We’re looking for a skilled and imaginative Senior Animator to bring our 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.

You’ll be responsible for animating UI elements, 2D characters, and environments, and for ensuring smooth implementation in Unity. This role sits at the intersection of design, storytelling, and tech—where performance, aesthetics, and gameplay meet.

Technical art experience is a strong plus and will directly support your ability to optimize, prototype, and implement animations across the product. You’ll also begin exploring generative AI tools for motion concepting and creative acceleration.

Experience with tech art or generative AI tools is a strong plus, offering extended scope to prototype, optimize, and expand the creative toolkit.

Work mode: hybrid – 3 days per week from the Wave Office in Gdansk or Unity Centre in Krakow.

Key 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

What we’re looking for

• 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

About you

• Teammate known for flexibility and problem-solving abilities
• Able to take feedback constructively and work with minimal rework
• Diligent, committed to meeting deadlines
• Passionate about mobile games, player experience, and the power of motion
• Curious and proactive—especially about emerging creative tools and technology

Benefits

• 20/26 days of paid annual leave
• Private health insurance
• Life insurance
• Med Card: discounts on prescription medicines
• Lunch card – 200 PLN monthly
• Wellness card – 270 PLN monthly
• Refund for glasses
• 1,000 PLN bonus for taking at least two consecutive weeks of annual leave
• Additional special leave days, including wellbeing days and “calendar gap” days
• Birthday leave – enjoy an extra day off on your special day
• Christmas break – office closed between Christmas and New Year

About the company

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