Senior 2D Animator

2 Months ago • 4-8 Years • Animation • Undisclosed

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Job Description

As a Senior 2D Animator, you will be responsible for creating high-quality animations for characters and environments for our popular mobile games, such as Cooking Fever, Pocket Styler, and Airplane Chefs. Your work will directly impact the experience of millions of players worldwide. You will be part of a collaborative team, working closely with technical and art teams to ensure the quality and consistency of animations across the game. Your creativity and attention to detail will be essential in bringing our games to life.
Must have:
  • Strong understanding of animation principles
  • Solid animation skills (objects/characters) with animation software
  • Proficiency in Photoshop
  • Capability to troubleshoot animation and technical issues
  • Strong attention to detail
  • Ability to keep the animation style consistent
  • Ability to optimize workflows
  • Proficiency in technical repetitive work
  • Basic understanding of Spine
  • Good English language skills
Good to have:
  • Passion for games
  • Ability to create animations in a variety of styles
  • Experience with animating video games
  • Knowledge of Particle FX and/or Unity

As a member of the Development Team, you will create animations for our world-class games like Cooking Fever, Pocket Styler, Airplane Chefs, and new games currently in development. Your work will make an impact on the experience of millions of players around the world. Every day you will think creatively, learn new things, create original ideas, collaborate with many different professionals, and embrace your own growth and development. Your friends will be proud of you knowing, that you were the hero behind those games!

Your Key Responsibilities:
  • Creating high-quality animations for characters and environments for our games;
  • Collaborating with the technical team and the art team.
A Successful Candidate Must Have:
  • Strong understanding of animation principles;
  • Solid animation skills (objects/characters) with animation software (any);
  • Proficiency in Photoshop;
  • Capability to troubleshoot animation and technical issues;
  • Strong attention to detail;
  • Ability to keep the animation style consistent throughout the project’s lifetime;
  • Ability to constantly optimize workflows to make repetitive work easier;
  • Proficiency in technical repetitive work;
  • At least basic understanding of Spine;
  • Good English language skills.
Extra Great to Have:
  • Passion for games;
  • Ability to create animations in a variety of styles;
  • Experience with animating video games;
  • Knowledge of Particle FX and/or Unity.

Please note: Applications without portfolios showcasing your work will not be considered. 

Salary: From 2700 EUR/month (gross)

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About The Company

Nordcurrent is a developer and publisher of casual games for smartphones, tablets, and PC/Mac, established in 2002 in Vilnius, Lithuania. Headquartered in Vilnius, Nordcurrent also has development studios in Odesa, Dnipro (Ukraine) and Warsaw (Poland).


During the last 20 years, Nordcurrent has developed more than 50 games for various platforms. The studio’s biggest hit so far is Cooking Fever – a time-management game where players can cook meals and desserts from all over the world. The game has almost 400 million downloads and 15 million monthly active users.


Other recent Nordcurrent games include the multiplayer mobile shooter Sniper Arena and the interactive crime novel Murder in the Alps, time-management game in the sky - Airplane Chefs, game for setting fashion trends - Pocket Styler. And newest hit where the health is wealth - Happy Clinic game! Currently, the company has more than a dozen new titles in development.

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Vilnius, Vilnius County, Lithuania (On-Site)

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Dnipro, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine (On-Site)

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