Technical Animator for AAA project

Looking for a great job creating AAA game? Ubisoft Massive is looking for a Technical Animator for a small team working with a upcoming AAA game.You will work with animators at other Ubisoft studios as well as internally at Ubisoft Massive.This project demands a highly skilled quality conscious technical animator who has exceptional communication skills and a passion for games.A major part of this specialist role will be to create animations for prototyping placeholders as well as assisting colleagues.You will be communicating with external and internal stakeholders - across departments and across experience levels, therefore you must consider yourself to be a strong communicator (in English and preferable in French) both verbally and in text. The candidate should be able to: * Quickly learn an existing AAA game animation system and pipeline * Train animators (in workflow, tools and anything else surrounding implementation of animation assets into the game-engine) * Supervise all integration of the animation assets into the game engine * Have good knowledge of existing engines and animation packages within the industry * Communicate with Engine and Animation Programmers * Be able to create animations for prototyping and placeholders * Test all tools and workflows (before final production is scheduled) * Provide constant technical support (of the tools and engine to the animation team and communicate regularly the technical restrictions and their rationale) *Assist the design, integration and validation of animation assets (as well as any other systems like IK, FK, Physics, Ragdoll, Secondary Animations on character rigs) Personal skills: * Good organizational skills * Exceptional communication skills written and verbal (especially when communicating across departments and across experience levels) * Team player, self driven, and highly motivated * Great English skills Pluses: * Be able to create character rig, skin and optimize them for the engine (for example creating extra bonus, added rigs for better deformation, secondary motion of clothing pieces and so on)