Junior 2D Animator

/hybrid: 3 times per week from the office so we are looking for people located nearby or willing to relocate by themselves to Kraków/

Join Aristocrat in Bringing Joy to Life Through the Power of Play. Be part of our growing global team where people come first because they fuel our success. Here, it’s All About the Player and we create a world of its own for everyone, everywhere with premium casino and world-class digital and mobile products. Our value of Good Business, Good Citizen ensures that corporate growth and responsible gameplay go hand in hand to help our industry remain sustainable.

Aristocrat offers a highly diverse, inclusive, and equitable culture as well as the professional tools and resources to ensure your Talent is Unleashed. We achieve success through Collective Brilliance. Individually, we are great, but together, we are unstoppable. Aristocrat enhances the player experience—and careers—with opportunities featuring meaningful challenges, strong advancement potential, and global exposure.

Explore a Career with Our Team: Aristocrat Interactive

We are seeking a 2D Animator with basic skills and some hands-on experience in 2D animation using Spine 2D. The ideal candidate will provide technical assistance on projects and contribute to animating tasks across various assignments. This is a great opportunity for someone looking to grow their animation career in a dynamic and supportive setting.

What You'll Do

• Create and animate characters, environments, and FX in different styles

• Help to implement, maintain, and debug animation systems and iteratively improve animation pipelines and tools

• Bring characters, effects, and ambient effects into life

• Work with programmers to achieve the best possible animations within the technology we use

• Apply your knowledge of optimization techniques to meet memory limitations

• Work with the team to meet project milestones and deadlines set by the Studio

• Export and optimize animations to create game-ready assets

• Actively participate in the Game Development process to create the best games on the market

• Share and spread knowledge among your team members

What We're Looking For

• Previous experience in the gaming industry

• Experience in optimizing animations and handing them off to team members

• Experience and knowledge in creating 2D Animations in a variety of styles

• Ability to work under tight deadlines in an artist driven collaborative workplace

• Vast knowledge and experience in Spine and Adobe Creative Suite programs

• Technical art knowledge (image sequence optimization, asset export, working with spritesheets)

• Good communication and problem-solving skills

• Must be self-motivated and a collaborative team player

Will be plus:

• Knowledge in 3D programs

What we offer:

• High-level compensation on an employment contract and regular performance based salary and career development reviews;

• Medical insurance (health), employee assistance program;

• Multisport Card;

• English classes with native speakers, trainings, conferences participation;

• Referral program;

• Team buildings, corporate events.

About Us: Aristocrat and Aristocrat Interactive

Aristocrat (ASX: ALL) is a top 20 Australian listed company, with 8,500 employees worldwide. Our company mission is “Bringing Joy to Life Through the Power of Play” across a growing range of land-based and digital entertainment channels every day. Our fast-growing business sits at the intersection of technology and creativity, with innovation embedded into every aspect of our business. Aristocrat’s business encompasses Aristocrat Gaming - the World’s #1 premium provider of casino games, innovative technology and customer experience solutions, along with Pixel United, a mobile games powerhouse. Pixel United boasts three world-leading game publishers in Product Madness, Plarium and Big

Fish Games that collectively entertain millions of players every day. Our new Real Money Gaming (RMG) business aspires to become the third global operation within Aristocrat, and the world’s go-to destination for RMG.

Aristocrat Interactive is Aristocrat’s regulated online Real Money Gaming (RMG) business and was formed in 2024 when the Anaxi and NeoGames businesses (Anaxi, NeoGames, Aspire Global, BtoBet, and Pariplay) came together. Aristocrat Interactive is an industry leader in content and technology solutions for online RMG, with a full-service offering that includes content, proprietary technology platforms and a range of value-added services across iLottery, iGaming and Online Sports Betting (OSB).