Lead/Senior 3D Animator

• Realistic and stylized facial animation of emotionally driven characters for a AAA game.
• Realistic and stylized body animation from Motion Capture and Hand Key.
• Realistic animation of photorealistic characters using motion capture data, with the ability to push and embellish character emotion and storytelling.
• Communication and Collaboration with lead team based in North America.

• Strong technical abilities using and animating in Autodesk Maya (Maya experience required).
• Strong character animation background, including dialogue and emotionally driven work.
• 7+ years of experience in facial animation or dialogue and emotion-driven animation and/or 7+ years of experience in body animation including advanced motion (fighting, etc.). facial animation experience or more, experience with FACS. Major plus if you have experience with Faceware, Dynamixyz, or Metahuman Animator
• Experience working in video games is a plus, especially in Cinematic Animation.
• Must be able to provide a demo reel or examples of professional work with a breakdown of your contributions to the shots, and an accompanying resume.
• Solid sense of storytelling, emotion, and character development.
• Ability to quickly and effectively solve problems and resolve any hurdles that present themselves while working to create the best animation possible.
• Ability to communicate emotional arcs and tell a story through nuanced facial performance and character acting.
• Ability to learn new programs and pipelines quickly and effectively. (Experience in Faceware or Dynamixyz is a plus but not required).
• Proactive and driven, seeking out tasks remaining to be finished and actively seeking opportunities to learn.
• Open to learning and implementing technical processes and pipelines in the animation process to be able to get to a first pass, so more time can be spent on detailed animation clean up.
• Strong communicator and collaborator, able to work efficiently with a team.
• Highly organized and diligent, able to meet quick deadlines while producing high-quality animation.
• Must be willing to overlap with North American (PST or EST) time zones for trainings/meetings with clients.
• Must be willing to work in office from Virtuos KLM offices.
• Strong English verbal and written skills required.

• Annual leave & sick leave
• Other applicable Leaves as per company policy (Maternity, paternity, marriage, childcare, infant, compassionate)
• Public holidays
• Company health and life insurance
• Flexi-health
• Smart pantry access

• Senior: RM5000 - RM9000
• Lead: RM9000 - RM16000

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