Lead Animator

What is your role?

As the Animation Lead for Eleventh Hour Games, you will drive the vision for gameplay animation while staying hands-on to create high-quality animations yourself. You'll provide the direction and context needed to achieve a cohesive style while collaborating closely with the design team to create high-quality animations that enhance the game experience.

This role requires a understanding of development cycles and workflows to mentor and guide the team effectively. The ideal candidate communicates openly in an indie environment, stays agile when priorities shift, and makes thoughtful, efficient decisions to keep production moving smoothly.

Responsibilities

Work closely with the design team to understand animation needs and lead execution on animation design and implementation

Creating and facilitating project schedules, creating and implementing a plan for project resources, workflow and milestones

Identify project and team risks through regular monitoring of production status, team morale and communication channels. Utilize this information to execute early intervention and preventative measures

Document, communicate, administer, and refine project processes. Identify opportunities for improvement, and work with your team to find creative solutions, and execute solutions with them and their teams

Convey the Creative Directors animation direction for gameplay and cinematics to your team in an efficient and actionable manner

Feedback and validate the work carried out by the various teams to ensure that quality objectives are met

Ensure the project's direction is followed by working in close collaboration with the Producers, Animators, and Artists

Help plan the work in collaboration with the production team who oversees planning

Qualifications

4+ years of industry experience, 3+ years experience in Animation focused role(s)

Demonstrable experience in animation and team management through the full-cycle of game development, from conception to shipping

A passion for leadership / mentoring with 2+ years of prior experience in a similar role

Experience delivering products while managing a remote team (including experience with team member feedback and evaluation processes)

Demonstrable working experience with the tools and programs : Maya, Unity and / or Unreal, project management software (such as Clickup)

Ability to work core studio hours (10am-4pm CST)

Pluses : Fluent in Spanish

Why Eleventh Hour Games?

EHG is a fast growing studio, focused on a passion for top-down action RPGs. We value open communication, close-knit teamwork, and opportunity for ownership and growth! Our mission is to gather and empower the next generation of creators to forge extraordinary games. Extraordinary games build passionate communities, which create passionate people. Passionate people turn into next year's creators. With our breakout title Last Epoch, we are moving fast into the next round of adventure!

Flexible fully remote working arrangements

US Employees 90% premium paid for employee, 100% premium paid for dependents health insurance

US Employees 30% paid premium on Dental and Vision plans

35 Paid time off days, received at start of the year

401K for U.S. based employees

EHG is an equal opportunity employer. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact HR@eleventhhour.games. Please note, general employment questions cannot be accepted or processed this way.