Job Title: Senior Spine Animator
Location: Serbia
Department: Art Department
Reports To: Director, Designer
About Us
Our client, ExaGaming, is an innovative iGaming company delivering exceptional online gaming and casino experiences to players around the globe. Their mission is to combine technology, entertainment, and integrity to create safe, engaging, and high-performing platforms.
Role Overview
We’re looking for a Senior Spine Animator with strong expertise in 2.5D animation and a proven track record of creating expressive, stylized motion for characters, symbols, and UI elements. You’ll play a key role in shaping the look and feel of our next generation of slot games — from concept to final in-game delivery.
Responsibilities
- Create high-quality 2D and 2.5D animations for characters, objects, and UI components using Spine.
- Collaborate closely with art directors, designers, and game developers to ensure animations fit gameplay, narrative, and technical requirements.
- Contribute to the development of animation style guides, pipelines, and best practices.
- Add life and personality to characters through nuanced motion, timing, and expression.
- Use AI tools and reference systems to ideate poses, refine motion, and enhance workflow efficiency.
- Work with exported assets, layering systems, and naming conventions for clean integration into Unity or similar engines.
- Iterate quickly on feedback while maintaining artistic quality and technical precision.
Requirements
- Advanced skills in Spine (essential).
- A strong portfolio showcasing stylized and 2.5D animation examples (preferably in game or cartoon style).
- Deep understanding of character performance, emotion, timing, and rhythm.
- Creativity and strong storytelling instincts — able to translate static art into expressive animation.
- Familiarity with AI-assisted tools for idea generation, pose design, and motion exploration.
- Ability to work autonomously while collaborating effectively in a distributed, cross-functional team.
- Solid understanding of composition, weight, and physics in 2D animation.
- Good English communication skills (written and verbal).
Nice to Have
- Experience in game development pipelines (Unity, Unreal, or similar).
- Familiarity with slot games or casual mobile titles.
- Knowledge of After Effects, Photoshop timeline, or VFX creation tools.
- Interest in AI/ML workflows for animation enhancement.
- Passion for storytelling, gaming, and visual design.
We do not have a pre-defined budget for this role at the moment, as we are in the process of understanding the market.
We are building something great in Belgrade. If you want to be part of the core team in Belgrade, help us shape the culture and what's next - we would love to meet you!
