Advanced Animator

Are you ready to level up your career? At Light & Wonder, we are committed to making the best games in the world. We are looking for smart, passionate, and creative people to join our team and help us transform the gaming world. We are a global, industry leading gaming technology company that embraces challenges, fosters an inclusive culture, values integrity, innovation and winning, and is committed to developing and supporting its people. As a member of our award-winning game studios, you will be creating compelling games played around the world. If you are ready to play… come join us and let’s make games!

Bring our games to life by creating eye-catching visual effects and animations for slot machines. Work with a group of exceptionally talented artists and animators creating animations that complement and enhance the slot player’s experience. The ability to work quickly and efficiently as part of a team, take direction, and maintain a positive attitude under pressure is crucial.

Job Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the game artist to conceptualize and create compelling 2D/3D animations, visual effects, and motion graphics for game logos, symbols, backgrounds, and features

• Work closely with the software engineer to prepare final animations in formats necessary for integration into the game

• Understand and resolve technical issues relating to graphics (e.g., rendering, streaming, memory management, playback performance, etc.)

• Communicate with the game designer and development team in an iterative development process

• Mentor junior animators in related studios and throughout Game Development

• Maintain well-organized working files to facilitate file sharing and collaborative work

• Archive all final working files for future use using version control software

• 5+ years of professional experience in 2D/3D animation and/or motion graphic design

• Gaming industry experience is preferred, but not required

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Enjoy working in a creative environment

• Have a strong sense of design, motion, and timing

• Have a strong sense of animatics and storyboarding for 2D/3D animation

• Ability to work well with others in a team environment

• Ability to receive art direction and provide multiple design solutions

• Ability to adapt to new technologies

• Proficient in Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop, and Adobe Illustrator Proficiency in 3D animation a plus

• Proficiency in compositing and rotoscoping a plus

• Familiarity with Unity a plus

• Familiarity with shaders and shader creation/coding a plus

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience required

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, bend, use hands, operate a computer, and have specific vision abilities to include close and distance vision, and ability to adjust focus working with computer and business equipment.

Work Conditions

Light & Wonder and its affiliates (collectively, “L&W”) are engaged in highly regulated gaming and lottery businesses. As a result, certain L&W employees may, among other things, be required to obtain a gaming or other license(s), undergo background investigations or security checks, or meet certain standards dictated by law, regulation or contracts. In order to ensure L&W complies with its regulatory and contractual commitments, as a condition to hiring and continuing to employ its employees, L&W requires all of its employees to meet those requirements that are necessary to fulfill their individual roles. As a prerequisite to employment with L&W (to the extent permitted by law), you shall be asked to consent to L&W conducting a due diligence/background investigation on you.

This job description should not be interpreted as all-inclusive; it is intended to identify major responsibilities and requirements of the job. The employee in this position may be requested to perform other job-related tasks and responsibilities than those stated above. 

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