Description
Epic Games is hiring a Lead Gameplay Technical Animator to join a team collaborating with Disney on Fortnite and other initiatives. The role focuses on expressive character movement, technical animation strategy, production scheduling, pipeline and engine-tool improvement, and mentoring rigging-focused animators. Responsibilities include rigging characters, weapons, creatures, and vehicles; setting up control rigs, cloth, physics, and blueprints in Unreal Engine 5; and maintaining production documentation. The position requires extensive character rigging experience in Maya and/or Unreal Engine, a relevant portfolio, familiarity with the Unreal Engine 5 art pipeline, and strong communication and teamwork skills.
