Senior Animator for Stylised Mobile Games (Remote)

Skillsearch; United States; On-site; USD 55,000 - 103,000; Full time

Job summary

Skillsearch is seeking a Senior Animator for a contract role to create expressive, stylised character performances for a mobile-focused game. You will lead animation tasks from briefs through to game-ready implementation, collaborating with the Art Lead, Design and engineering teams in a hybrid/remote setup across Europe/UK.

You will own the animation pipeline, ensuring strong posing, timing and weight, optimise for mobile gameplay, and deliver polished assets that define the game's visual

Qualifications

• Professional Animator with games industry experience.
• Experience creating stylised character animation for shipped titles.
• Experience across the full animation pipeline.
• Experience animating for mobile games.

Responsibilities

• Create high-quality stylised character animations with timing and personality.
• Animate characters and environmental elements across gameplay and cinematic sequences.
• Implement and test animations in Unity.
• Collaborate with Art Lead and Designers to refine animations.
• Deliver production-ready animation assets on schedule.

Skills

Traditional animation principles

Character animation

Rigging & skinning

Timing & performance

Maya

Unity integration

Self-management

Tools

Maya

Unity

Job description

Skillsearch is seeking a Senior Animator for a contract role to create expressive, stylised character performances for a mobile-focused game. You will lead animation tasks from briefs through to game-ready implementation, collaborating with the Art Lead, Design and engineering teams in a hybrid/remote setup across Europe/UK.

You will own the animation pipeline, ensuring strong posing, timing and weight, optimise for mobile gameplay, and deliver polished assets that define the game's visual