Skill needed: Unity, UI Animation, Adobe After Effects.
Employer: Aristocrat
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.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.Key ResponsibilitiesAnimate UI elements and transitions that bring clarity, responsiveness, and delightTranslate static designs and motion comps into fully functional, in-game animationsCollaborate with UX, UI, and development teams to ensure consistency, usability, and performanceAnimate 2D characters and environments to support narrative and gameplay momentsCreate prototypes using tools like After Effects, Animate, or SpineWork within Unity’s 2D animation system to implement assets directly in-gamePartner with technical artists to optimize assets for performance and platform requirementsMaintain clear documentation, animation libraries, and motion guidelinesExplore and prototype using generative AI tools to support animation concepting and ideationContribute to a performance-focused culture where polish, feedback, and iteration are keyWhat We're Looking For2+ years of experience animating UI and 2D elements in a game development settingStrong grasp of animation principles: timing, easing, flow, and visual feedbackSolid understanding of UI animation and implementation in UnityArtistic eye for motion, design, layout, and compositionFamiliarity with After Effects, Animate, Spine, or similar for rapid prototypingUnderstanding of mobile performance constraints and optimizationExperience with Unity timelines, shaders, or light scripting is a plusGenerative AI skills are a strong plus—especially in prototyping or expanding animation conceptsProfessional-level English and excellent communication skillsAbout youTeam player with a flexible, problem-solving mindsetAble to take feedback constructively and work with minimal reworkDetail-oriented, quality-driven, and deadline-consciousPassionate about mobile games, player experience, and the power of motionCurious and proactive—especially about emerging creative tools and technologyPerks- Health insurance - CIGNA- Gympass gold plan- 25 vacation days + 1 day on your birthday- Flexible payment - daycare, transport, etc- Pension plan 1% base salary- Food at the office twice a weekSo, what’s stopping you?Our ValuesPeople FirstWe have the deepest respect for our people and their well being. We know they are exceptionally talented and will always have a choice. We want them to re-choose us every day. We are committed to building a culture where each person's voice will always be heard and addressed.MAD for MoreAlways improving, innovating and never settling for the existing. We push all boundaries with courage and ambition to become the world’s best games company.Champion TogetherWe excel at what we do but yet remain humble and helpful to our teammates. We champion one another and hold each other to high standards without any egos.Globally InclusiveWe are all Equal - regardless of the language we speak, where we live, our gender, religion or culture we come from. We want to build a global home, where everyone has the equal opportunity to make an impact.Customer FocusedWe always think from the customer's perspective - be it players or internal customers.Improving their experience and joy is what drives us. Every client's success is our big win!Travel Expectations: None