Senior Animator

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.

Studio X, our renowned slots studio recognized for its infamous Frankenstein game is looking for an experienced animator who enjoys creating expressive characters, building rich worlds, and telling evocative and emotive stories. You'll use your artistic and technical skills to set the right tone in environments, create mood, atmosphere, depth, and enrich the player experience with striking effects. Your companions on this journey are a team of experienced slot game artists and developers who have been responsible for some of the most daring, original, and successful slot gaming products developed in the last decade.

Are you eternally curious? Are you an explorer? Are you a visual storyteller or someone who wants other people to feel your art, and not just see your art? If the answer to all these questions is yes, then your place should be with us.

Job Description:

• Develop visual effects animations using traditional 2D, 3D, and motion design techniques for Electronic Gaming Machine products.

• Able to work autonomously to produce leading animation work within the team, and to ensure top level integrity and quality of assets produced.

• Assist the Animation Manager and Art Director in providing mentorship and training in new tools and techniques to the team.

• In accordance with creative briefs, develop initial animation concepts and continue these through to final designs.

• Contributes to a range of deliverables within the art production pipeline and EGM studio team.

• Work closely with software engineers and game designers.

Education:

Tertiary qualifications in appropriate art related field are preferred, but not essential.

Experience:

• 2+ yrs. experience working in a visual effects capacity, preferably within a game development studio.

• Extensive training/experience in the use of digital art and animation software, including After Effects, Blender, Maya, 3DS Max, or similar.

• Necessary knowledge includes all tasks related to both traditional and 3D animation, particle systems and motion graphics development.

• Preferred knowledge of VFX for character animation, modelling, rigging, lighting, and texturing.

• Sound foundational art skills.

Skills and Abilities:

• A critical eye for detail, timing, composition, and capable of following/maintaining stringent guidelines.

• Experience working in a fast-paced production environment.

• Gaming industry/related experience preferred.

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.

This is a fully on-site role (5 days a week) reporting to our studio in Las Vegas, NV.

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