Teams at Absurd Ventures

Animation Producer responsible for planning, scheduling, tracking, and coordinating animation production for a AAA open-world game. The role manages dependencies, deliverables, risks, milestones, reviews, documentation, and communication across Animation, Design, Engineering, Art, Cinematics, and Production teams. It also supports workflow improvements and ensures animation work progresses from planning and asset creation through implementation, polish, and completion.

Build and optimize player and NPC gameplay features in Unreal Engine 5 using modern C++. Integrate behavior, movement, combat, interactions, and animation systems to create responsive character experiences. Collaborate with designers and animators, develop debugging tools, prototype behaviors, and contribute to planning, code reviews, documentation, and cross-platform performance optimization.

Develop and optimize runtime character animation systems for a AAA open-world game using Unreal Engine. Build animation tools and workflows, implement locomotion, combat, traversal, interactions, and crowd systems, and collaborate with animators, designers, gameplay engineers, and technical artists. Diagnose cross-disciplinary issues, profile performance, maintain clean code, and support animation technologies including Animation Blueprints, state machines, blend spaces, montages, and procedural systems.