Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Relicans are currently working remotely. We take the health and safety of our community, our staff, and their families seriously and are following local government guidelines. Relic provides each new hire with a Work From Home Allowance to upgrade your home office setup, so you can work effectively and comfortably. We are committed to transitioning to a work model where Relicans partner with their manager and team to create a hybrid or remote schedule, allowing you flexibility to do what you love.
Relic Entertainment is a wholly owned studio of SEGA. We are an award-winning developer of genre-defining games like Homeworld, Dawn of War, Company of Heroes, and Age of Empires. We have delivered rich, thoughtful strategy games throughout our history and our vision is to continue making games that people love to play.
We have an opportunity for a Senior Technical Animator to join the Age of Empires IV team.
As a Senior Technical Animator, you will...
- Collaborate with the rest of the team to ensure Art and Animation content functions in engine while complimenting the gameplay experience at a high level of quality
- Partner with stakeholders, including Leads, Production, and other Technical Animators to prioritize tasks and to ensure a smooth launch
- Create and optimize art and animation pipelines, with a focus on automation
- Maintain studio-standard rigs for animation
- Create and debug animation/behaviour trees
- Work to understand the advantages and limitations of proprietary technologies when designing pipelines
You're a great fit if you have...
- Shipped multiple products from concept to launch (ideally games but may also include film, animation and television, etc. )
- Experience working across disciplines on game features from high level to implementation
- Expertise with Motion Builder, and either 3dsMax or Maya
- A thorough understanding of how to optimize game content for real-time performance
- Created tools using code to drive art or animation pipelines, automation, exporting
- Strong communication and documentation skills, plus experience mentoring Animators/ Technical Animators
- A desire to learn, share, and grow with us
It's a bonus if you have...
- A tertiary-level programming experience
- Experience with physical simulation and collision systems
- A website or Github account with an art portfolio and/or code samples and/or videos of tools developed
- Houdini experience
Are you game? We’d like to hear from you!
If your experience looks a little different from what we've identified but you're excited about the role, please feel free to get in touch - we'd love to learn more about you and see if you could be a great fit. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and value our diverse workplace. We strongly encourage applications from women, Indigenous and racialized peoples, LGBTQ2S+ individuals, and people with disabilities.
Please apply through our careers page and we will be in touch shortly to let you know about the next steps.
This is Relic
We have a culture of kindness, transparency, and play. There is a lot of heart and passion at this studio – we get to collaborate, be creative, and make games for passionate fans, and we work hard to not take that for granted. We are curious, we strive for excellence, we build on each other’s ideas, and we celebrate each other.
Relicans believe that good work starts with a community you’re excited to spend your day with, both in and out of the studio. We organize volunteering opportunities, movie nights, video game tournaments, life drawing classes, and more. Relic is part of the SEGA family, which allows us to collaborate with studios all over the world as we build on our legacy of innovation.
Relic benefits include an extended benefits package, RRSP/DPSP matching program (subject to eligibility requirements), local business discounts, and annual paid holiday studio closure. Relic puts a huge priority on mental and physical wellbeing: each Relican has access to an annual Health and Wellness Spending Account, as well as an Employee and Family Assistance Program providing access to resources and support around mental health, financial wellbeing, family care, elder care, and more. For designated roles, relocation and immigration support may be available.
Thank you for considering a role with Relic!
