Spine Animator Intern

About the role

Socialpoint, a mobile game studio part of the Zynga and Take-Two Interactive family, is looking for a Spine Animator Intern to strengthen its current and future game development teams. The intern works mainly with the Monster Legends and Dragon City teams, helping create character animations, VFX and additional game assets such as UI elements. Applicants should understand animation fundamentals and be eager to learn Spine for game development; previous Spine experience is a plus but not required.

Key responsibilities

• Create high-quality in-game animations together with the team, keeping them consistent with the project's visual style and energy.
• Collaborate with animators, artists, developers, designers and producers to keep the product vision consistent.
• Take part in animation reviews, accept constructive feedback and give feedback to teammates.
• Prepare assets so they are game-ready and meet technical guidelines.
• Learn and apply best practices for Spine animation within the game production pipeline.

Required profile

• Experience with 2D animation, professionally, academically or through personal projects, or a comparable skill set.
• Strong grasp of core animation principles such as timing, weight, anticipation, posing, spacing and follow-through.
• Basic knowledge of cut-out and/or skeletal animation techniques.
• A portfolio showing appealing, high-quality animations in different styles.
• Creativity, curiosity, attention to detail and a willingness to learn and receive feedback.

Required skills

• Spine or other skeletal animation software (Toon Boom Harmony, 3ds Max, Maya, Blender).
• Photoshop.
• Frame-by-frame animation and sprite sheet creation.
• Familiarity with game development pipelines or game engines (bonus).