Game Animation Director

3 days ago


Dublin, Dublin City, Ireland 2K Full time

Job Description

The Associate Director of Animation will build and lead a dynamic team of animators to support our portfolio of AAA games. You will orchestrate project quality and the well-being of team members as they work across our entire portfolio, for all 2K studios worldwide, providing the highest quality key-framed, mocap, hybrid, gameplay, and cinematic animations, in support of top-tier developers. The Animation team will need to adapt to a broad range of animation styles and pipelines. This role is pivotal in developing the next generation of game content-creation services.

  • Main Responsibilities:
  • Oversee multi-project production schedules, staff development plans and allocations, and department growth opportunities.
  • Connect with development partners to understand animation needs and define opportunities to evolve the team's craft.
  • Provide constructive feedback to team members, mentor supervisors, leads, seniors, mid-level and junior animators.
  • Encourage and facilitate the development of a significant knowledge base in others to guide their career development and progression.
  • Maintain an inclusive environment and thriving team culture.
  • Champion tools development to optimize processes and workflows.
  • Develop standards and metrics for budgeting and supervising animation tasks.
  • Identify and develop solutions to tactical creative and technical issues with clear objectives.
  • Orchestrate animation workshops, masterclasses, and lectures for the team and participate in recruitment fairs, trade shows, and external 2K events.


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