Job Description

Gaming:Welcome to the world of land-based gaming. At Light & Wonder, its all about the games, and our Gaming team builds cutting-edge technology, products, and content for the most iconic casinos and operators across the globe.Position SummaryDelivers control and movement to characters, creatures, objects, scenery and environment displayed within electronic games, websites or software products. Applies knowledge and uses technical process ability in techniques such as rigging and skinning, kinetics and basic cinematography. Collaborates with programmers and artists to balance seamless movements and optimized performance on the target platform. Applies developed skills, knowledge and proficiency in animation packages, such as 3ds Max, Maya, Substance, to develop work product.Game animators are tasked with bringing our games to life by developing eye-catching animation for casino games throughout the world. At Light& Wonder you will work with a group of exceptionally talented Creators, creating game art & animation for extraordinary brands such as: Lord of the Rings, James Bond 007, Wizard of Oz, Wonka, and many more. As an extension of our US based studios, you will enjoy working in a friendly environment, with all the tools and guidance necessary for your professional growth. This job will primarily require game sign creation, info screen creation, game localization, and Archiving tasks.
Essential Job Functions:

• Create high-caliber art, maintaining excellent art quality in regard to character design, color theory, layout, text treatment, and animation ability.
• Continually sharpen artistic and software expertise through company training, independent learning, and learning from other team members.
• Produce top-notch artwork and animations through an iterative process in close collaboration with Senior and Lead Animators.
• Display a high degree of professionalism at all times, accepting critique from team members.
• Show efficiency in self-managing time with a reasonable degree of accountability and minimal instruction
• Demonstrate excellent file structure and organization.
• Create art assets and document all art assets created with minimal mistakes.
• Review game art files prior to archival.

Qualifications:

• Preferred Education: A relevant degree or Diploma in art/animation.
• Preferred Experience: 8+ years previous experience Animator in a production environment

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:

• Critical thinking skills an absolute must in this fast-paced, high-output team
• Understand how to design art for various themes and platforms
• Excellent drawing and Animation abilities
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Proficient in 2D Animation, Adobe Animate, Toon Boom, After Effects and Spine

Preferred :

• Unity experience is preferred, but not mandatory.
• Proficiency in Photoshop.

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