Animator & Motion Graphics Designer

Every day, tens of millions of people come to Roblox to explore, create, play, learn, and connect with friends in 3D immersive digital experiences– all created by our global community of developers and creators. At Roblox, we’re building the tools and platform that empower our community to bring any experience that they can imagine to life. Our vision is to reimagine the way people come together, from anywhere in the world, and on any device. We’re on a mission to connect a billion people with optimism and civility, and looking for amazing talent to help us get there. A career at Roblox means you’ll be working to shape the future of human interaction, solving unique technical challenges at scale, and helping to create safer, more civil shared experiences for everyone. We're seeking a talented Senior 3D Animator to join our team at Roblox for a 6-month engagement. You'll focus on creating high-quality, foundational character animations for the Roblox platform—specifically basic ability and locomotion sets that bring avatars to life with polish and personality. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute directly to core Roblox avatar experiences used by millions of players worldwide. You Will: Create and refine a suite of standard locomotion and ability animations, including: Idle poses (variations for personality/stance) Walk, run, sprint cycles Jump, land, fall animations Other basic movement/ability actions as needed Deliver clean, weighty, and expressive animations optimized for Roblox's avatar system (R15 preferred) Iterate quickly based on feedback from animation leads, designers, and engineers Export animations properly for Roblox Studio integration (using compatible formats and best practices) Use SyncSketch (or similar) for review and approval workflows You Have: Strong experience in character animation , with a focus on creating believable, game-ready locomotion and action animations Excellent acting skills through motion—conveying emotio

This position is for temporary engagement through our staffing partner, Yoh Enterprise Solutions. This is a 12-month contract. Insomniac Games is looking for a Senior Gameplay Animator. In this role the Senior Gameplay Animator is responsible for creating gameplay animation at the highest quality level set by Lead Animators and Animation Directors. They collaborate closely with other disciplines to ensure that animations are integrated into the game, supporting the creative, narrative vision, and technical requirements. The Senior Gameplay Animator works independently requiring minimal supervision. Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following: Develop high-quality animations for gameplay characters, ensuring alignment with artistic direction and technical standards. Collaborate with Designers and Programmers to implement animations in engine using expert skills in Maya and proprietary engine tools. Independently troubleshoot and resolve issues that arise. Ability to utilize motion capture data and hand key animation to create believable characters. Gameplay responsibilities can include hero traversal, combat, boss, gameplay camera cinematography, mission and open world animations at the highest level using advanced skills in game engine tools. Work with the Animation team to guarantee cohesive execution of the established animation direction across the game, providing constructive feedback as necessary. Communicate effectively with other disciplines, including Designers, Programmers, Writers, Project Managers, Art, Audio, Character and Rigging teams, to resolve issues and achieve project goals. Other duties may be assigned Qualifications To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilit

This position is for temporary engagement through our staffing partner, Yoh Enterprise Solutions. This is a 12-month contract. Insomniac Games is looking for a Senior Gameplay Animator. In this role the Senior Gameplay Animator is responsible for creating gameplay animation at the highest quality level set by Lead Animators and Animation Directors. They collaborate closely with other disciplines to ensure that animations are integrated into the game, supporting the creative, narrative vision, and technical requirements. The Senior Gameplay Animator works independently requiring minimal supervision. Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following: Develop high-quality animations for gameplay characters, ensuring alignment with artistic direction and technical standards. Collaborate with Designers and Programmers to implement animations in engine using expert skills in Maya and proprietary engine tools. Independently troubleshoot and resolve issues that arise. Ability to utilize motion capture data and hand key animation to create believable characters. Gameplay responsibilities can include hero traversal, combat, boss, gameplay camera cinematography, mission and open world animations at the highest level using advanced skills in game engine tools. Work with the Animation team to guarantee cohesive execution of the established animation direction across the game, providing constructive feedback as necessary. Communicate effectively with other disciplines, including Designers, Programmers, Writers, Project Managers, Art, Audio, Character and Rigging teams, to resolve issues and achieve project goals. Other duties may be assigned Qualifications To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilit

This position is for temporary engagement through our staffing partner, Yoh Enterprise Solutions. Insomniac Games is looking for a new Senior Facial Character TD. In this role, the Senior Facial Character TD is responsible for authoring effective FACS shapes from scratch for human and non-human characters; collaborates in developing rigs to support high-fidelity animated facial performances; participates in facial research & development efforts. Expected to have an expert understanding of FACS and facial anatomy and cutting-edge approaches to facial technology. Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following: Expert level understanding of FACS and facial anatomy for cutting edge application to facial animation technology Expert proficiency in sculpting FACS shapes using deformers and/or sculpting tools for human and non-human characters Expert understanding of facial skeletal and muscle anatomy; Collaborates with animation, character art, and engineering teams to produce high quality face rigs Authors rigging systems to augment or support blendshape-based facial rigs Authors high quality photorealistic facial rigs based on FACS using blendshapes Collaborates with Character Art, Animation, and Engineering teams to deliver the highest quality assets with animator/mocap friendly interfaces that run smoothly in engine Contributes to automated tools and workflows for runtime optimization Contributes to tools for ingesting 3rd party facial rigs Processes and cleans 3D or 4D scan data from FACS sessions Keeps up with state-of-the-art approaches to facial rigging for photorealistic characters in film and games Has strong understanding of facial shape transfer techniques and ability to implement shape transfer pipelines Contributes to tools for authoring and editing facial rigs (python/pyqt/pyside) May be asked to direct actors through FACS during facial acquisitions May ingest and integrate facial asset

Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. It’s a big mission, and even though we've made a lot of headway, we still have work to do — and that’s where you come in! Duolingo’s designers care about creating high-quality experiences that look and feel fun . From animators to writers, product designers to researchers, Design brings purpose, feeling, and delight to every interaction with our brand, inside the app and out. As a designer, you’ll join a culture of creativity and craft, where we have a high bar for excellence and an endless curiosity about how to bring more unexpected quirk and fun to the pursuit of learning. Join us in our mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world. About the role This role is an important part of the Design team, partnering with other designers and cross-functional teammates on features across our mobile apps, website, and communications. From polishing learner flows to supporting campaigns and community moments, you’ll help shape friendly, intuitive experiences that feel distinctly Duolingo. We care deeply about craft, so you’ll grow your skills while contributing to work that’s both user-friendly and fun, sweating the details to get them just right. 🧠You will... Design and prototype simple, playful learning experiences for the Duolingo app Drive large work streams across your team with independence—you’ll lead! Be a peer leader and mentor across Duolingo Design Work with other designers and artists to expand Duolingo’s design language Partner with engineers and product managers to define what we build, and how we get there Consider every part of a finely crafted experience: animation, copy, UI to business impact ✅ You have... An online portfolio featuring simple consumer mobile apps The highest bar for visual design and interaction details Fluency in creating high fidelity prototypes quickly Experience shipp

Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. It’s a big mission, and even though we've made a lot of headway, we still have work to do — and that’s where you come in! Duolingo’s designers care about creating high-quality experiences that look and feel fun . From animators to writers, product designers to researchers, Design brings purpose, feeling, and delight to every interaction with our brand, inside the app and out. As a designer, you’ll join a culture of creativity and craft, where we have a high bar for excellence and an endless curiosity about how to bring more unexpected quirk and fun to the pursuit of learning. Join us in our mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world. About the role... We’re looking to hire a Staff Product Researcher to join our Product Research team to work directly with Designers and Product Managers to help us build a high-quality experience for our learners. You’ll help shape a product used by millions of users around the world by integrating research into Duolingo’s unique product development process and generating insights that guide teams in choosing what to build and how to build it. This is a high-impact, fast-paced role for a mixed-method researcher who can drive clarity in ambiguous spaces, influence product decisions, and deliver actionable insights at the pace of product development. 🧠 You will... Set research direction with cross-functional partners by identifying the highest-impact questions and translating them into a clear, prioritized research projects Lead end-to-end research across the product lifecycle; including 0→1 discovery on big bets, concept testing, and post-launch UX/UI iterations Develop strong product intuition to generate insights and product ideas that connect the learner experience to product strategy, tradeoffs, and measurable outcomes Build durable visibility for re