Graduate Animator

Overview:
**Games Global Graduate Programme 2025**

**Graduate Animator**

**About**:
Are you a graduate or final-year student searching for a suitable career opportunity in an energetic IT company? If so, then look no further.

The Games Global Graduate Programme provides 12 months of valuable on-the-job training to graduates who are eager to initiate their careers within the IT industry. This experiential learning programme is an excellent opportunity for graduates to jump-start their career development while gaining valuable knowledge, skills, and experience in a fast-paced and dynamic work environment.

Games Global is a supplier to the industry - delivering force and direction to online gaming. Bringing together some of iGaming's biggest and brightest stars, the Games Global portfolio is home to thousands of titles from 50+ studio partners.

**Duration**:
12-month Graduate Programme starting from January 2025 to December 2025. At the end of the programme, there are opportunities for absorption into permanent roles at Games Global.

**Locations**:

- Durban
- Cape Town

**Salary**:
Competitive Market Salary

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**Responsibilities**:
The areas you will work in include Games animations and Marketing assets. You will directly contribute to strategic solutions for the business, while gaining first-hand exposure to the various design-centric career paths in Games Global.

A view into the work the Graduate will be engaged in:

- Assist with junior level animations and effects for real products.
- Assist teams to create marketing videos for market packs.
- Get to know the games landscape via learning sessions and competitor research.
- Introduction to the software development lifecycle from an animation point of view e.g. different features and how animations communicate the features.
- Exposure to advanced game design, illustration, and animation across both studios.
- Buddy up on Animation Guild to understand the type of queries that this role receives.
- Present adopted methodologies and outcomes to key stakeholders.

Qualifications:
**Requirements**:

- Be a Graduate or Final-Year Student when applying
- Have an average of 70 % and above in marks from first year to final year
- South African Citizen
- Under the age of 35 years
- Interest in the world of gaming
- Willingness to learn new technologies
- Some experience in Spine 2D and other 3rd party plugins for After Effects is preferred but will be expanded upon on the job.

**Qualifications**:

- BA Visual Communication
- BA Graphic Design
- BA Multimedia in Digital Visual Arts
- Bachelor’s degree in Game Design
- Undergraduate or postgraduate qualification in a creative field such as Graphic Design, Animation, Multimedia Design, or Visual Communication.