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Lead 2D Animator

2 Days ago • 1 Years + • 2D Art

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Job Description

As Lead 2D Animator for Hero Wars: Alliance at Nexters, you'll create animations and VFX for characters, items, and environments using Spine and Unity's Particle System. You'll be responsible for maintaining animation quality, meeting deadlines, and mentoring the animation team. Collaboration with outsourcing partners is also expected. The role requires at least one year of experience managing an animation team and proficiency in Spine and Unity's particle system. Experience with Git and shader principles is also necessary. A strong understanding of visual trends and competitor game aesthetics is beneficial.

Must have:

Manage animation team (1+ years exp)
Spine proficiency
Unity VFX (Particle System)
Git experience
Shader principles understanding
Visual trend awareness

Perks:

Healthcare (medical, dental)
Paid vacation & sick leave
Remote or office work
Sports activities (yoga, football, volleyball)
Relocation support
Language courses
Game jams, hackathons participation
Company events

Project: Hero Wars: Alliance
About Nexters
Nexters is an international game development company that strives to introduce the joy of core gaming experiences to casual players. In 2021 we went public and listed on the NASDAQ (GDEV). Nexters is part of the GDEV holding, which also includes Cubic Games, Royal Ark, Game Gear studios. Our people work worldwide from offices in Cyprus, Armenia, and Kazakhstan or remotely. We want brilliant professionals who love building great games in a team with one of the best cultures.

About your role
We are looking to strengthen the team of our flagship project Hero Wars: Alliance with an experienced Lead 2D Animator. In this role, you will create animations and effects for characters, items, and environmental elements, while ensuring the quality of visual content and mentoring the team.
What you’ll be doing
Creating animations and VFX for characters, items, and environment elements using Spine and Unity (Particle System)
Monitoring the quality and deadlines of the animation team’s work
Collaborating with outsourcing partners
We hope that you have
At least 1 year of experience managing an animation team
Proficiency in Spine
Skills in creating VFX in Unity (Particle System)
Experience working with Git
Understanding of shader principles
Awareness of visual trends and competitor game aesthetics
What we offer
Healthcare
Medical care program (including dental service) or medical care compensation are available for you wherever you wish to work. The basic medical care program is also available for your family members if you choose to work from our official locations – Cyprus, Armenia, and Kazakhstan.
Work, life, and balance
We offer a fair amount of paid vacation days and sick leave. You can work at one of our comfortable offices in official locations or from home.
Sports
You can choose various sports activities like yoga, football, and volleyball in our official locations.
Relocation support
A relocation package is available for you if you decide to join us in one of our official locations.
Skills improvement
Let's learn languages: you can visit online English language courses. Greek and Armenian language lessons are available for everyone who works in Cyprus or Armenia. Our company encourages people of Nexters to take part in game jams, hackathons, and relevant conferences and meetups as expert speakers.
Events
Our events are legendary – ask anyone who already works at Nexters. There are strategic sessions, workshops, parties, contests, and other activities every year.
Community & ESG
We are proud of our local communities and support employees’ social initiatives. Dream big, act big: Nexters contribute to gaming’s positive impact on the world, hold a sustainability strategy, and take part in charity projects all over the world.
Work format
In one of the company's offices in Cyprus, Armenia and Kazakhstan or remotely.

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About The Company

Nexters

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Nexters is an international game development company which strives to introduce the joy of core gaming experiences to casual players on mobile and desktop.

Thanks to our hit games like Hero Wars, Island Questaway, Throne Rush, and others, we’ve reached over 200 million installs worldwide, built a team of 700+ inspired game developers, and become one of the top five independent mobile game companies in Europe.

We are publicly traded on NASDAQ under the ticker symbol GDEV and have tremendous plans for the future. We welcome new talent to join in our mutual growth and help establish us as the new leader in the industry.

In June 2023 Nexters evolves into gaming and entertainment holding company, GDEV Inc (which also included: Dragon Machines, Cubic Games, Royal Ark, Game Gears and RJ Games)