About the company
Playrix is one of the most successful mobile game development companies in the world. In terms of mobile application revenue, we rank first in Europe and are in the top 3 worldwide. Our games have been installed 2.3 billion times (that's a third of the world's population!) and more than 30 million people around the world play them every day.
Team, about the role
We're looking for an experienced 2D animator for our flagship projects loved by people all over the world.
In this position, you'll be able to work alongside gaming industry professionals and implement your ideas on games with a multi-million audience. This is a great chance to gain work experience as part of a successful international project and replenish your portfolio.
Tasks
- Shaping a cohesive animation vision for the project
- Creating idle and active character animations (humans, animals) in Spine
- Optimizing animations to maintain a balance between visual quality, file size, and performance
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience as a 2D Character Animator
- Proficiency in Spine, Adobe Animate, and Adobe Photoshop
- Understanding of animation principles and the ability to apply them
- An animation portfolio is required
- Excellent eye for movement, shape, color, and how to put it all together
- Ability to guide the viewer’s attention and create the right focus in animations
- High level of independence in tasks and technical aspects
- Desire and ability to solve complex animation problems
- Fluent in Russian
Our Perks
Flexibility at work
- For most positions we offer a flexible schedule, and employees can work from anywhere in the world. You can do your work however and wherever you like — we only evaluate your results.
Caring for health and well-being
- We provide voluntary health insurance for employees and their children, and reimburse online sessions with a psychologist.
- We offer fully paid vacation days and sick leave. In certain circumstances, you can request additional days off.
- We support leading a healthy lifestyle and reimburse the cost of gym memberships and fitness app subscriptions.
Professional development and education
- We pay for participation in specialized conferences and courses and hold our own internal conferences.
- We cover foreign language courses.
Events and merch
- We regularly hold offline events like team meetings, big corporate parties, and informal office parties.
- We also regularly organize fun competitions, quizzes, hackathons, and online fitness challenges.
- We have a merch store with an internal currency you can use to buy unique gifts. We give out this currency as a gift for significant dates, and you can earn more by participating in events and company activities.
Work Format
Remote or from one of the company’s offices. This role requires relocation from Russia and Belarus to one of our offices or remote work from other countries (except Russia and Belarus).
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