Senior Animator | Farm Heroes Saga at King - 3 Locations | $120,000 - $150,000 | SportsTechJobs

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Art Job Description: We’re looking for a passionate Senior Animator to help bring Farm Heroes Saga to life through expressive, high-quality gameplay animation and visual feedback.
Working closely with Designers, Engineers and other Artists, you’ll help create satisfying gameplay moments and polished player experiences enjoyed by millions of players around the world every day.
This role combines asset creation, animation craft, in-engine implementation and creative problem solving.
You’ll contribute hands-on from concept through integration, creating animation and supporting visual effects that improve gameplay feel, clarity, and personality, balancing quality, performance and production needs.
We’re looking for someone who enjoys collaboration, iterates quickly, and cares deeply about how animation shapes the player experience.
If you’re excited by the challenge of creating joyful, high-quality gameplay experiences for a global audience, we’d love to hear from you.
Your role in our Kingdom: Collaborate with Art, Design and Engineering to deliver high-quality animation aligned with game vision and player experience.
Own the creation of polished, expressive and visually pleasing animations for characters, gameplay and interfact across a variety of features.
Uphold animation standards, pipelines, and best practices, ensuring consistency and scalability.
Partner with Tech Art and Engineering to ensure efficient implementation and mobile performance optimization.
Stay informed about animation trends, emerging tools, and industry best practices to ensure our visual storytelling remains innovative, fresh, and competitive.
What we're looking for: Extensive experience as an Animator in games or interactive media, with a strong portfolio showcasing expressive and high-quality work.
Deep understanding of animation principles and how it serves gameplay clarity and smoothness.
Balancing creativity with functionality.
Strong experience with 2D tools such as Spine (or similar), optimized for mobile platforms.
Strong experience with Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator to create assets and prepare them for animation.
Experience animating UI and player feedback moments, with a solid grasp of motion timing, readability, and how animation enhances user experience.
Experience creating vector art.
Solid knowledge of implementation workflows in Unity (or similar engine), including performance and optimization considerations.
Knowledge of VFX/particle systems and rigging fundamentals.
Comfortable working with cartoony, casual styles, with the ability to adapt tone and motion language to different audiences and game contexts.
Strong collaboration skills, with experience working in multidisciplinary teams.
Proactive mindset and passion for craft excellence and continuous learning.

Nice to have

Experience with After Effects (or similar) for motion concepts.
Experience with 3D animation workflows and tools.
Experience working on Live Games environments.
A portfolio demonstrating all aspects of your skill is required.
About King With a mission of Making the World Playful, King is a leading interactive entertainment company for the mobile world with more than 20 years of history of delivering some of the world’s most iconic games in the mobile gaming industry, including the world-famous Candy Crush franchise, as well as other mobile titles such as Farm Heroes Saga.
King games are played by more than 200 million monthly active users.
King, part of Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), has Kingsters in Stockholm, Malmö, London, Barcelona, Berlin, Dublin, San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles and Malta.
More information can be found at King.com or by following us on LinkedIn and @lifeatking on Instagram.
Applicant Privacy Policy We bring moments of magic to hundreds of millions of people every single day.
We create unforgettable games that are loved around the world.
We take the art and science of gaming to the next level through curiosity for the unexplored, passion for games, respect for each other, and love for our players.
Who we are King is a leading interactive entertainment company for the mobile world, with people all around the world playing one or more of our games, including franchises such as Candy Crush, Farm Heroes, Pet Rescue and Bubble Witch.
We have 249 million monthly active users as of fourth quarter 2019 across web, social and mobile platforms.
King was acquired by Activision Blizzard Inc. (Nasdaq ATVI) in February 2016 and operates as an independent unit of the company.
Our passion Making great games is incredibly challenging but we’ve proven it can be done… and we see a world of possibilities ahead.
We’re challenging ourselves to dream bigger in a Seriously Playful way.
We’re experimenting, learning, and adapting continuously to shape the industry in ways yet to be imagined.
We’re passionate about bringing moments of magic to our players and we’re not afraid to have fun along the way.
Above all, we play as a team, helping each other have impact on a massive scale.
And we’ll know we’ve outdone ourselves when we’ve inspired the world to play.
If you share our passion, our values, and our hunger to shape the future, join us in Making the World Playful!
Together, we’ll create new experiences that raise the bar, delight billions of people, and redefine the world of games again and again.
This Applicant Privacy Notice summarizes how the information you submit as a job applicant through this website will be handled and protected by King and its subsidiaries ("we" or "us") For full details regarding the types of information we may collect from you, how and why we use this information, and with whom we share this information, please see our Applicant Privacy Policy.

Skills & Technologies

2D Animation Spine Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Vector Art Unity UI Animation VFX/Particle Systems Rigging After Effects

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Salary: $120,000 - $150,000

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