UI Animator

About the Position

We’re looking for a skilled and imaginative UI Animator to help bring our Innovation Lab titles to life-adding motion, clarity, and expression to the player experience. In this role, you’ll collaborate with UI/UX designers, game artists, and developers to transform static mockups into engaging, polished in-game animations that enhance usability and elevate visual appeal.

Responsibilities

• Animate UI elements and transitions that bring clarity, responsiveness, and delight
• Translate static designs and motion comps into fully functional, in-game animations
• Collaborate with UX, UI, and development teams to ensure consistency, usability, and performance
• Animate 2D characters and environments to support narrative and gameplay moments
• Create prototypes using tools like After Effects, Animate, or Spine
• Work within Unity’s 2D animation system to implement assets directly in-game
• Partner with technical artists to optimize assets for performance and platform requirements
• Maintain clear documentation, animation libraries, and motion guidelines
• Explore and prototype using generative AI tools to support animation concepting and conceptualisation
• Contribute to a performance-focused culture where polish, feedback, and iteration are key

Requirements

• 2+ years of experience animating UI and 2D elements in a game development setting
• Strong grasp of animation principles: timing, easing, flow, and visual feedback
• Solid understanding of UI animation and implementation in Unity
• Artistic eye for motion, design, layout, and composition
• Familiarity with After Effects, Animate, Spine, or similar for rapid prototyping
• Understanding of mobile performance constraints and optimization
• Experience with Unity timelines, shaders, or light scripting is a plus
• Generative AI skills are a strong plus-especially in prototyping or expanding animation concepts
• Professional-level English and excellent interpersonal skills

Nice to Have

• Experience with tech art
• Advanced knowledge in generative AI tools

We Offer

• Permanent position
• Competitive salary
• Opportunity to work with a leading entertainment and content creation company
• Career development and growth opportunities

About the Company

Aristocrat Leisure Limited (Aristocrat) is a global entertainment and content creation company powered by technology to deliver world-leading casino and mobile games. Listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), Aristocrat is headquartered in Sydney, Australia, with over 7,300 employees working in more than 20 locations across the globe. Aristocrat offers a diverse range of products and services including electronic gaming machines, casino management systems, mobile games, and online real money games, including iLottery.

Aristocrat has seven corporate functions and three reporting segments that span regulated land-based gaming (Aristocrat Gaming), social casino (Product Madness), and regulated online real money gaming (Aristocrat Interactive). Our game and product portfolios collectively entertain millions of players worldwide every day.

Across our global enterprise, Aristocrat aims to create long-term sustainable value for all stakeholders by upholding our core values and producing the world’s best gaming content. Our people-first mindset prioritizes the safety and wellbeing of our people. We have ambitions to be an industry leader in responsible gameplay and we invest in employees’ development and offer career pathways, so they have what they need to do their best work at Aristocrat.

Our values of Talent Unleashed, All About the Player, Collective Brilliance, and Good Business, Good Citizen guide and inspire us every day. We are excited about the future of Aristocrat and united by our mission and we invite everyone to join us as we…bring joy to life through the power of play!

Come and join us!