BS
$196,500 – $247,133
Listed on Bonfire Studios’s own careers site. You apply with them directly — we never stand between you and the employer.
What this role is
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. The full posting is on their site.
Skills this role names
Log in to see which of these are already on your profile.
What they ask for
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