Lead 2D Animator
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About the Position
We’re looking for a Lead 2D Animator to guide and support our animation team across several projects. This is a hands-on leadership role, combining direct animation work with creative supervision and ownership of animation quality and delivery.
You’ll be responsible for:
- Final visual quality
- Feedback and mentoring
- Technical accuracy
- Project evaluations
- Efficient delivery together with the team
Responsibilities
- Lead up to 3 animation projects simultaneously
- Oversee animation quality at all stages - from concept to polish
- Provide regular feedback to team members
- Ensure compliance with technical requirements (vertex count, masks, export settings, file structure, etc.)
- Approve all final assets before client delivery
- Participate in project estimation and planning
- Remain hands-on and create animations as part of the production team
- Collaborate closely with producers, PMs, art leads, and clients
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in 2D animation for games
- Proven leadership or supervisor experience
- Excellent skills in Spine
- Strong grasp of animation principles (timing, squash & stretch, anticipation, etc.)
- Experience working on slot games and/or stylized casual projects
- Good understanding of VFX (Spine or Unity-based)
- Hands-on experience with Unity integration
- Familiarity with production tools: Jira, Confluence, etc.
- Ability to structure animation files, maintain clean pipelines, and meet deadlines
- Strong communication skills
- English: Upper-Intermediate+ (spoken and written) - required for internal communication and occasional calls with clients
We Offer
- Creative freedom and ownership over animation quality
- The ability to influence animation culture and pipelines
- Diverse and visually engaging projects
- Open communication and collaborative teams
- 18 paid vacation days + 5 paid sick leaves
- Regular salary reviews based on performance
- Flexible working hours and remote working
- Compensation for external conferences/ workshops/ events
- Full employment
- Fun corporate events
About the Company
Our team achieves great results by utilizing Unity’s architecture and features to bring together client code with protocol.
Contact
Personal recruiter:
Mykhailo Tsymbala
Recruitment Lead
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