Cinematic Animator

IO Interactive is currently looking for a full-time Cinematic Animator to join Project 007, a brand new James Bond video game to be developed and published by IOI. Featuring a wholly original Bond story, players will step into the shoes of the world's favourite Secret Agent to earn their 00 status in the very first James Bond origin story.
We are looking for a Cinematic Animator that will join our game team and contribute to this exciting and unique project. If you're interested, we should have a conversation about unleashing your skills into the iconic James Bond universe.
You will work closely together with game designers, level designers, animators, and tech programmers.
What you will do:
Focus on character performance, and cinematics that reflect the personality of the character, and show their motivation, emotions, and fully immerse the player into the game narrative.
Follow closely the instructions of directors and leads from multiple disciplines in order to create a cohesive and engaging Bond experience.
You will make sure that the animations can play well in a level and connect with the rest of the gameplay experience, making the transition between cinematic and gameplay moments feel seamless.
Create cutscenes and performances, emphasizing weight, timing & silhouette to create visually stunning cinematics for in-game integration.
Implement, troubleshoot, and debug animation systems.
Help improve animation pipelines.

Who you are:
You are passionate about storytelling, composition, and dialogue.
You have experience with facial motion capture and facial animation.
Experience with both motion capture and hand-keyed animation.
Highly skilled in Maya.
Minimum 2+ years working with cinematic animation, for movies or video games.
Exceptional skill in animating the human face and figure to create realistic character animations.
Experience of film editing, lighting or VFX.

We would love if you had:
Experience with a game engine, such as Unreal, Unity or a bespoke engine.
Professional experience developing third person action games.
Practical knowledge of state machines and motion trees.
Advanced knowledge of MotionBuilder, 3ds Max, rigging and skinning.



Who we are:
​​​​​​​We are a team, above all. If you join our studio, expect to be encouraged, listened to, and have your efforts and insightful impact recognized and valued. We take pride in the friendly haven we built at IOI, and we expect you to take part in cultivating that. We are also highly international, with people from over 40 nationalities working in both our Copenhagen, Barcelona, and Malmö studios.
We also have a reputation for being a very friendly workplace with highly talented people. That is why the members we welcome in our team never fail to integrate and are supported, valued, and listened to at all steps. We dedicate ourselves to quality and have fun while doing it. We welcome you to join us and do the same.
The position is open in our Copenhagen, Malmö and Barcelona studios, and we will take your location preference into consideration. We welcome candidates from all over the world, providing relocation support.
Please send us a motivational letter and CV telling us why IO Interactive and you would be a perfect match, all in English. We are looking forward to hearing from you!