2D Animator

About The Client & Talentgrator: Talentgrator is partnering with a highly successful, Barcelona-based iGaming development studio specializing in the creation of premium online slot games for global entertainment markets. With an expansive catalog featuring over 150+ live titles and a steady, high-velocity release pace of 3–4 new games every month, the studio seamlessly combines elite creative vision with robust technical execution. Operating a dynamic, fast-paced production environment, the studio equips specialized artists with an uncompromised remote canvas to integrate modern artificial intelligence tools into classic animation pipelines, delivering immersive, high-conversion casino gaming experiences safely worldwide.

Position Overview

We are seeking a highly creative, detail-oriented 2D Animator (Spine) to join our client’s core centralized Gaming Studio in a full-time remote capacity covering Ukraine, Spain, Poland, and the Czech Republic. In this high-impact creative seat, you will step up to claim individual operational accountability for designing and executing high-quality character, environment, and user interface (UI) animations tailored specifically for online slot games. Shifting completely away from monotonous, repetitive asset tracing, you will act as a principal motion architect—polishing active animation timings, developing explosive visual effects, and streamlining production workflows using AI. This position requires an animation veteran with at least 2 years of commercial gaming history who rigs Spine models fluidly, maneuvers Adobe After Effects smoothly, and applies traditional animation principles (such as squash and stretch) to digital environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Spine Character and Object Animation: Create, rig, and configure complex 2D character models, dynamic environmental objects, and interactive UI animations primarily utilizing Spine software.
• Visual Effects (VFX) Configuration: Develop, test, and implement rich visual effects using advanced particle systems (including Particle Designer, Particle Illusion, or Magic Particles) natively utilizing Motion Graphics workflows.
• Animation Polish and Timing Calibration: Audit and elevate the overall visual quality of existing game animations, refining timing, smoothness, anticipation, and visual readability to meet premium studio standards.
• Cross-Functional Asset Integration: Collaborate intimately alongside concept artists, UI designers, and backend developers to ensure finalized animations integrate seamlessly and performantly into the live game engine.
• AI-Driven Pipeline Optimization: Help design, scale, and optimize the overall animation pipeline, demonstrating a genuine readiness to adopt and integrate emerging AI tools for rapid concept generation and workflow acceleration.
• Creative Review and Triage: Participate actively in continuous animation review sessions, providing and receiving constructive peer feedback natively leveraging Video Editor and design standard methodologies.
• Game UI/Interface Animation: Bring static menus, buttons, and pop-up interfaces to life, ensuring the player’s navigation experience is fluid, rewarding, and highly responsive.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• At least 2 years of verified professional history running 2D animation, game asset rigging, visual effects production, or motion graphics design within a commercial studio environment.
• Deep, authoritative technical command of Spine 2D animation software, backed by a portfolio demonstrating explicit commercial experience creating animations for slot games or the iGaming sector.
• Expert-tier capability maneuvering visual production software natively utilizing Adobe Photoshop and Adobe After Effects.
• Strong, fundamental understanding of traditional animation principles (including timing, spacing, squash & stretch, anticipation, and follow-through).
• Language Requirements: Mandatory fluency in **Russian** or **Ukrainian** languages to ensure seamless communication with the core development team, coupled with clear and effective general communication skills.
• Demonstrated readiness and genuine curiosity to leverage AI-assisted design tools for asset rendering and pipeline efficiency.
• Location Context: Position open exclusively to qualified animators based permanently and resident within **Ukraine, Spain, Prague (Czechia), or Poland** to operate under a fully remote home-office layout.

Preferred Strategic Indicators (Nice to Have)

• Prior commercial gaming history operating explicitly within high-volume social casino studios, mobile gaming apps, or international gambling software providers.
• Hands-on functional familiarity building modular particle emitters or scripting minor animation triggers inside modern game engines (such as Unity or Unreal Engine).
• An outcome-driven personal philosophy rooted in high team collaboration, an eagerness to learn new rendering technologies, and a passion for avoiding monotony by constantly tackling new thematic game titles.

What We Offer

• Competitive European Remuneration: An attractive full-time compensation package tailored to your spine animation expertise and iGaming industry background.
• The exceptional professional canvas to directly direct, shape, and animate the characters and interfaces power-routing entertainment for millions of international slot game players.
• Profound work-from-home remote parameters offering an elite distributed workplace arrangement across select European hubs, complete scheduling trust, and a highly flexible start to your workday.
• Generous personal lifestyle calibration benefits, providing 20 paid vacation days and 5 dedicated sick days annually to ensure a healthy work-life balance.
• Direct operational exposure to a unique, international web project where you can gain invaluable commercial experience while avoiding the monotony of single-title development loops.
• Continuous skill acceleration pathways with robust opportunities for professional growth and vertical advancement within the studio structure.