Animation Director

Stormind Games

Animation Director leading animation direction and practices for game projects. Collaborates with Directors to deliver seamless player experiences through high-quality animation.

Posted 4/26/2026full-timeRemote • Connecticut • 🇺🇸 United StatesLeadWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Unreal Engine

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Define and maintain the studio’s animation vision, style, and principles, in alignment with the overall creative direction.
Collaborate with Game Directors to guide and oversee animation direction across each project, ensuring consistency, quality, emotional impact, and alignment with gameplay and narrative goals.
Contribute, as part of the Directors Team, to maintaining consistency and cross-project quality across all titles in development.
Work with the Studio Director and Production Director on animation resource planning and management.
Supervise and support the animation team, fostering a culture of creativity, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
Review animation pipelines, tools, and implementation processes to ensure efficiency, scalability, and high production quality.
Provide strategic and operational feedback on character animation, cinematics, motion quality, and integration with gameplay systems.
Collaborate with Technical Directors and Engineering teams to optimize animation systems, workflows, and performance within the engine.
Stay up to date with industry trends, emerging technologies (e.g. motion capture, procedural animation), and animation techniques, integrating best practices into the studio’s processes.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Minimum 8 years of experience in animation for games, including at least 3 years in a leadership or director role.
Proven experience working on AA/AAA titles or other high-quality productions.
Deep understanding of animation principles, character performance, body mechanics, and storytelling through motion.
Solid experience with Unreal Engine animation systems (e.g. Animation Blueprints, state machines, blend spaces).
Familiarity with industry-standard animation tools (e.g. Maya, MotionBuilder) and pipelines.
Ability to lead and align multiple project teams with different creative goals.
Excellent communication, leadership, and mentorship skills.
Fluency in English (spoken and written).

Benefits

Comp & perks

🌐 Worldwide ❌ Jobs You've Hidden ⭐️ Saved Jobs ✅ Applied Jobs ✉️ Email Alerts 👤 Account Stormind Games Website LinkedIn All Job Openings 51 - 200 employees Founded 2016 🎮 Gaming 👥 B2C Gaming
B2C Stormind Games is an Italian game development studio that creates premium, story-driven action-adventure and action-RPG titles for PC and consoles, known for franchises like Remothered and Batora and licensed projects such as A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead and co-development work on Mafia: The Old Country. The studio focuses on intense narratives, distinctive visual styles, and multiplatform development using Unreal Engine, and also provides development and publishing support to AA/AAA IP holders and partners. Animation Director Job not on LinkedIn 🔥 8 minutes ago 🦌 Connecticut – Remote ⏰ Full Time 🔴 Lead 👔 Director Apply Now Find Hiring Managers Customize resume for this job Report problem ☆ Save ☑️ Mark as applied ❌ Hide 📋 Description
Define and maintain the studio’s animation vision, style, and principles, in alignment with the overall creative direction.
Collaborate with Game Directors to guide and oversee animation direction across each project, ensuring consistency, quality, emotional impact, and alignment with gameplay and narrative goals.
Contribute, as part of the Directors Team, to maintaining consistency and cross-project quality across all titles in development.
Work with the Studio Director and Production Director on animation resource planning and management.
Supervise and support the animation team, fostering a culture of creativity, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
Review animation pipelines, tools, and implementation processes to ensure efficiency, scalability, and high production quality.
Provide strategic and operational feedback on character animation, cinematics, motion quality, and integration with gameplay systems.
Collaborate with Technical Directors and Engineering teams to optimize animation systems, workflows, and performance within the engine.
Stay up to date with industry trends, emerging technologies (e.g. motion capture, procedural animation), and animation techniques, integrating best practices into the studio’s processes. 🎯 Requirements
Minimum 8 years of experience in animation for games, including at least 3 years in a leadership or director role.
Proven experience working on AA/AAA titles or other high-quality productions.
Deep understanding of animation principles, character performance, body mechanics, and storytelling through motion.
Solid experience with Unreal Engine animation systems (e.g. Animation Blueprints, state machines, blend spaces).
Familiarity with industry-standard animation tools (e.g. Maya, MotionBuilder) and pipelines.
Ability to lead and align multiple project teams with different creative goals.
Excellent communication, leadership, and mentorship skills.
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Hard Skills & Tools

animationcharacter performancebody mechanicsstorytelling through motionUnreal EngineAnimation Blueprintsstate machinesblend spacesmotion captureprocedural animation

Soft Skills

leadershipcommunicationmentorshipcollaborationcreativitycontinuous improvement