Senior Gameplay Animator

Senior Gameplay Animator
Half Mermaid is hiring a Senior Gameplay Animator
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Posted
November 10, 2026
Contract
CET ± 3 hours
Remote
$80,000 - $100,000
Category: Animation
Type: Contractor
Min. Experience: Senior Level
Salary: $80,000 - $100,000
We are looking for an experienced and talented Senior Gameplay Animator to join the development effort on our exciting new game “Project D.”
The project is a third person horror game with experimental narrative, a return to the genre that our director, Sam Barlow, previously explored with Silent Hill: Shattered Memorie s. Candidates with experience of shipping a third person Unreal title on console are preferred. We're combining AAA experience with indie agility to deliver a big, ambitious game and are assembling a small team to make it happen.
This is a long term contract position on a remote team. Candidates in European timezones are preferred. Our studio is based in Brooklyn, NY and occasional travel to New York City may be required.
Responsibilities
Create animations for both grounded, real world human characters and inhuman characters alike
Take animations from design spec through key pose to finished animation, creating responsive but authentic motion
Collaborate with other departments to implement animations in engine
Skills
Required Skills:
Have shipped a character-based game on console
High level understanding of combat and grapple animations
Fluency in Maya and Unreal Engine 5
Strong communication skills, contributing to the productivity and success of working in a remote team environment
An appreciation for narrative and psychological horror
Nice-to-Have Skills:
Experience working with MGear
Proficiency in body and facial rigging
Experience with motion capture pipelines and interest in cutting edge technologies to reduce cost and effort for performance capture
Applicants from traditionally marginalized identities within the game industry are highly encouraged to apply. Half Mermaid Productions does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender expression, age, national origin, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status.
To apply, please use our Job Application form. Do not email your application, it will not be reviewed if it is not submitted using the Job Application form.
If you have any questions or encounter any issues using our job application form, please email [контакт скрыт].
About
Half Mermaid
Half Mermaid Productions is an independent video game studio founded by Sam Barlow. Our mission is to create authored, player-centric stories across the spectrum of narrative genres. Our game IMMORTALITY was the first ever indie game to get a perfect 10/10 in Edge Magazine and won BAFTA, GDC, and IGF awards, holding its own against AAA titans.
Our Mission
To create authored, player-centric stories across the spectrum of narrative genres.
Our Values
As the founding members of Half Mermaid, we worked together to establish the following values for our studio. For an in-depth explanation behind each of these pillars, please visit our Brand Value Deck .
Community. Our studio was founded in Brooklyn, outside the central hub of the game industry and surrounded by the deep history of storytelling, art, and culture in New York City. We have the opportunity to enrich the development of games around our home, and the responsibility to include and amplify new and underrepresented voices in our scene.
Innovation. We are driven to create new game genres and push the boundaries of how game mechanics are utilized to tell stories. As popular entertainment continues to become more interactive, we aim to shape its future.
Integrity. We believe in a proactive approach to ensuring the quality of our work and how we go about making it. We value and nurture the voices of our creators. When mistakes are made, we listen, learn, and take action.
Inclusivity. We are the change we want to see in the gaming industry. That means we center narratives around a diverse set of individuals. It also means we are and work with a diverse set of individuals, providing a multiplicity of perspectives on our methods and projects.
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IMMORTALITY is an interactive trilogy from Sam Barlow, creator of Her Story. Use the cinematic ability to teleport from scene to scene to explore a treasure trove of newly unearthed footage from the three lost films of Marissa Marcel and traverse decades of movie history.
Telling Lies is an investigative thriller game with non-linear storytelling. Four private lives. One big lie. Search through secretly recorded video conversations to discover the truth.
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