the role
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OMG Studios is an established indie studio based in the United States but working remotely across the world. The team is professional, hard-working, friendly, and flexible. They are currently finishing a commercial title while working on several prototypes, including a top-down, 3D horror game.
Project Focus
The project requires expertise in animating weird, horrific, and unpleasant creatures. Responsibilities include animating humanoid characters, including the main character, as well as a variety of creatures where the animation is essential to the horror experience.
Responsibilities
- Creating high-quality hand-keyed animations for humanoid characters and animals.
- Developing combat, movement, reaction, and enemy-specific animations for both humanoid and non-humanoid creatures.
- Preparing animations for import into Unity.
- Fixing skinning, rigging, weights, and deformation on existing assets.
- Preparing meshes for rigging and animation.
- Optimizing characters and animations for real-world use.
- Helping the team make key decisions regarding animation style, scenes, and the overall project look.
- Communicating daily on progress with the designer and producer.
- Participating in iterations and integrating feedback regularly via Discord and Jira.
Required Qualifications
- A diverse online portfolio of ANIMATION.
- Experience as a 3D animator across multiple styles.
- Strong, demonstrable understanding of anatomy, weight, timing, posing, and movement.
- Clear communication skills and the ability to take direction and feedback.
- Initiative with a genuine passion for creating art and video games.
- Ability to be paid via bank transfer from a US bank.
- Must be fluent or native in English.
- Legally eligible to be employed by a USA studio (USA or Europe residency is preferred).
Bonus Skills
- General games art experience in 2D or 3D.
- A general love for horror, the more unique the better.
- An understanding of the difference between productive AI use in tools and AI-generated art.
Benefits
- Set your own hours within agreed milestone deadlines.
- Competitive commercial rates dependent on experience.
- Remote work from anywhere.
- Full credits if the game moves into production.