Game Animator

Gaming :

Welcome to the world of land-based gaming. At Light & Wonder, it’s 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 Summary

Bring our games to life by creating eye-catching visual effects and animations for slot machines. Work with a group of exceptionally talented artists, animators, and software engineers to create animations that enhance the slot player’s experience.

Job Functions

Create animation that tells a story with meaning through movement.

Work closely with the Game Designer, art team, and software engineering team to conceptualize, storyboard, prototype, create, and revise high quality final game animations in a timely and efficient manner.

Provide creative solutions to artistic and technical problems.

Support engineering development by updating and modifying artwork to meet technical requirements.

Create and animate unique emotive characters and immersive worlds.

Communicate game direction through storyboards and animatics.

All other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Qualifications Training and / or Experience

Degree or certificate in 3D, or related field, or equivalent production animation experience.

Proficient in After Effects, Photoshop, 3D modeling / animation (Maya, 3DStudioMax, Cinema 4d).

Unity software experience is a plus.

Strong design and composition ability.

Years of experience : 2 to 5 years.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Knowledge of storyboarding and video production including but not limited to- particle generation, compositing, motion graphics and character animation.

Strong understanding of animation principles.

Thorough understanding of physical motion, weight, balance, texture, and form.

Organized and thorough, with the ability to work quickly

Interact and collaborative with immediate team, senior level professionals

Must be open to direction and able to embrace change.

Proficient in Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop, and Adobe Illustrator

Familiarity with 3D animation a plus

Familiarity in compositing and rotoscoping a plus

Familiarity with Unity a plus

Education

Bachelor’s degree in related field.

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

LNW and its affiliates (collectively, LNW ) are engaged in highly regulated gaming and lottery businesses. As a result, certain LNW 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 LNW complies with its regulatory and contractual commitments, as a condition to hiring and continuing to employ its employees, LNW requires all of its employees to meet those requirements that are necessary to fulfill their individual roles.

As a prerequisite to employment with LNW (to the extent permitted by law), you shall be asked to consent to LNW 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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Light & Wonder is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against applicants due to race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.