Animation Lead

Scopely is looking for a highly motivated Animation Lead to join our Marketing team Flamed in the Barcelona Office on a Hybrid basis (three days in the office)!

At Scopely, we care deeply about what we do and want to inspire play, every day - whether in our work environments alongside our talented colleagues, or through our deep connections with our communities of players. We are a global team of game lovers who are developing, publishing and innovating the mobile games industry, connecting millions of people around the world daily.

We are the in-house creative agency, Flamed, an International multidisciplinary team. We build thousands of creatives every year to support all Scopely games Marketing needs worldwide.

This role will be primarily focused on Monopoly GO!, one of the world’s leading mobile games, directing and supervising the production of animated trailers, cinematics, UA videos and other marketing content.

If you are an experienced 3D animator with strong storytelling, direction and leadership skills, and the ability to guide an animated project from early pre-production through final animation, this position is for you!

We are looking for someone who can think beyond individual shots and take responsibility for the overall quality of a piece: ensuring that the story is clear, the storyboard and animatic communicate effectively, the layout has strong composition and timing, and the animation delivers appealing and engaging performances.

You will directly supervise Storyboard Artists and Animators, providing creative direction, feedback and support throughout production. While this is primarily a leadership and project direction role, you may also contribute hands-on to Autodesk Maya layout or animation tasks when workload allows.

• Lead the animation and cinematic execution of trailers, cinematics, UA ads and marketing videos, from the initial brief through storyboard, layout and animation.

• Work closely with Creatives to ensure that the original idea, objectives, key messages and mandatory requirements defined in the brief are properly translated throughout production.

• Direct and review storyboards and animatics, ensuring narrative clarity, strong composition, staging, camera language, pacing, acting and timing.

• Supervise 3D layout and character animation, ensuring that camera work, performances, posing and movement are appealing, polished and appropriate for the tone and objective of each piece.

• Directly supervise Storyboard Artists and Animators, working closely with Producers to align on task allocation and priorities based on project needs, team capacity and individual strengths, while providing clear and actionable feedback and supporting the team’s artistic and professional development.

• Perform asset checks during pre-production, identifying the characters, props, environments, rigs and asset adaptations required for layout and animation.

• Use these asset checks to help structure pre-production and coordinate dependencies, priorities and handovers across the Animation, Assets and Lighting teams.

• Collaborate closely with the Asset Lead, who retains ownership of modeling and rigging, providing clear and detailed asset and rigging requests based on production needs.

• Coordinate with the Lighting Lead to ensure a smooth handover of approved cameras, animation and assets into lighting pipelined (UE5, C4D...), and collaborate when important VFX elements affect storytelling, staging or timing.

• Partner with the Motion Designer Lead on UA videos and projects with a significant motion design component, ensuring that 3D animation integrates effectively with motion graphics, transitions and editorial flow.

• Identify narrative, visual, technical and production risks