UI Animator

Univrse; Barcelona; Presencial; EUR 40.000 - 60.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

A game development company in Barcelona seeks a skilled UI Animator to create engaging animations for mobile games. The ideal candidate will have experience with UI animation and tools like Unity and After Effects. Benefits include health insurance, gym access, and 25 vacation days. Join us to enhance player experience through innovative motion design.

Servicios

Health insurance

Gympass gold plan

25 vacation days + 1 day on your birthday

Flexible payment options

Pension plan 1% base salary

Food at the office twice a week

Formación

• 2+ years of experience animating UI and 2D elements in a game development setting.
• Strong grasp of animation principles: timing, easing, flow, and visual feedback.
• Solid understanding of UI animation and implementation in Unity.
• Artistic eye for motion, design, layout, and composition.
• Understanding of mobile performance constraints and optimization.

Responsabilidades

• Animate UI elements and transitions for clarity and responsiveness.
• Translate static designs into fully functional in-game animations.
• Collaborate with UX and development teams for consistency and usability.
• Create prototypes using tools like After Effects or Animate.
• Maintain clear documentation and animation libraries.

Conocimientos

UI animation

2D character animation

Unity implementation

Animation principles

After Effects

Generative AI tools

Herramientas

Spine

Animate

Descripción del empleo

We’re looking for a skilled and imaginative UI Animator to help bring our Innovation Lab titles to life—adding motion, clarity, and expression to the player experience. In this role, you’ll collaborate with UI/UX designers, game artists, and developers to transform static mockups into engaging, polished in-game animations that enhance usability and elevate visual appeal.

You’ll be responsible for animating UI elements, 2D characters, and environments, and for ensuring smooth implementation in Unity. This role sits at the intersection of design, storytelling, and tech—where performance, aesthetics, and gameplay meet.

Technical art experience is a strong plus and will directly support your ability to optimize, prototype, and implement animations across the product. You’ll also begin exploring generative AI tools for motion concepting and creative acceleration.

Experience with tech art or generative AI tools is a strong plus, offering extended scope to prototype, optimize, and expand the creative toolkit.

What We''re Looking For

2+ years of experience animating UI and 2D elements in a game development setting

Strong grasp of animation principles: timing, easing, flow, and visual feedback

Solid understanding of UI animation and implementation in Unity

Artistic eye for motion, design, layout, and composition

Familiarity with After Effects, Animate, Spine, or similar for rapid prototyping

Understanding of mobile performance constraints and optimization

Experience with Unity timelines, shaders, or light scripting is a plus

Generative AI skills are a strong plus—especially in prototyping or expanding animation concepts

Professional-level English and excellent communication skills

Desired requirements

About you

Team player with a flexible, problem-solving mindset

Able to take feedback constructively and work with minimal rework

Detail-oriented, quality-driven, and deadline-conscious

Passionate about mobile games, player experience, and the power of motion

Curious and proactive—especially about emerging creative tools and technology

Duties

Key Responsibilities

Animate UI elements and transitions that bring clarity, responsiveness, and delight

Translate static designs and motion comps into fully functional, in-game animations

Collaborate with UX, UI, and development teams to ensure consistency, usability, and performance

Animate 2D characters and environments to support narrative and gameplay moments

Create prototypes using tools like After Effects, Animate, or Spine

Work within Unity’s 2D animation system to implement assets directly in-game

Partner with technical artists to optimize assets for performance and platform requirements

Maintain clear documentation, animation libraries, and motion guidelines

Explore and prototype using generative AI tools to support animation concepting and ideation

Contribute to a performance-focused culture where polish, feedback, and iteration are key

Perks

- Health insurance - CIGNA
- Gympass gold plan
- 25 vacation days + 1 day on your birthday
- Flexible payment - daycare, transport, etc
- Pension plan 1% base salary
- Food at the office twice a week

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So, what’s stopping you?

Our Values

People First

We have the deepest respect for our people and their well being. We know they are exceptionally talented and will always have a choice. We want them to re-choose us every day. We are committed to building a culture where each person"s voice will always be heard and addressed.

MAD for More

Always improving, innovating and never settling for the existing. We push all boundaries with courage and ambition to become the world’s best games company.

Champion Together
We excel at what we do but yet remain humble and helpful to our teammates. We champion one another and hold each other to high standards without any egos.

Globally Inclusive

We are all Equal - regardless of the language we speak, where we live, our gender, religion or culture we come from. We want to build a global home, where everyone has the equal opportunity to make an impact.

Customer Focused

We always think from the customer"s perspective - be it players or internal customers.

Improving their experience and joy is what drives us. Every client"s success is our big win!

Travel Expectations: None