About the role
Job Location and Format
Limassol
Design – Animation / Design / Hybrid
Role Overview
Easybrain is looking for a Senior 2D Unity Animator who will own the animation quality of game mechanics and interfaces across products used by millions of players daily. The role involves creating animations, shaping game feel, improving usability, and elevating the overall player experience. Candidates are expected to think in terms of product impact, challenge existing solutions, and propose improvements.
Responsibilities
- Developing high-quality 2D animations for game mechanics, UI, and UX feedback in Unity and Spine.
- Owning animation quality from concept to final implementation in the product.
- Creating and fine-tuning VFX and particle systems to enhance clarity and emotional response.
- Collaborating closely with designers and product managers to solve product and UX problems through animation.
- Improving and maintaining animation pipelines and best practices across various projects.
- Presenting, justifying, and iterating on animation solutions based on feedback and product goals.
Requirements
- A minimum of 3 years of professional experience as a 2D Animator in Unity-based projects.
- Experience with Spine.
- Excellent visual taste and a strong sense of timing, easing, and game feel.
- Solid understanding of how animation impacts usability, clarity, and player perception.
- Strong ownership and proactive approach: ability to initiate and drive improvements beyond given tasks, focusing on product quality and player experience.
- Ability to edit and prepare art assets for animation in Photoshop.
- Strong technical understanding of animation optimization and performance in Unity.
- Ability to work efficiently with a large volume of content without losing quality and consistency.
- Good market understanding.
Preferred Qualifications (Nice to Have)
- Experience with DoTween.
- Experience with Visual Effect Graph.
- Basic or advanced shader development experience.
- Ability to create custom VFX sprites from scratch.
- Experience with 3D Animations.
Benefits
- High-end market salary with performance bonuses.
- All needed equipment.
- Regular company events and monthly Friday meetings.
- Social benefits (private medical cover, sports reimbursement, etc.).
- Paid vacations, sick days.
- English, Greek, and Polish online language classes.
- Reimbursement for education and professional development.