Founded in 2010 by the original creators of the Call of Duty Franchise, Respawn was created with the philosophy that when talented people have creative freedom, they'll make extraordinary games that achieve the unexpected. Our shipped titles include critically acclaimed multi-platform games Apex Legends, Titanfall, Titanfall 2, Star Wars™ Jedi: Fallen Order and Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond. You can learn more about our studio and values at respawn.com/studio.

As an Animation Supervisor, you will ensure quality performances across Apex’s character and hard surface assets. You will accomplish this by managing the work of the animation teams, working directly with the senior leaders of the studio and across the franchise, and ensuring the appropriate technologies, methodologies, and skills are being used to maximum effectiveness.

You will:

• Partner with the Animation Director, acting as an ambassador for the vision across multiple animation teams with a focus on scale.
• Work with the Production team to achieve all technical, schedule and budgetary requirements
• Capture and provide daily feedback and guidance to the animation team
• Guide the evolution strategy of the animation pipeline
• Establish efficient animation procedures in collaboration with engineering and techart.

Working directly with:

• The creative and visual leadership to oversee the animation direction, style, quality, and execution
• Designers and engineers to achieve compelling performances that match the overall game quality and expectations
• Technical animators, character riggers and modelers to ensure our characters move & deform beautifully
• VFX and tech-art leads to ensure harmony across all animated elements
• External developers to ensure continuity of quality at scale

Skills you have:

• 8+ years of directing animation with excellent credentials, ideally with a focus on FPS. 
• A great eye for style and quality, combined with a deep technical skill set
• Team leadership, people and mentoring skills
• Experience in visual and technical innovation
• Able to inspire and lead teams to accomplish high quality within time and budget
• Able to guide a team to balance creative goals with the requirements of production
• Organization and direction of actors and other motion capture talent 
• Knowledge of common practices and the understanding of industry trends