Senior 2D Animator

TN United Kingdom; London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Join an innovative game development studio as a Senior 2D Animator, where creativity meets technology. You'll craft engaging animations that enhance the visual appeal of mobile-optimised online casino games. Collaborate with talented teams to bring characters and effects to life, ensuring a captivating experience for players worldwide. This is your chance to push the boundaries of animation and contribute to a dynamic environment that values trust, collaboration, and growth. If you're passionate about gaming and eager to make an impact, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in the slot industry and understanding of game mechanics.
• Excellent skills in skeletal animation and proficiency in Adobe tools.

Responsibilities

• Create high-quality storyboards and animations in Spine for characters and backgrounds.
• Collaborate with Art Leads and Developers to implement animations into the game.

Skills

Skeletal Animation in Spine 2D

Character Animation

Visual Effects

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe After Effects

Communication Skills

Job description

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Our People and Product are the heartbeat of Push Gaming.

We’ve come a long way from when the company started back in 2010 but we have stayed true to what makes us unique. Our culture and values have developed organically over the years, led by our team who continue to drive the company forward as a market leader in our industry.

We’re an innovative, creative and a fun and friendly group of people who are highly driven to deliver the very best entertainment for players to enjoy!

Today, we continue to create and nurture an environment that offers a high level of trust in our people, along with ownership, opportunities, flexibility and creative freedom.

Senior 2D Animator
Push Gaming is a dynamic and innovative game development studio specialising in creating top-quality, mobile-optimised online casino games. With a passion for gaming and a commitment to pushing boundaries, we are dedicated to delivering exceptional experiences to players worldwide.

We're seeking a highly skilled and creative Senior 2D Animator to join our talented team and bring our next generation of slot games to life. In this role, you'll have the opportunity to craft engaging animations that enhance the visual appeal, excitement, and immersive quality of our games. You'll work closely with our art and development teams to create fluid, high-quality character and effects animations that align with our unique game styles and themes!

Location: Remote/hybrid in UK, Poland or Spain.

Salary: Depending on experience.

What you’ll be doing:

• Create high-quality storyboards and animations in Spine in all areas of the game from characters to backgrounds to game symbols and VFX
• Work closely with Art Leads, Game Designers and Developers to detail the goals and implement animations into the game.
• Receive feedback from art/animation leads, art directors and support them to meet the demands and expectations of the projects.
• Assist developers throughout the game development process.
• Take ownership of your own development to grow and learn.
• Produce concepts and mockups to help the decision making process.
• Optimize assets so that our games run smoothly.
• Designing recourse lean animations, still of high quality and performance for mobile devices.
• Good communication skills and experience working in a team environment.
• A desire to push animation in video-games to new levels of believability.

What you’ll bring to the role:

• Strong experience in the slot industry.
  
• Understanding of slot games mechanics.
  
• Excellent understanding of skeletal animation in Spine 2D.
  
• Knowledge of other Adobe packages like Photoshop, After Effects.
  
• Understanding how to compile animations for a game pipeline
  
• A varied showreel that covers character animation, visual effects and storytelling
  
• Strong understanding of animation principles, such as key poses, squash and stretch, anticipation, follow-through, etc
  
• Ability to work within an art team, manage multiple tasks and work towards deadlines
  
• Ability to develop various appealing animations and adapt to existing styles and guidelines set by Art Leads and Art Director
• A communicator with the ability to verbalise conceptual thoughts and with an openness to constructive criticism
  

Nice to have:

• Experience to guide other animators in the team
• Animation experience for creating slot games or mobile games
• Be a confident decision maker and challenge yourself
• Support game development by solving problems and assisting the product as it evolves
  

Why join us?

It’s a really exciting time to join Push Gaming. We’re expanding our teams to deliver some stellar work.

We are passionate about creating premium quality games and will never compromise on this. The approach we take in building and strengthening our team is no different. We set out to attract and retain high performers and are committed to seeking like-minded individuals who share our vision for excellence and quality.

In turn, we offer all the tools and support to allow individuals to grow and thrive, while achieving both personal and company goals in an environment that’s built around trust, collaboration, transparency and accountability.