Associate Staff Engineer (Game Animator_Specialist in Spine)

👋🏼We're Nagarro.

We are a Digital Product Engineering company that is scaling in a big way! We build products, services, and experiences that inspire, excite, and delight. We work at scale across all devices and digital mediums, and our people exist everywhere in the world (18000+ experts across 36 countries, to be exact). Our work culture is dynamic and non-hierarchical. We are looking for great new colleagues. That's where you come in!

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor degree or diploma in Visual Arts, Graphic Design, animation or equivalent
• 6+ years experience in game development and at least 3 years experience in animation with Spine.
• Expert in Spine, Adobe After Effects, Trapcode (AE Plug-in), Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Animate, Particle Illusion
• Solid understanding in animating the human bipedal figure as well as other organic forms
• A high level of proficiency in keyframe animation, and strong, dynamic key poses
• Proficient in optimizing animations based on the requirements of game engine
• Ability to create a visually appealing animations and particle effects.
• Experience in 3D tools, like Blender or Maya and Unity or Unreal game engine is plus.
• Ability to work efficiently within a high-pressure, fast paced environment while meeting strict deadlines.
• Good communication skills in English, both written and verbal
• A link of portfolio is required

Mandatory Skills

• Spine (2D animation tool)
• Slot Gaming experience
• 2D Animation
• Adobe After Effects
• Adobe Photoshop

Responsibilities

• Create Animations for all aspects of Slot games, including characters, Symbols, backgrounds, props, display art, title logo and marketing assets.
• Demonstrate a solid understanding of the principles of animation, and a high level of quality and polish in your work
• Animate characters, environments, and FX assets of various styles in Spine and After Effects.
• Animate slot game art within a range of predefined art styles, appropriate for the subject’s game purpose, that is aesthetically pleasing and evokes a positive reaction in the players
• Collaborate with Art Director to deliver animations that are engaging for players and to up to visual standards. Provide animations for review at appropriate stages and applies feedback accordingly.
• Work closely with the software engineer to prepare final animations in formats necessary for integration into the game.
• Prepare data for in-game implementation, working within production requirements in collaboration with Software team. Modify frame artwork under tight deadlines. Understands full range of game types, products and platforms.
• Analyse the requirements of different genre of games and performance in the field from a player's perspective to find industry trends, consider players in art design and discern which art approaches are most effective to appeal to players.