Animator

We are excited to welcome a skilled and dedicated Animator to our dynamic Art and Graphics team at Aristocrat! As a leading company in gaming content and technology, we offer an outstanding opportunity to join an ambitious organization that thrives on creativity and innovation. This role is central to our mission of delivering world-class visual experiences across various gaming platforms, including mobile and web environments. You'll work alongside a hardworking team of artists, designers, and developers, ensuring flawless creation of character animations, game trailers, FX, and promotional videos. This is your chance to create a significant impact and contribute to outstanding projects that entertain millions worldwide!

What You'll Do

• Build outstanding animations that answer the brief and explore creative concepts fully.
• Ensure high-quality work with excellent attention to detail.
• Collaborate proactively with team members and collaborators across the business.
• Coordinate work and files to maintain a clean asset pipeline.
• Continuously develop technical understanding of tools like Photoshop, Spine, and Pixi.js.
• Grasp the technical opportunities and limitations within mobile and web game environments.
• Optimize assets for specific games following the established asset pipeline.
• Stay updated with advances in animation and game art.
• Present work and ideas for comment and review.
• Manage time effectively, prioritizing tasks appropriately.
• Innovate and encourage with a passion for animation!
• Work collaboratively with distributed team and studio leads for status updates and mentorship.
• Participate in after-business-hours calls as required.

What We're Looking For

• At least 4 years of experience in 2D animation work - Required
• Proficiency in Adobe Photoshop for crafting and editing animation frames - Must
• Strong hands-on experience with Spine for skeletal 2D animation - Must
• Experience with Texture Packer for crafting and optimizing sprite sheets - Must
• Familiarity with Pixi.js Text Style Editor for in-game text styles - Must
• Experience with Pixi.js Particles Editor for crafting particle effects - Must
• Strong skills in Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, After Effects) - Big Advantage
• Experience animating symbols, backgrounds, and FX for casino or mobile games - Big Advantage
• Experience with the Pixi.js framework in game development - Big Advantage
• Knowledge of multi-platform asset optimization for mobile and web - Big Advantage
• Experience working in agile methodology with Scrum framework - Advantage
• Solid portfolio showcasing 2D animation projects featured in released game titles - Big Advantage

We look forward to seeing your creative work come to life in our exciting projects!

Why Aristocrat?

Aristocrat is a world leader in gaming content and technology, and a top-tier publisher of free-to-play mobile games. We deliver great performance for our B2B customers and bring joy to the lives of the millions of people who love to play our casino and mobile games. And while we focus on fun, we never forget our responsibilities. We strive to lead the way in responsible gameplay, and to lift the bar in company governance, employee wellbeing and sustainability. We’re a diverse business united by shared values and an inspiring mission to bring joy to life through the power of play.

We aim to create an environment where individual differences are valued, and all employees have the opportunity to realize their potential. We welcome and encourage applications from all people regardless of age, gender, race, ethnicity, cultural background, disability status or LGBTQ+ identity. EEO M/F/D/V

• World Leader in Gaming Entertainment

• Robust benefits package

• Global career opportunities

Our Values

• All about the Player

• Talent Unleashed

• Collective Brilliance

• Good Business Good Citizen

Travel Expectations

Additional Information

At this time, we are unable to sponsor work visas for this position. Candidates must be authorized to work in the job posting location for this position on a full-time basis without the need for current or future visa sponsorship.