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Animator – Isometric Strategy Title (9-month contract)

Blackbird Interactive (BBI) is building a safe, stable home where the best talent in the industry can find long-term careers, experiment, and keep growing their abilities – while working on a wide range of projects, encompassing world-class IPs as well as our own creations across multiple genres.

Blackbird Interactive

Employee count: 201-500

Salary: 70k-85k CAD

Canada only
Blackbird Interactive is a creative-fueled, future-driven, independent game studio where the best talent in the industry can find long-term careers to help grow their abilities while working on a wide range of projects, which encompass world-class IPs as well as our own creations across multiple genres.
In 2022, we announced that our studio is implementing a four-day work week as well as supporting in-studio, remote within Canada, and hybrid work arrangements as permanent options to our employees.
Blackbird Interactive is a creative-fueled, future-driven, independent game studio where the best industry talent can grow their careers while working on world-class IPs and original creations across multiple genres.
We’re looking for an Animator to help drive the modernization of a high-profile real-time strategy game. You’ll join a small, fast-moving team working on a beloved RTS IP, and your focus will be on character and building animations (with an eye for matching and improving upon the quality of the original title) and contributing towards a clean and scalable animation/content pipeline.
We support remote, in-studio (Vancouver, BC), and hybrid working arrangements across Canada. You’ll be joining a flexible, forward-thinking studio environment where creative voices are valued and nurtured.

Responsibilities

  • Animate a broad range of Character and Building Units, matching and improving upon the benchmark of the original title.
  • Collaborate with animators and tech animations to define and refine the pipeline.
  • Work with the art team and designers to ensure animation integrates cleanly into the game engine, supports gameplay systems and meets performance goals.
  • Maintain a productive and collaborative work environment with the development team.
  • Proficiency in 3Ds MAX (preferred) or Maya.

Requirements

  • 4+ years of experience in animation for games.
  • Strong knowledge of 3D Game Development Software for animation.
  • Demonstrated experience or skillset animating for RTS and games with an isometric camera setup.
  • Comfort working in Perforce-integrated pipelines.
  • Strong communication skills and a collaborative mindset.

Bonus Points For

  • Familiarity with game-ready skeleton design, skinning, and animation scene structure.
  • Passion for stylized RTS, MOBA, and/or action-strategy games.

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Full Time

Experience level

Entry-level

Salary

Salary: 70k-85k CAD

Location requirements

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Canada +/- 0 hours

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Blackbird Interactive (BBI) is building a safe, stable home where the best talent in the industry can find long-term careers, experiment, and keep growing their abilities – while working on a wide range of projects, encompassing world-class IPs as well as our own creations across multiple genres.

One of the strongest expression of this commitment is our internal “Skunkworks” new IP incubation program, run about once a year. Originating employees receive a payout if their idea / pitch is selected – otherwise, if unused, the rights fully revert back to them!

Established in 2010, BBI now counts 300+ staff – including a dedicated in-house CG cinematics department – and has been listed among the Fastest Growing Companies by Revenue in Canada in 2020 & 2021 by both The Globe & Mail and Deloitte.

2022 saw our studio shift to the four-day work week as well as supporting in-studio, remote, and hybrid work arrangement as permanent options to our employees.

Teams that chose it are slowly starting to return to our studio space in a phased approach as per current COVID recommendations.

We can’t wait to leverage our beautiful building – complete with cinema room, sound studios, play-testing area and rooftop patio – for IRL social gatherings with colleagues, dogs and all again!

Employee benefits

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Retirement benefits

RRSP matching up to $1500.

Life insurance

We'll cover your life insurance so you don't have to worry.

Profit sharing

When the company does well, all team members share the profits!

Learning and development budget

Mentorship program and 3 days per year for professional development.

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Blackbird Interactive

Company size

201-500 employees

Founded in

2007

Chief executive officer

Rob Cunningham

Employees live in

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