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Art & Design

Senior/Lead 2D Animator (Slot Games/iGaming)

Lead slot-game animation in Spine and the people around it: quality, pipeline, mentoring, and how the team works with production.

Department

Art & Design

Location

Kyiv / Abroad / Remote

Work format

Remote

Employment

Full-time

About the role

We are looking for a Senior/Lead 2D Animator with iGaming experience and a focus on slot games. This role is for someone who enjoys both crafting sharp, high-impact game animation and shaping how the team and the process work.

You will develop professionally and work on projects worth your time. The role is open to candidates in Kyiv, abroad, or fully remote.

We do not review applications without a portfolio. This position includes a test task.

Responsibilities

  • Produce optimized slot animation and hold it to the team’s quality standard.

  • Turn business and game-design briefs into clear animation solutions.

  • Work with programmers inside technical constraints and the production pipeline.

  • Lead the team: give constructive feedback, keep a healthy atmosphere, and distribute work effectively.

  • Develop people through individual growth plans and mentoring.

  • Act as the link between business, production, and the animation team.

  • Improve the process and introduce tools that help the team.

  • Estimate task complexity and support planning.

  • Guide player attention through animation, with a practical sense of player psychology.

Requirements

  • Advanced Spine: Constraints, Mixes, Tracks, Events, IK, and other advanced features, with a habit of shipping optimized animation.

  • A strong sense of rhythm, timing, readability, and animation principles.

  • Ability to analyze a brief and turn it into an animation solution.

  • Experience collaborating with programmers and working inside a production pipeline.

  • Understanding of current slot-animation trends and competitor work.

  • Experience leading a team, including feedback and task distribution.

  • Experience mentoring specialists and running individual development plans.

  • Clear communication between business, production, and the team.

Interested?

Think you're a good fit?

We'd love to hear from you.

Senior/Lead 2D Animator (Slot Games/iGaming)

Art & Design · Kyiv / Abroad / Remote

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