Senior Game Animator — 2D/3D, VFX, Hybrid Work

Hard Rock Digital; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Competitive compensation

Flexible vacation

Job summary

Hard Rock Games, the social casino arm of Hard Rock Digital, is seeking a Senior Animator to bring characters, items and environments to life across our games, including the visual effects that make every win feel big. You'll own your animations from concept through to in-engine delivery.

Collaborate with artists, designers and developers to turn creative direction into polished motion, adapting to styles from stylized to realistic.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of professional animation experience in games or interactive media.
• A portfolio showing character, object, environment and VFX animation across multiple styles.
• Strong understanding of motion, timing and weight.
• A keen eye for detail and polished work.
• Ability to follow direction while contributing ideas.
• Creative problem solving under tight deadlines.
• Excellent communication across art, design and engineering.
• Experience thriving in fast-paced production with multiple priorities.

Responsibilities

• Create high-quality 2D and 3D animations for characters, items and environments.
• Design and animate visual effects that support gameplay moments and transitions.
• Build rigs and skin weighting for natural movement.
• Adapt animation approaches to stylized and realistic aesthetics.
• Prepare, integrate and test animations in-engine with developers.

Skills

Experience

Portfolio

Motion timing

Direction ownership

Problem solving

Communication

Fast-paced work

Tools

3ds Max

Maya

Blender

Spine

Photoshop

Game engines

Job description

Hard Rock Games, the social casino arm of Hard Rock Digital, is seeking a Senior Animator to bring characters, items and environments to life across our games, including the visual effects that make every win feel big. You'll own your animations from concept through to in-engine delivery.

Collaborate with artists, designers and developers to turn creative direction into polished motion, adapting to styles from stylized to realistic.