Cartoon Gameplay Animator - Flexible Hours & Remote

Glitch Productions; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Flexible work arrangement

Parramatta CBD location

Gym memberships

Company events

Employee wellbeing support

Job summary

Glitch Productions is seeking a dedicated animator for a UE5-based game. You’ll craft cartoony, character-driven motion for playable characters and NPCs, delivering strong poses and snappy timing that reads instantly to players.

You will take animations from blocking to in-engine playback, proposing timing and feel improvements, and collaborating with design and engineering in a fast-moving indie team. Join a small, fast-moving team in Parramatta CBD with flexible hours, work-from-home options,

Qualifications

• Around 3+ years animating for games, with at least one shipped title.
• A reel of stylised, cartoony keyframe animation with clear poses, strong timing and appeal.
• Hands-on UE5 experience, such as importing animation, Animation Blueprints, state machines and montages.
• Solid grasp of gameplay animation: responsiveness, loops, transitions, and root motion vs. in-place.
• Strong skills in Maya
• Comfort working independently: you manage your own priorities, ask questions early and communicate clearly in writing
• Fluent written and spoken English.

Responsibilities

• Keyframe gameplay animation for playable characters and NPCs: movement, actions, reactions and emotes.
• Animate in an exaggerated, cartoony style that matches the established look.
• Get your animations working in UE5, setting up or supporting animation logic with engineering.
• Iterate quickly with design and engineering on feel and responsiveness.
• Animate short cutscenes as the project needs them.
• Work with the rigger on what animators need from the rigs.

Skills

Cartoon animation

Gameplay animation

UE5

Maya

English communication

Tools

Unreal Engine 5

Animation Blueprints

Sequencer

Job description

Glitch Productions is seeking a dedicated animator for a UE5-based game. You’ll craft cartoony, character-driven motion for playable characters and NPCs, delivering strong poses and snappy timing that reads instantly to players.

You will take animations from blocking to in-engine playback, proposing timing and feel improvements, and collaborating with design and engineering in a fast-moving indie team. Join a small, fast-moving team in Parramatta CBD with flexible hours, work-from-home options,