We’re seeking a skilled and experienced Senior Gameplay Animator to join our team on a 2-year fixed-term contract. In this role, you’ll collaborate closely with Gameplay Designers, Programmers, and Technical Animators to create lifelike and immersive animations. You’ll be responsible for planning and crafting animation sets that bring our Player and playable Horse to life, enhancing gameplay and aligning with the game’s overall vision. If you’re passionate about games and excited to contribute to a dynamic, creative environment alongside industry veterans, we’d love to hear from you!
Daily responsibilities
- Delivering in-game animations using Autodesk Maya, MotionBuilder and Unreal Engine as the main art creation and implementation tools.
- Establishing and maintaining animation asset creation workflows, folders, naming conventions and other engine-related organizational structures.
- Co-developing multiple playable and non-playable animation systems, including Motion Matching systems, Blendspaces, animation graphs, procedural animation setups, and engine-specific auxiliary data such as notification and synchronization events, and additional data settings files.
Qualifications
- Strong experience with motion capture data and key-frame animation.
- Both technical and artistically oriented.
- Strong understanding of animal locomotion biomechanics, with a particular focus on horse movement.
- Proven experience animating animals and/or creatures.
- Production-proven game experience with at least one title released.
- Good grasp and understanding of gameplay design.
- Very good communication and problem-solving skills.
- Fluent English.
Additional information
Working mode
- Office-First: Working primarily from Warsaw for a minimum of 10 days per month.
- Remote-First: Possibility of remote work from within Europe for select candidates.
Pay
- Estimated pay range: 19,000 – 29,600 PLN gross monthly. Final offers depend on job-related factors like experience and qualifications.
- Contract type in Poland: Employment contract (umowa o pracę).
Relocation support
- Relocation package – flight ticket, company apartment for your first month, relocating your pet, shipping your belongings.
- Relocation assistance – processing your legalization operations, help finding residence, tax settlements.
- Polish lessons for foreign employees and their spouse or partner.
Health & well-being
- Private medical healthcare – a selection of medical plans with dental care and unlimited rehabilitation, also accessible for your partner and relatives.
- Life insurance – comprehensive pension and insurance plans.
- Annual cancer prevention screenings covered by the company.
- Psychological and psychiatric care – free mental health support and various well-being initiatives.
- Sports card – access to a wide number of sporting and fitness facilities across the city.
- Menstrual leave – one extra day off when experiencing period pain.
- RED Parents Network – support for working parents, including childcare benefits and family-friendly events.
- RED Summer Camp for Kids – a summer program for children aged 5–12, mostly paid by the company.
Perks & professional growth
- A welcome pack filled with goodies.
- Trainings, lectures, and courses – workshops, knowledge-sharing initiatives, online tutorials, and e-learning classes.
- Access to a cafeteria platform with subscription benefits, additional medical packages, vouchers and codes to shops and cinemas, and public transport reimbursement.
- Gifts for newborns and regular chances to get cool swag.
Social activities & life in the office
- Dog-friendly office.
- Regular social events at the studio.
- Healthy selections – canteens.
- A truly international working environment.
- Sustainability commitment – campus with electric car charging points, green zones, and more.
- Designated bicycle space, bicycle repair equipment and showers.
- Onsite, well-equipped gym with a climbing wall, daily Gym Assistant support, and yoga and boxing classes.
- No dress code.
