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🥝 Senior Cinematic Animator

Arcanaut Studios | edmonton, Canada | Posted June 01, 2026

Job Description

Senior Cinematic Animator – Full‑time, Remote Friendly (BC or Alberta)

As a Senior Cinematic Animator, you are focused on creating high quality, narrative‑driven, in‑game cutscenes, maximizing performance that resemble film quality while running in real‑time within engine UE 5+. You will blend emotional acting and technical expertise in motion capture to bring characters and stories to life. You will collaborate with cinematic artists and designers to achieve the ultimate performance.

Responsibilities

  • Create compelling, high-quality character animations for cinematic sequences using keyframe techniques and motion capture data.
  • Work with designers, artists and directors to establish emotional impact and narrative continuity.
  • Edit and clean up motion capture data for face and body animations to ensure high fidelity.
  • Use sequencer or similar tools to manage complex sequences and character anima...

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