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Location: Netherlands, Breda
NeoBards Entertainment is looking for an experienced and talented Lead Animator to join our team in Breda. The ideal candidate will lead a team of animators, collaborate closely with other departments and studios, ensuring high-quality animation assets are delivered on schedule. This hands-on position requires strong leadership skills, excellent communication, and a deep understanding of animation principles.
Responsibilities
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- Lead a team of animators to complete animation tasks within deadlines.
- Ensure consistent quality and adherence to project standards throughout the entire animation process.
- Collaborate with artists, designers, producers, and programmers to create animation concepts that align with project vision and goals.
- Maintain effective communication with stakeholders to keep them informed of progress and address any concerns promptly.
- Review and provide feedback on animation work produced by team members.
- Contribute to the development of animation processes and pipelines to improve efficiency and productivity.
- Stay current with industry trends and best practices in animation.
Requirements
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- At least 5 years of professional experience as an animator, senior or lead animator in AAA game studios.
- Experience with creating animation for playable characters.
- Strong knowledge of animation principles, techniques, and software.
- Proven ability to manage teams and deliver high-quality animation assets under tight timelines.
- Experience with Unreal Engine
- Exceptional attention to detail, communication, and problem-solving skills.
- Experience in setting up efficient animation pipelines and workflows using industry-standard tools and techniques.
- Ability to understand and communicate complex ideas visually.
- Portfolio demonstrating a wide range of animation styles and techniques.
- Fluency in English; verbal and written.
- Must be eligible to work in the EU/Netherlands
* Candidate with less experience would be considered as Senior Animator/Animator
Location: Netherlands, Breda
Neobards is looking for an extremely talented and experienced Senior Lighting artist to participate in the creation of the lighting of an ambitious project on Pc and console platform.
Role
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- Responsible for the creation and delivery of high quality Lighting on Pc and console platform.
- Understands the product art direction and translates it into efficient real-time lighting into the game.
- Maintain visibility on the progress and accurately predicts and deliver to deadlines.
- Oversees the quality and delivery of necessary elements.
Key Responsibility:
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- Mentor and grows Junior artists upholding the highest professional standards.
- Maintain close collaboration with the design, code and rendering team to ensure compliance with design choices and technical performance.
- Delivers to the highest standards of quality on pc and console.
- Delivers accurate estimates to project management and owns the delivery on time and quality.
- Pro-actively manages his/her dependencies
- Maintain homogeneity of game assets with other lighting artists.
- Ensure technical and organizational compliance with defined standards.
- Owns lighting, shader and post effects creation in his/her area.
- Upholds the Art bible and technical documentation related to Lighting creation.
- Translates Art direction into the Lighting field and deliver high standard of visual quality and performance.
Required Skills：
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- At least 2 shipped titles as Senior Lighting artist on pc or console and 1 as a Lighting Artist
- Very experienced with pc and console platform requirements.
- Expert knowledge in Physically based Lighting setup
- Written and verbal communication skills (English)
- Expert knowledge in Max/Maya and photoshop
- Experienced with engine optimization
- High level of shader understanding
- Expert knowledge of modern rendering engine.
- Keen eye for cinematography and photography
- Deep understanding of the physics of light.
- Must be eligible to work in the EU/Netherland
Location: Netherlands, Breda
NeoBards Entertainment is looking for an experienced Senior animator to oversee the gameplay animations of an ambitious project on console.
Role
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- Responsible for the creation and delivery of high quality gameplay animation on a high end platform game
- Reflects the guiding principle and art vision of the produce in animation look and feel
- Maintain visibility on the progress and accurately predicts and deliver to deadlines
Key Responsibilities
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- Maintain close collaboration with the design and code team, to ensure performance and playability of the animation
- Makes sure the look and feel of the animation is in accordance with the product goals, and character guidelines
- Delivers accurate estimates to project management, and delivers on time, with high quality
- Maintain unity of game assets
- Ensure technical and organizational compliance with defined standards
Required Skills
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- At least 2 shipped titles as Animator
- Written and verbal communication skills (English)
- Good knowledge of motion capture, keyframe animation and related pipelines
- Experience with modern game engine (Unreal / Unity)
- Experience with directing and managing mocap a plus
- Please attach your portfolio when apply this position
- Must be eligible to work in the EU/Netherlands
* Candidate with less experience would be considered as Animator
Location: Netherlands, Breda
Neobards is looking for an extremely talented and experienced senior VFX artist to oversee the creation of the effects on our next ambitious project.
Role
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- Responsible for the creation and delivery of high quality VFX
- Translates the product art direction into creation guidelines to produce in-game VFX
- Maintains visibility on the progress and accurately predicts and delivers to deadlines for the team
- Can work independently and potentially provide guidance for other team members
- Maintains coordination with the other leads of the team
Key Responsibility:
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- Maintains close collaboration with the design and code team to ensure compliance with design choices and technical performance
- Delivers to the highest standards of VFX quality on mobile
- Provides accurate estimates to project management and owns the delivery on time and quality
- Good self-management
- Maintains homogeneity of the VFX with other art resources
- Ensures technical and organizational compliance with defined standards
- Owns the art bible and technical documentation related to VFX creation
Required Skills:
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- At least 2 shipped titles as VFX artist on mobile or console and 1 as a senior VFX artist
- Very experienced in hand-held and mobile platform requirements
- Very experienced with Unreal Engine
- Written and verbal communication skills (English)
- Expert knowledge in Max/Maya/Houdini and Photoshop
- Experienced in engine optimization
- Experienced with Offline VFX platform and simulation engines
- Experienced with programming languages a plus
- Those without the required credentials but with great potential will be considered as a VFX Artist.
- Must be eligible to work in the EU/Netherlands
Location: Netherlands, Breda
NeoBards entertainment is looking for an experienced art director for one of its new project on PC and high end platform.
Role
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- Responsible for the definition of the vision and creation of high-quality game art content on pc and high-end console platforms.
- Provides guidance and feedback for all artists within the team and is heading the art production within the project.
- Promotes, evangelizes and supports the game vision to the team and stakeholders both internally and externally.
- Delivers to the highest standards in entertainment experience.
Key Responsibility
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- Defines the vision in accordance with needs of the product and ensures its delivery on time and on quality.
- Manages and grows his team upholding the highest managerial standards.
- Evangelizes the game vision in the team and throughout the company.
- Reports to game director and independently manages challenges and mitigation strategies/Validates with the subject matter leads the outsourced assets.
- Is responsible for the final visual quality of the final product.
- Oversees the delivery of assets across multiple development sites.
Skills & Requirements (required)
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- Excellent communication skills both verbal and in writing.
- Can present his vision using an ad-hoc medium to team and executives.
- Able to articulate a high-level concept and extrapolate the low-level ruleset to deploy it.
- Deep understanding of art theory applied to composition, animation and lighting.
- Experience with multiple game engines.
- At least 2 shipped titles as art director preferably with at least 1 on the last generation of console
- Extensive experience in Terrain creation and high-end characters.
- Fluent in English