2D Animator - Spine

2D Animator | Orbital Ignition
Orbital Ignition is an early-stage game studio currently developing Taliara’s Rise, an original mobile game IP.
We’re looking for a 2D Animator to join our creative team and help bring the world of Taliara’s Rise to life through expressive, polished animations that enhance gameplay, character personality, and the overall player experience.
What we’re looking for
We’re looking for someone experienced in 2D animation for games who can:
Create expressive, polished 2D character animations
Animate character actions, reactions, abilities, and interactions
Create smooth animation loops, transitions, and secondary motions
Animate UI elements, icons, rewards, and other gameplay-related assets where needed
Bring personality and visual impact to gameplay feedback and game events
Work with timing, anticipation, squash and stretch, exaggeration, and visual readability
Collaborate with 2D artists, 3D artists, game designers, and developers
Prepare and export optimized animation assets for implementation in Unity
Help establish and improve the project's 2D animation workflow
Experience with Spine 2D, Adobe Animate, After Effects, or equivalent animation tools is welcome, depending on your workflow. Experience with Unity integration is strongly preferred.
The kind of artist we want
We’re looking for someone who understands both the technical and artistic sides of animation.
Taliara’s Rise is a colorful, stylized fantasy game with a playful, toy-like visual identity. We want animations that feel alive, satisfying, and full of personality while remaining clear and readable on mobile screens.
We value strong posing, timing, anticipation, follow-through, and expressive movement. Every animation should contribute to the feeling of a polished, engaging game.
You should be comfortable taking an animation from initial concept → animation production → game-ready asset, collaborating with the team throughout the process.
A portfolio or demo reel showcasing your animation skills is essential.
Where we are
Orbital Ignition is currently in the pre-funding / development stage.
This is currently an unpaid opportunity, as the team is working voluntarily while we develop the MVP and prepare the project for funding.
Our goal is to secure funding and transition the team into paid roles as the project progresses.
Why join us?
Help shape the animation style of an original game IP
Bring characters, abilities, and gameplay interactions to life
Contribute creatively to a colorful, stylized mobile game
Take ownership of animation work and influence the final player experience
Build portfolio experience on a commercial mobile game project
Collaborate with an international creative team
Have the opportunity to grow with the project as it develops
Interested?
Send us your demo reel/portfolio, LinkedIn profile, CV, or relevant work, along with a short introduction about yourself and your experience.
We’d especially like to see examples of 2D character animation, expressive movement, effects animation, or game-ready animation assets.
Orbital Ignition — Building worlds from the ground up.

Work arrangement
Yes