Animator

Light & Wonder; Las Vegas (NV); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Light & Wonder is seeking an Animator to bring slot games to life with dynamic visuals and compelling motion. You will collaborate with a team of artists to storyboard, prototype, and deliver high-quality final animations for casino games.

Applicants should have 2+ years of animation experience with proficiency in Maya/Blender/3ds Max, After Effects, and Photoshop. Gaming experience is a plus; position located in Las Vegas, NV and on-site work is expected.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of professional experience in 2D/3D animation or motion graphics.
• Gaming industry experience is preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

• Create art/animation that tells a story through movement.
• Collaborate with Art Director to storyboard and prototypes.
• Update artwork to meet technical requirements for games.
• Create and animate emotive characters and immersive worlds.
• Communicate direction via storyboards and animatics.

Skills

Maya

Blender

3ds Max

After Effects

Photoshop

Unity

Shader creation

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

Unity

Shaders

Job description

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

The Animator will be responsible for bringing 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.

Essential Job Functions

• Create art/animation that tells a story with meaning through movement
• Works closely with the Art Director and the team to conceptualize, storyboard, prototype and ultimately create high-quality final game art/animations in a timely and efficient manner
• Provides creative solutions to artistic and technical problems
• Supports 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 animaticsWork quickly and efficiently as part of a team, take direction, and maintain a positive attitude under pressure is crucial.
• All other duties as assigned

Training and/or Experience

• 2+ 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

• Proficiency in industry standard 3D packages (Maya, Blender, 3DMax)
• Proficient in Adobe After Effects and Adobe Photoshop
• Adaptable to AI workflows
• Proficiency in compositing and rotoscoping a plus
• Familiarity with Unity a plus
• Familiarity with shaders and shader creation/coding a plus
• Builds understanding of business expectations
• Have a strong sense of design, motion, and timing
• Have a strong sense of 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
• Enjoy working in a creative environment
• Learns, and contributes where possible to company culture, and finds opportunities to reinforce L&W values.

Physical Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience required

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 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.

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. If you’d like more information about your equal employment opportunity rights as an applicant under the law, please click here for EEOC Poster.