Lead Animator

Side
Full-time Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur Other-General
Posted:
February 26, 2026
Location:
Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Job Description


As Lead Animator, you'll drive the animation quality, direction, and workflows across a range of high-end game projects. You'll lead a team of animators delivering fluid, expressive, and technically sound character, creature, and gameplay animations, whether fully keyframed or motion-capture based.
You'll lead an internal project and help establish scalable animation pipelines, documentation, and quality standards that will support future outsourcing and co-development (co-dev) partnerships with global clients. Working closely with the global leadership team based in the U.S., you'll help facilitate cross-studio collaboration, ensuring creative alignment and consistent production standards across regions.
Resumes are required to be submitted in English
Responsibilities
Lead the creation of high-quality keyframe and motion capture animations for characters, creatures, and gameplay systems.
Define and maintain the animation vision, quality bar, and technical consisten...

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Job Overview

Job Type: Full-time
Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Posted: February 26, 2026
Deadline: April 07, 2026