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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 29 days Scopely's roles stay open a median of 43 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 0% of Scopely's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Scopely
- low 0 stale, 6 reposted of 182 open
- Hiring momentum
- 242 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
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About this role
As an Animation Lead at Scopely, you will oversee the production of animated trailers, cinematics, and marketing videos for the game Monopoly GO!. Your responsibilities include supervising storyboard artists and animators, providing creative direction, and ensuring the overall quality of animation projects from pre-production through to final delivery. You will also collaborate with various teams to maintain storytelling consistency and may contribute hands-on to animation tasks when needed.
- benefits
- 1/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Scopely as an employer.
What you need
- Minimum 5 years of professional experience in 3D animation, cinematics, advertising, games, feature animation, VFX or a related entertainment field
- Previous experience as a Lead Animator, Animation Director, Supervising Animator or in a comparable role involving project and team leadership
- A strong portfolio or reel demonstrating high-quality 3D character animation, cinematic storytelling and animation direction
- Advanced knowledge of Autodesk Maya and professional 3D animation workflows
- Strong knowledge of 3D character animation, including body mechanics, posing, acting, facial performance, timing, spacing, weight and appeal
- Strong 3D direction skills, with the ability to supervise storytelling, camera work, staging, composition, pacing, layout and character performance across an entire piece
Nice to have
- Storyboarding, drawing or visual development skills
- Experience in 2D animation
- Ability to create thumbnails, draw-overs, paint-overs or quick visual notes to communicate feedback and direction
- Experience developing animatics or working directly with Storyboard Artists during pre-production
- Experience directing or supervising external vendors
Worth weighing
- Hybrid work model with three days in the office
- Focus on a single game (Monopoly GO!) may limit exposure to other projects or games
- The role involves both leadership and hands-on tasks, which may vary based on workload
- No specific salary or benefits information provided in the posting.
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Listed by Scopely on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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