Game Animator

lnw; Las Vegas (NV); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Light & Wonder in Las Vegas seeks an experienced animator to bring table game animations and VFX to life for live and electronic casino games.

You will work with a team of artists to produce eye-catching 2D/3D animations, visual effects, and motion graphics, ensuring smooth integration with the game engine and iterative design reviews.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional experience in 2D/3D animation and/or motion graphic design; strong portfolio.
• Gaming industry experience preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

• Conceptualize and create 2D/3D animations, visual effects, and motion graphics for game logos, symbols, backgrounds, promos, and features.
• Create previsualizations of VFX and animations.
• Prepare final animations for game integration with engineering teams.
• Collaborate with game designers and developers through iterative development processes.
• Maintain organized working files and archive final assets using version control.

Skills

2D/3D animation

Motion graphics

Storyboarding

Team collaboration

Adobe After Effects

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

Blender/Cinema4D

Unity

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience

Tools

Blender

Cinema 4D

Unity

Unreal Engine

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

Bring our games to life by creating eye-catching visual effects and animations for Live and Electronic Casino Table Games. Work with a group of exceptionally talented artists and animators creating animations that complement and enhance the Table Game 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.

Essential Job Functions:

• Work with studio leadership and artists to conceptualize and create compelling 2D/3D animations, visual effects, and motion graphics for game logos, symbols, backgrounds, promotional videos, and features.
• Create previsualizations of VFX and animations.
• Work closely with the software engineer and development teams to prepare final animations in formats necessary for game integration.
• Communicate with the game designer and development team in an iterative development process.
• Maintain well-organized working files to facilitate file sharing and collaborative work.
• Archive all final working files for future use using version control software.
• Understand and resolve technical issues relating to graphics (e.g., rendering, streaming, memory management, playback performance, etc.).

Qualifications

Training and/or Experience

• 3+ years of professional experience in 2D/3D animation and/or motion graphic design- exceptions are made with a high caliber portfolio and eloquence that demonstrates knowledge and maturity
• Prior 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 storyboarding for 2D/3D animation
• Ability to work well with others in a team environment
• Interact and collaborate with immediate team, as well as junior and senior colleagues
• 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 and modeling is a plus (Blender or Cinema 4D)
• Proficiency in compositing and rotoscoping a plus
• Familiarity with Unity a plus (especially implementing animation and VFX as well as creating VFX in unity)
• Ability to draw and concept character, props, environment 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:

The work conditions are representative and typical of similar jobs in comparable organizations Possible domestic and international travel

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.

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 .