Senior Animator | Farm Heroes Saga

Senior Animator

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 interface 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.