VFX Artist

Nexus is looking for a talented VFX Artist with hands-on Spine 2D experience to join our Nucleo team. You’ll create polished, engaging animations and visual effects that bring characters, symbols, features and wins to life across our online slot games.

We’re looking for someone with a strong eye for motion, timing and game feel who can take VFX and Spine animation tasks from brief through to clean, production-ready delivery while working closely with artists, designers and developers.

Requirements

Spine Animation & Rigging

• Create and refine Spine 2D animations for characters and symbols.
  

• Animate backgrounds, UI elements and gameplay features.
  

• Build idle, anticipation, win, trigger, celebration and transition states.
  

• Build and maintain clean rigs, meshes, weights and reusable setups.
  

Game VFX & Feature Effects

• Design stylised in-game VFX: glows, bursts, trails, particles.
  

• Create coin and celebration effects and screen accents.
  

• Build win effects and feature transitions that reinforce game feel.
  

• Translate briefs and mechanics into readable, responsive motion.
  

Asset Preparation & Optimisation

• Prepare layered artwork, sprites and sequences for production.
  

• Build texture atlases and Spine project files for handoff.
  

• Maintain clear naming, events and export structures.
  

• Optimise animation complexity, loops and meshes for web/mobile.
  

Collaboration & Delivery

• Align motion with game concept and feature behaviour with the team.
  

• Align with technical requirements from developers.
  

• Respond to feedback and iterate efficiently.
  

• Troubleshoot integration issues and deliver production-ready assets.
  

Quality & Process Improvement

• Self-check animation quality, timing and visual consistency before review.
  

• Self-check file hygiene to avoid integration defects.
  

• Minimise avoidable rework through upfront checks.
  

• Suggest improvements to reusable effects, templates and workflows.
  

Benefits