Sr Destruction and Simulation Animator, Breakables (Contract)

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Join the award-winning team that created God of War

Santa Monica Studio is seeking an experienced breakables animator for the development of a new unannounced title!

This is an opportunity to contribute to the artistic vision and development of our products with a specialized focus on creating high-quality destruction simulations and breakable assets for both cinematics and gameplay.

As a Senior Destruction and Simulation Animator you will effectively collaborate with a wide range of development team members outside of your direct discipline such as the Art Director VFX Supervisors Technical Artists Animators Programmers and Producers to achieve artistic goals and technical implementation in relation to design and technological considerations.

Responsibilities

• Create sophisticated destruction simulations and breakable assets for in-game use spanning from small-scale environmental destruction to large-scale cinematic set pieces maintaining artistic direction and vision through all phases of development
• Develop and execute procedural destruction workflows using Houdini creating reusable HDAs (Houdini Digital Assets) and simulation setups that can be efficiently integrated into the game engine and used across multiple projects
• Model texture and animate destruction elements using Maya and Houdini ensuring seamless integration with existing art pipelines and maintaining consistency with the overall visual style and quality standards
• Support asset integration optimization LODs and collision for level design
• Collaborate closely with the Tech Art team to optimize destruction simulations for real-time performance balancing visual fidelity with technical constraints and frame-rate requirements
• Partner with Design and Narrative teams to ensure destruction elements serve both narrative and mechanical purposes creating compelling visual storytelling moments while supporting gameplay objectives
• Serve as a contributor to the development of artistic techniques and processes utilized to create destruction and simulation assets within the studio drawing from comprehensive knowledge of physics simulation pipelines and all engine tools and systems
• Possess strong time management and prioritization skills collaborating with the Production group to develop task lists ensuring destruction asset assignments progress in alignment with schedules milestones and overall project goals
• Clearly communicate updates and escalate technical or artistic concerns to appropriate team members and managers while representing the studio professionally in all communications
• Take ownership of specific destruction categories or simulation types and facilitate requests or information needs regarding any aspect of the destruction creation process

Requirements

Preferred Experience

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The estimated base pay range for this role is listed below this is an hourly rate.

$57.98 - $86.92 USD

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Required Experience :

Senior IC

Key Skills

Graphic Design,Game Engine,User Interface,Design Management,Logo,VFX,Adobe Creative Suite,Art Direction,Maya,Photoshop,Adobe Flash,Youtube,Animation Pipeline,Layout,Storyboard

Employment Type : Contract

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

Monthly Salary Salary : 57 - 86