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AI-Driven Game Development & LiveOps
Spine Animator
Location
Serbia
Posted
97 days ago
Salary
0
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Spine Animator
UserWise
• Character Animation: Create high-quality 2D animations for a diverse cast of characters using Esoteric Spine, focusing on weight, personality, and fluid movement. • UI & Motion Graphics: Design and implement dynamic UI animations and transitions that enhance the user experience, providing clear feedback and satisfying "game feel." • Rigging & Skinning: Build efficient, flexible rigs and meshes that allow for expressive movement while remaining optimized for mobile performance. • Technical Integration: Work closely with engineers to integrate animations into Unity, ensuring technical constraints are met without sacrificing visual quality. • Optimization: Manage draw calls, texture atlases, and bone counts to ensure the game runs smoothly across a wide range of mobile devices. • Pipeline Collaboration: Partner with the Art Director and 2D Artists to ensure animations align with the established art style and IP guidelines. Iterative Design: Rapidly prototype animation concepts to test gameplay feel, refining them based on feedback from the design team and player data.
Job Requirements
- 3+ years of experience in 2D animation for games, with at least one shipped mobile title.
- Mastery of Esoteric’s Spine: You are an expert in rigging, weighted meshes, and the dopesheet.
- Character Specialist: A deep understanding of traditional animation principles (squash and stretch, anticipation, staging) applied to 2D skeletal rigs.
- UI Animation Expertise: Experience animating buttons, menus, and HUD elements to create a premium, responsive interface.
- Unity Pipeline Proficiency: Experience working within Unity (Spine-Unity runtime), including an understanding of Animators, Controllers, and basic prefab management.
- Problem Solver: Ability to look at a static UI mock-up or character concept and determine the best way to bring it to life technically and artistically.
- Strong English communication skills and the ability to stay organized and self-motivated in a fully remote environment.
- Bonus Points
- VFX Skills: Experience creating 2D particles or hand-drawn FX to complement animations.
- IP Experience: Previous work with licensed entertainment IPs and the ability to maintain strict brand consistency.
- Motion Graphics: Proficiency in After Effects for pre-visualizing UI flows or marketing assets.
- Technical Art: Knowledge of C# or Unity shaders to further enhance visual effects and UI interactions.
Benefits
- Help build a new mobile game from concept to launch, not just maintain one.
- Work on a globally recognized IP with real brand reach and growth potential.
- Collaborate with a veteran-led studio that prizes creativity, experimentation, and player-first thinking.
- High ownership, high visibility, and direct influence on how players engage with our product.
- 100% remote, flexible work with a small, passionate, execution-focused team.
- As we scale post-MVP, you’ll play a key role in shaping our design culture and mentoring future designers.
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