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Lead Animator - Gameplay / Chef.fe d'équipe de l’animation – Gameplay

Montréal, QC, ca💼 Full-time🗓 2026-06-22 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead a team of animators to create and implement high-quality real-time gameplay animations for NPCs and players, ensuring AAA production standards.

Role type

Senior IC Lead Animator (Gameplay)

Builds

Expressive, polished, gameplay-ready animations for NPCs and players

Domain

Video game development, AAA production

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

3D character animation, keyframe animation, mocap animation, human motion understanding, body mechanics, biped locomotion, animation principles, pipeline design, technical leadership, cross-disciplinary collaboration

Preferred skills

Unreal Engine 5, animation graphs, locomotion systems, conversation systems, traversal systems, creature/animal/combat animation, cinematic camera animation

Technologies

MotionBuilder, Maya, Unreal Engine 5

Responsibilities

Supervise animation team, create and document pipeline procedures, mentor team members, coordinate production assignments, sync with other leads, create style guides and best practices, create gameplay animation content

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with leadership

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