# Lead Gameplay Animator

Hiring organization: [Bonfire Studios](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/bonfire-studios)

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/58973d1c-a2d8-4cea-b028-b77e7b6e7a5f

Listed on Bonfire Studios's own careers site. Applications go to them directly.

- Employment type: full time
- Seniority: Senior
- Location: Irvine, CA
- Salary: 196500 – 247133 USD per year

## Summary

Lead the animation vision and team at Bonfire Studios on their debut competitive multiplayer title, Arkheron. This role blends hands-on combat animation work with mentoring a small animation team and partnering across disciplines to ensure every character movement serves gameplay clarity and feel in a 15v3 PVP experience.

_Our summary, not Bonfire Studios's wording._

## Skills named

Animation, Character Animation, Motion Capture

## Required

- Proven experience creating in-game animations across multiple shipped titles
- Deep understanding of competitive multiplayer combat and animation's role in readability and feel
- Experience developing animation systems in evolving engines
- Ability to own features end-to-end from exploration through implementation
- Strong at conveying character through gameplay animation
- Comfortable balancing creative ambition with gameplay and technical constraints
- Experience leading and mentoring animation teams
- Cross-disciplinary collaboration and communication
- Self-directed and adaptable to shifting priorities

## Nice to have

- Experience with motion capture workflows
- Experience guiding external animation partners
- Deep familiarity with competitive PVP games

Apply on Bonfire Studios's site: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/bonfirestudiosinc/jobs/4132150009