Spine 2D VFX Artist for Slot Games

Nexus Solutions; Dubai; On-site; AED 134,000 - 201,000; Full time

Job summary

Nexus Solutions in Dubai seeks a talented VFX Artist with hands-on Spine 2D experience to join our Nucleo team. You’ll create polished animations that bring characters, symbols and wins to life across online slot games while collaborating with artists, designers and developers.

You should have a strong eye for timing and game feel, plus a portfolio showing Spine and VFX work. The role offers a fast-paced, collaborative environment with opportunities for international production and long-term

Qualifications

• At least 3 years in 2D game animation or VFX.
• Hands-on production use of Spine 2D.
• Equivalent depth in a comparable tool (DragonBones, Spriter) considered, with fast ramp-up on Spine.
• Demonstrable character, symbol, UI and gameplay animation experience.
• Games industry experience required; slot-specific experience not required.
• Strong portfolio or demo reel showing Spine and VFX work.
• Production-ready examples preferred, not mandatory.
• Solid grasp of timing, anticipation, easing, impact, secondary motion and loops.
• Working knowledge of rigging, meshes, weights and asset optimisation.
• Able to deliver clean, organised assets with limited supervision.

Responsibilities

• Create and refine Spine 2D animations for characters and symbols.
• Animate backgrounds, UI elements and gameplay features.
• Build idle, anticipation, win, trigger, celebration and transition states.
• Build and maintain clean rigs, meshes, weights and reusable setups.
• Design stylised in-game VFX: glows, bursts, trails, particles.
• Create coin and celebration effects and screen accents.
• Build win effects and feature transitions that reinforce game feel.
• Translate briefs and mechanics into readable, responsive motion.
• Prepare layered artwork, sprites and sequences for production.
• Build texture atlases and Spine project files for handoff.
• Maintain clear naming, events and export structures.
• Optimise animation complexity, loops and meshes for web/mobile.
• Align motion with game concept and feature behaviour with the team.
• Align with technical requirements from developers.
• Respond to feedback and iterate efficiently.
• Troubleshoot integration issues and deliver production-ready assets.

Skills

Spine 2D

2D animation

VFX

Timing & motion

Rigging

Meshes

Asset optimisation

Communication

Organization

Tools

Spine 2D

Photoshop

After Effects

Unity

DragonBones

Job description

Nexus Solutions in Dubai seeks a talented VFX Artist with hands-on Spine 2D experience to join our Nucleo team. You’ll create polished animations that bring characters, symbols and wins to life across online slot games while collaborating with artists, designers and developers.

You should have a strong eye for timing and game feel, plus a portfolio showing Spine and VFX work. The role offers a fast-paced, collaborative environment with opportunities for international production and long-term