Lead Animator

Are you ready to advance your animation skills and build world-class animations for innovative games? At Aristocrat, we aim to bring happiness to life through the power of play, and we're seeking a dedicated Lead Animator to join our dynamic team. This is an outstanding opportunity to work in a collaborative environment where your creativity and passion for animation will have a meaningful impact. As a key member of our design team, you'll lead exciting projects, push creative boundaries, and contribute to the success of our globally recognized games. What You'll Do Lead the creation of character animations, FX animations, game trailers, adverts, and effects for games. Collaborate with various teams to produce innovative and flawless animations. Build, maintain, and update assets and images for games across all ventures and platforms. Refine assets for implementation, securing timely submission of all duties with the agreed quality standards. Develop and explore creative concepts fully, offering multiple executions before finalizing ideas. Maintain high-quality work with excellent attention to detail. Proactively communicate with team members to ensure project requirements and progress are clear. Coordinate work, files, and documents for easy use by co-workers. Continue to develop a strong technical understanding of Flash, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Spine. Stay up to date with the multi-platform online world and new advances. Present work and ideas for comment and review. Manage time effectively, prioritizing tasks as needed. Work collaboratively with distributed team/studio leads for status updates and mentorship. Participate in after-business-hours calls as per business needs. What We Are Seeking Minimum 4+ years of experience in 2D animation. Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, Spine (EsotericSoftware), Photoshop, and Illustrator. Excellent sense of timing and spacing in animations. Great spirit of observation of movements and behaviors. Strong drawing skills and concept/storyboard skills with an ability to accurately perceive and apply color and composition. Deep understanding of character animation. Good understanding of illustration and graphic building. Ability to follow existing styles and brand guidelines. Demonstrated skill in exporting and refining assets for multiple platforms. Experience working with management to accomplish business goals. Why Aristocrat? Aristocrat is a world leader in gaming content and technology, and a top-tier publisher of free-to-play mobile games. We deliver great performance for our B2B customers and bring joy to the lives of the millions of people who love to play our casino and mobile games. And while we focus on fun, we never forget our responsibilities. We strive to lead the way in responsible gameplay, and to lift the bar in company governance, employee wellbeing and sustainability. We’re a diverse business united by shared values and an inspiring mission to bring joy to life through the power of play. We aim to create an environment where individual differences are valued, and all employees have the opportunity to realize their potential. We welcome and encourage applications from all people regardless of age, gender, race, ethnicity, cultural background, disability status or LGBTQ+ identity. EEO M/F/D/V World Leader in Gaming Entertainment Robust benefits package Global career opportunities Our Values All about the Player Talent Unleashed Collective Brilliance Good Business Good Citizen Travel Expectations None Additional Information At this time, we are unable to sponsor work visas for this position. Candidates must be authorized to work in the job posting location for this position on a full-time basis without the need for current or future visa sponsorship.