Animator and Motion Designer

About Jackpot Technologies

What You Will Do

• **Animate slot symbols** from idle loops to win states, across classic and premium symbol sets.
• **Build character animation** for original games: win reactions, feature triggers, story moments.
• **Design and execute FX:** coin showers, explosions, particle systems, screen transitions, big-win celebrations.
• **Own the motion language of a game.** Timing, easing, anticipation, payoff.
• **Prep animations for engine.** Work closely with engineers so what you design is what ships.
• **Contribute marketing motion** when we need it: short clips for operators, pitch decks, and social.
• **Partner with the 2D artist, 3D character artist, and engineers** so the whole game feels like one piece.
• What you will bring
• **3+ years animating in production.** Games, mobile apps, or high-volume motion studios all count.
• **A reel that shows range:** 2D skeletal character animation, motion graphics, and something with real timing and juice we will actually feel.
• **Deep After Effects.** You know the plugins that matter and you know when not to use them.
• **Strong 2D skeletal animation** chops in Spine, DragonBones, or Rive. Bonus if you have exported any of this into a live product.
• **Comfort animating in 3D**, Blender at minimum. Maya or other DCCs welcome.
• **Game engine animation understanding:** state machines, export formats, performance budgets on web and mobile.
• **A real respect for timing.** You can explain why your 18-frame easing feels better than the 12-frame version.
• **Fluent with modern AI tools** in your daily workflow. Runway, Pika, Kling, Cascadeur for physics-assisted keyframing, AI rotoscoping and inbetweening. You use them to move faster without sacrificing timing, weight, and feel.
• **A fast, reliable production cadence.** You plan your files, hit your dates, and do not leave messes for the next person.
• Bonus points
• Houdini for FX and simulations.
• Rive for interactive motion, especially anything web-facing.
• Lottie and Bodymovin workflows for lightweight UI and marketing motion.
• Tooling chops: Cavalry, Duik, expressions, or scripts that speed up the whole team.
• Sound-led animation instincts. You animate to audio and it shows.
• Experience with slot or casino game production pipelines.
• Tools you will work with
• **Daily:** After Effects, Spine or Rive, Blender, Figma

Bonus:** Houdini, Cavalry, PixiJS, Unreal

• How we work
• We care equally about quality and velocity.
• The best people in our team use modern tools as a multiplier, not a shortcut.
• AI has changed how great art teams operate, and we expect everyone we hire to be on the front edge of that change.
• Fluent with AI tools as part of your daily craft. You know which tools help, which do not, and when a traditional workflow still wins.
• Stay on top of industry standards. New tools, new pipelines, new techniques. You read, you try things, you do not wait for someone to tell you the industry moved.
• Use that fluency to ship higher quality work faster, not to cut corners. **Craft comes first. AI is the lever, not the product.**
• Share what you learn. If you find a workflow that saves the team two days a week, write it up.
• Why you might like it here
• You ship real games to real players, not pitch decks. Our B2C platform is live, so your work goes in front of actual users fast.
• We are early. You will have real ownership of your craft and real influence on the art direction.
• We do not believe in slide-deck culture. If you like building more than meeting, you will fit.
• Dubai base, international team, healthy pace. We work hard, we deliver, we go home.

Compensation And Benefits

• **Monthly salary:** AED 8,000 to AED 15,000, dependent on experience
• A key role in a fast-moving, fast-growing iGaming company where your work ships and real players see it
• A creative, collaborative environment where your contributions have direct, visible impact
• On-site in Dubai with a small, craft-obsessed team