Senior Animator

Might and Delight is looking for a Senior Animator! About the Role We are looking for a Senior Animator with a strong foundation in traditional animation to join our team. In this role, you’ll combine golden-era animation principles with modern game development. You'll create expressive character animations with a strong sense of weight, timing, and personality, while making sure they feel responsive and work well in gameplay. Scope: Full-time, project based Location: Vasastan, Stockholm Key Responsibilities

• Create animations: Develop slapstick gameplay, combat, cinematic, and ambient animations for characters and creatures.
• Apply classical principles: Use understanding of weight, timing, anticipation, and staging to create expressive, dynamic motion.
• Collaborate across disciplines: Work closely with the creative team and programmers to develop the animation style and implement, test, and refine animations in Unity.

Requirements & Qualifications

• Experience: 5+ years of experience as an animator within the video game industry, with at least two shipped commercial titles.
• Classical Training: A degree or strong foundational background in traditional animation, fine arts, or a deeply demonstrated understanding of the 12 principles of animation.
• Technical Proficiency: Strong knowledge of industry-standard software, we primarily work in Maya.
• Strong Portfolio: A showreel that clearly demonstrates high-quality mechanics, body language, weight, acting, and gameplay-responsiveness.
• Communication: Strong communication skills and fluency in English.

Nice-to-have skills

• Hands-on experience working in Unity
• Experience working in smaller game teams
• Rigging & Skinning
• Stylised and/or cartoonish action

Sounds like you? We’d love to hear from you! For any questions, feel free to reach out to julierb@mightanddelight.com About Might & Delight: Might and Delight is an indie game developer with a wide range of mesmerizing games set in serene and beautiful worlds. The team has released more than twenty games, expansions, dlc:s, and digital books including cozy decoration game Twinkleby, adventure puzzle game Tiny Echo and the beloved Shelter-series.