Senior Animator

You'll be creating highly polished animations for emotes and cosmetics on Essential, working in a team of passionate Minecraft creators.

What you will do…

• Deliver high-impact animations that enhance player expressions.
• Lead the production and ongoing maintenance of Essential’s full library of emotes and cosmetics, and be trusted to make style, tone, and quality-bar calls independently.
• Implement release-ready animations into Essential Mod for the store manager to finalize.
• Identify and address animation-related issues early by reviewing projects and collaborating with the team to resolve them quickly and effectively.
• Engage in task-related meetings with thoughtful input that moves discussions forward.
• Communicate proactively with teammates and collaborate across disciplines to keep production flowing smoothly.
• Independently solve novel rigging and technical challenges, taking ownership and requesting feedback when necessary.

Within 1 month, you will…

• Complete onboarding and gain understanding of our values, and production processes.
• Learn our internal workflows, animation pipeline, and best practices.
• Become familiar with our core tools (Blockbench, Linear, Github Desktop, Notion, Minecraft, Prism Launcher, etc.).
• Build strong working relationships with fellow artists, your supervisor, and the Store Manager to ensure efficient collaboration across the team.
• Be producing emotes and cosmetics that match the style, tone, and creative direction outlined in their project specifications.
• Develop a foundational understanding of Essential’s cosmetic and emote ecosystem, including its organization, folder structures, and production workflows.

Within 2 months, you will…

• Consistently deliver top-quality animations that enhance our emote and cosmetic drops.
• Confidently use Blockbench and all production tools to work efficiently and independently.
• Implement and test animations directly in Minecraft while also refining them to improve feel, fluidity and timing.
• Take initiative in scheduling alignment meets or async reviews when necessary to retain clarity on project goals and keep progress unblocked.
• Actively participate in weekly kick-off and review meetings, sharing project updates and getting feedback on assigned projects.

Requirements

• At least 2 years of experience in a Senior Animator role or equivalent senior-level responsibilities.
• Strong knowledge of the Minecraft community and culture
• Proven experience collaborating effectively within a professional team environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong ability to understand tasks, manage priorities, and execute work independently.
• Bonus: Experience implementing animations directly in Minecraft.
• Bonus: Familiarity with function-based animation systems.
• Bonus: Basic coding or scripting knowledge.
• Bonus: Experience working on Minecraft projects

If you don’t see yourself fully reflected in every job requirement listed above, we still encourage you to reach out, apply, and tell us more about yourself in your application. Research has shown that women and underrepresented groups often only apply when they feel 100% qualified. We are committed to creating a more equitable, inclusive, and diverse company, and we strongly encourage applicants of all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, sexual orientations, and life experiences to apply.

What we offer

• 30.940 € - 35.880 € gross per annum based on 30 hours per week as an employee.
• 24 days PTO (plus Bank Holidays & Christmas Shutdown).
• Generous paid sick leave (varies per country).
• Clear career growth and progression opportunities within the company.
• Flexible working hours within legal and reasonable boundaries.
• Employment is currently available in Germany, the UK, Republic of Ireland and Austria, with Canada, the US and Croatia following soon. Rate and benefits will differ based on local currency.
• Fixed-term contractor arrangements available outside of employment countries. Not all benefits apply to contractors.

Additional information

• Applicants must be 18 years or older.
• Commitment of 30 hours per week.
• Fully remote.

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