Senior Motion Designer

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Limassol
In-Office
Senior level
Gaming • Software
The Role
Create high-quality 3D and 2D animations for marketing videos, managing assets and implementing innovative workflows, while ensuring adherence to design guidelines.
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About our game

Taonga: the Island Farm is an immersive exploration and adventure game set on a colorful tropical archipelago.

What begins as a casual farming experience gradually evolves into a rich, multi-layered adventure. Players discover increasing depth through travel, story-driven quests, strategic battles, engaging mini-games, competitive events, and much more — transforming the game into a captivating midcore adventure with sophisticated mechanics.

Animations have always played a key role in bringing the enchanting world of Taonga to life. Our marketing videos are no exception, bringing the island's charm to life and captivating players around the globe.

We’re hiring a talented Senior Motion Designer to create high-quality 3D and 2D creations for Taonga marketing videos. You’ll work on cinematic and gameplay-based videos that bring our tropical world to life — combining storytelling, animation, composition, lighting, and visual effects to craft compelling marketing content for a global audience.

Responsibilities
  • Create high-quality 3D and 2D creations, including character animation, visual effects, and sound design for game advertising

  • Set up composition, camera movement, and lighting to enhance the visual appeal of marketing videos

  • Develop and manage internal libraries, templates, and animation assets

  • Ensure all work follows design guidelines, asset naming conventions, and technical specifications

  • Research and implement emerging tools, workflows, and AI-driven technologies to keep the motion design pipeline innovative and efficient

Requirements
  • Genuine passion for playing games, storytelling, and visual excellence

  • Minimum 4 years of professional experience in motion design, 3D/2D animation, and minimum 6 months in game marketing

  • Professional knowledge of Unreal Engine cinematic tools, including node-based programming with Blueprints, Sequencer and Niagara

  • Professional knowledge of After Effects and DaVinci Resolve (preferred) or similar editing software (Final Cut Pro X, Premiere Pro)

  • Professional knowledge of character animation, sound design, VFX, directing, cinematography, and editing

  • Hands-on experience with motion capture pipelines (Xsens, or similar technologies)

  • Knowledge of AI-based creative tools for animation, VFX, or asset generation

  • Basic scripting or storyboarding experience is considered an advantage

  • English proficiency at A2 level or higher

The application process includes a test assignment.

A portfolio of your work is required to apply for this position.

Who you'll be working with

At Volka, you’ll work both independently and collaboratively when needed, in a respectful and supportive environment that values your ideas and well-being. To succeed, you’ll need to stay organized, keep learning, and consistently bring your best to help achieve shared goals with the team.

Gaming has always been a big part of our lives. With our love for different genres, we never lose sight of what makes a game truly fun. We bring that passion into everything we create – making joyful, exciting experiences for players everywhere.

Where you'll be working at

Located in a historic three-story building in the heart of the city, our office offers a fresh, welcoming atmosphere – the perfect environment to feel inspired while staying focused and productive.

How you'll get there

One thing our team members agree on is that relocation was a breeze. Volka handles all the paperwork to bring you to Cyprus and all the legwork to settle you here. We help with opening the bank account, obtaining permits for you and your family and take over other bureaucratic matters that are an annoying necessity of moving to a new country. For you it will be like booking a vacation with a tourist agency. Except, you know, you'll have to work here.

How we'll help you settle

Moving to a new country may seem a little daunting, and we know that because most of us have been through it. There will be challenges for you to face, including finding a place to live, adjusting to the local way of life and finding new friends. But fear not, for Volka will support you along the way!

  • We'll arrange for temporary accommodations and provide a transfer to the office until you can find a place of your own

  • We offer benefits for housing rent, car purchase and childcare

  • We have allowances for lunches, psychotherapy sessions, language learning, and sports activities

  • We provide medical insurance for you and your family

Most importantly, in Volka you will find a warm and welcoming community of open, friendly people with a wide variety of interests, passion for games and a positive outlook on life.

If we sound like a good fit for you, then you may be a good fit for us.

Top Skills

After Effects
Blueprints
Davinci Resolve
Niagara
Sequencer
Unreal Engine
Xsens
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The Company
63 Employees
Year Founded: 2016

What We Do

We are a mobile games developer and publisher.

For us games is not just fun or business, but also a phenomenon, philosophy of emotions and future science. Researching the behaviours and conquering the minds - this is our target, passion and responsibility at the same time. At VOLKA we are on the mission that is beyond the horizon of just playing games and to ensure our goals we are carrying about our crew like about spaceship team. For us effectiveness in harmony and personal realisation are fundamental, because we have faith that happy people create happy products. We create games straight out of dreams.

We believe in the team spirit and individuality, and we taking care not just only about work matters, but also about personal circumstances of each crew member.

For such purposes we are constantly looking for professionals who are not afraid to strive for a dream, professionals who hunt for evolvement and seek for serenity and work they love. We are out of categories like a comfort zone, standardisation, box-shaped mind tactics and other manipulations, as well we avoid stupid supervising. If you know how and with what methods to reach the target, we provide all necessary instruments for that.

We are based in Cyprus, and in our Mediterranean paradise we appreciate good food, all kinds of surfing, yoga, reaching the nature, hiking and camping, beach and other healthy body positive activities. If you share our values we’d like to welcome you on board where we run Best Facebook Web Game 2016 – TAONGA: THE ISLAND FARM.

OUR MISSION

Performance. Our aim is to bring joyful emotions through high-quality player experience.
Quality. We strive to produce immersive gameplay, captivating story, rich graphics and flawless animation.
Learning. Our mission is to step beyond the games into the future.
Responsibility. We target for harmony.
Freedom. We respect any kind of freedom if it's not harming others freedom.

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