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Animation Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 21+ animation jobs at companies offering generous PTO and flexible hours—for a better work-life balance. 5 new this week. Hiring companies include Sumo Digital, Suno, and Duolingo.

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unlimited PTO 8
best places to work 5

Updated October 12, 2026

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Visual Designer II

11d

Affirm · Remote · Canada

61 · GoodBest Place to WorkCA$101k – CA$151k

Video Editor (LATAM)

4mo

TheSoul Publishing · Remote · Brazil

65 · GoodFlexible Hours

Senior Product Engineer, Frontend

19d

Zerion · Remote · USA

64 · GoodFlexible Hours

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Senior 2D Animator

16d

Playson · Remote · Europe

62 · GoodUnlimited PTO

Staff Motion Designer - 3D

25d

Mercury · Remote · Canada or USA

62 · GoodUnlimited PTO$189k – $237k

Associate Creative Director, Motion Design

1mo

ServiceNow · Remote · Santa Clara, CA, USA

57 · GoodBest Place to Work$155k – $272k

Video and Multimedia Production Sr. Specialist

VIA · Hybrid · Somerville, MA, USA

59 · GoodSummer Fridays$90k – $115k

Motion Graphics Editor

Arizona State University · Onsite · Phoenix, AZ, USA

61 · GoodCompressed Work Week$58k – $80k

Undergrad Co-op – Interactive Developer / Immersive Course Programmer for Manufacturing

Amgen · Onsite · Juncos, PR, USA

59 · GoodGenerous PTO

Staff Product Designer, Monetization

1mo

Duolingo · Hybrid · New York, NY or Pittsburgh, PA

68 · GoodGenerous PTO$200k – $300k

Senior Product Designer

2mo

Duolingo · Hybrid · Beijing, China

68 · GoodGenerous PTOCN¥805k – CN¥1.1M

UI Artist - Rainbow Six Siege

1mo

Ubisoft Montreal · Onsite · Montreal, QC, Canada

65 · GoodGenerous PTO

Motion Graphics Specialist

11d

Qualtrics · Hybrid · Dallas, TX, USA

57 · GoodBest Place to Work

Technical Animator

1mo

Sumo Digital · Hybrid · Leeds, UK

60 · GoodBest Place to Work

Technical Animator

1mo

Sumo Digital · Hybrid · Leeds, UK

60 · GoodBest Place to Work

Sr. Designer, Motion Graphics

1mo

Checkr · Hybrid · San Francisco, CA, USA

59 · GoodUnlimited PTO$128k – $150k

Senior / Staff Software Engineer, Android

4mo

Suno · Onsite · Los Angeles, CA, USA

59 · GoodUnlimited PTO$228k – $363k

Senior / Staff Software Engineer, iOS

4mo

Suno · Onsite · New York City, NY, USA

59 · GoodUnlimited PTO$228k – $363k

Motion Designer

3mo

Sierra · Onsite · San Francisco, CA, USA

57 · GoodUnlimited PTO$170k – $200k

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Everything you need to know about 4-day week jobs

Employers hiring for Animation on this page include Sumo Digital, Suno, and Duolingo. Animation roles appear most frequently in engineering, data, and platform teams at companies that offer a 4-day week or another flexible schedule. Each listing indicates the seniority level and whether Animation is a primary requirement or one of several preferred skills — expand any role above to see the full stack and responsibilities.

Animation roles on this page span seniority levels, from entry-level and mid-level through senior, lead, and staff or principal positions. Filter by level in the sidebar to narrow the list above to the ones that fit you.

Lead with measurable outcomes over time spent — Animation hiring managers at companies that run 4-day weeks or flexible schedules care about delivered value, not hours worked. Highlight projects where you shipped at a steady cadence, collaborated asynchronously, or reduced engineering toil through automation or tooling. Include concrete metrics (latency improvements, adoption numbers, cost reductions) rather than vague duty descriptions. Expand listings above to see the exact framing each employer uses in their job descriptions.

Pay depends on the role, seniority, location, and employer — not on the schedule alone. Animation roles in tech and data typically command premium rates, and specific ranges depend on seniority and sub-specialty (e.g. backend vs frontend, infra vs ML). Individual listings above show exact bands where the employer publishes them.

Depends on the role, but Animation candidates who also demonstrate async communication, clean documentation, and cross-functional collaboration are typically strong fits for employers that run 4-day weeks or flexible schedules — those teams rely on written-first communication and high-context handoffs. Technical-adjacent skills vary by stack. Browse the top skills shown in the sidebar to see which tags co-occur most often with Animation on current listings.

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