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Senior Cinematic Animator - Freelance

Italy🌐 Remote💼 Contract🗓 2026-09-29 → 2026-09-30

Core

Create, refine, and polish high-quality cinematic animation for characters and props in high-energy action sequences for video games.

Role type

Senior Cinematic Animator (Freelance)

Builds

Cinematic sequences and character animations for video games

Domain

Video Games / Animation

Required skills

Character animation, prop animation, motion capture cleanup, rigging, skinning, pipeline optimization, visual storytelling, timing and posing

Preferred skills

None stated

Technologies

Autodesk Maya, Unreal Engine

Responsibilities

Animate characters and props for cinematic sequences; Create, refine, and polish high-quality animation in Autodesk Maya before integrating into Unreal Engine; Collaborate with cinematic artists to choreograph action-driven sequences; Apply technical animation expertise including rigging and skinning; Clean up and refine motion-capture data; Troubleshoot and optimize animation workflows between Maya and Unreal Engine; Manage assigned animation tasks independently within production deadlines

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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