Jobs at Skydance Media

The role involves architecting and implementing development frameworks for game features, collaborating with teams, and maintaining implementation schedules.

Develop, test, and maintain software for animation pipelines, collaborating with teams, and supporting end users while following engineering best practices.

Create hand-drawn and digitally composited 2D effects (magic, water, fire, smoke, debris) that enhance character performance and cinematic storytelling. Collaborate with Production Designer and Visual Development to define visual language, maintain consistent style and timing, apply core animation principles, and solve technical and creative pipeline challenges.

Create high-quality grooms, hair shading, and surfacing for human, furry, feathered characters and props; develop departmental tools, follow pipeline and art direction, mentor team members, collaborate with production to meet deadlines.

Lead design, architecture, and implementation of core gameplay AI systems for NPCs. Own large-scale AI features from concept to ship, resolve performance and scalability issues, partner with design/animation/audio/production, establish engineering standards, and mentor other engineers while using Unreal Engine, C++, Blueprints, and animation-driven AI techniques.

Lead project management for Core Technology initiatives across engine, tools, infrastructure, online services, and platform. Drive intake, prioritization, planning, dependency management, risk mitigation, staffing, and status reporting. Align engineering leadership and cross-functional stakeholders, define success metrics, and improve workflows to ensure timely delivery of strategic technical projects.

Manage planning and execution of marketing campaigns for game releases. Build and maintain project plans, coordinate cross-functional teams and external vendors, identify risks and dependencies, support launch planning and asset production, facilitate meetings, track actions, and improve project management processes while reporting status to stakeholders.

The Principal Engineer designs and implements game features, collaborates with teams, drives innovation, and provides technical leadership in game development.

As a Senior Rigger, you'll develop and maintain character and prop rigs for animation, troubleshoot issues, and provide artistic guidance to the team.

Manage end-to-end post-launch release process for a live title across consoles and PC. Own submissions, certification, and age-rating workflows; coordinate with development, localization, marketing, and platform partners; build and maintain release schedules; advise on platform compliance and feature approvals to deliver timely, high-quality patches and content updates.

Contract Email Marketing Specialist to execute end-to-end SFMC campaigns: write copy, build and QA emails and journeys, deploy sends, manage deliverability and IP health, set up UTM tracking, pull performance reports, and collaborate with campaign and design teams.

Provide day-to-day technical support to animation departments: fix scene issues, assist artists with bugs, manage asset assemblies, test Houdini HDAs, update documentation, attend technical meetings, and collaborate with TDs/TAs to improve pipelines and workflows.

Lead the visual identity for an animated feature, collaborating with Production Designer, Director, and cross-department teams to define style, create concept art, mentor artists, maintain consistency across global art departments, and align creative goals with production timelines and budgets.

The Systems Administrator manages the company's infrastructure services, installing servers, configuring systems, and maintaining network integrity, while collaborating with teams for upgrades and vulnerability management.

Support Head of Costume Design to develop and document costume concepts for animated films. Conduct research, iterate on designs, create style guides and detailed costume packets, advise on fabrics and construction, collaborate with visual development and production teams, provide notes to assistants, and ensure designs support storytelling and meet production deadlines.

Lead costume design for all characters across a film, defining visual style through clothing, hair, and accessories. Collaborate with art leadership, drive research and iterations, mentor assistants, prepare costume packets for downstream CG, and art direct asset teams to ensure cohesive storytelling and production delivery.

Lead QA strategy and execution across game titles: author and manage test plans, coordinate with internal teams and external partners, improve automation and CI integration, maintain bug databases, evaluate and prototype AI-assisted QA tooling, and oversee certification and status reporting.

Lead creation and deployment of crowd rigs and agents in Houdini, set up HDAs, apply crowd behaviors, troubleshoot pipeline issues, support and mentor crowd artists, and collaborate on tool and workflow development for animated film production.

The Character Designer will create compelling character designs for animated films, collaborating with creative teams and focusing on visual storytelling and personality.