Animator

Animator turns a brief into assets or experiences that support a product goal.

AI-assisted summary of published DOU and Djinni analytics

Salary from $1,383 Posted estimate · last 3 months
Salary to $2,965 Posted estimate · last 3 months
Jobs 136 Last 3 months
Applications per job 6.61 JobNote category match
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Published signal

Graphic / Motion Design proxy + Creative family
$1,600 Graphic / Motion Design median
$1,570 Graphic / Motion median

Hiring Review the brief, constraints, iterations, and outcome behind portfolio pieces.

Candidate Explain the problem, your decisions, and the result—not visuals alone.

Data Graphic/Motion proxy; not an exact speciality median.

Most wanted skills

Counts of active jobs now and salaries.

After Effects 22 $1208–$2211 Adobe Photoshop 21 $1238–$2247 Spine 20 $1180–$3354 2D Animation 16 $1311–$3010 Skinning 10 $1537–$2373 Autodesk Maya 9 $2019–$3694 Rigging 8 $1295–$2043 3Ds Max 7 $1416–$2937 Unreal Engine 7 $1506–$3872

Where to hire

Sources

  1. Non-technical salaries — summer 2026 Published signal ·
  2. Non-technical salaries — winter 2026 Published signal ·