Game Animator

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

Key Responsibilities

·       Creating visually stunning Motion graphics and animations for various digital media platforms.

·       Should possess a strong knowledge of Adobe After Effects and related plugins.

• Should understand and practice animation principles.
• Should understand typography, and other design elements like colour palette.

·       List of software and tools the candidate should be proficient in, such as Adobe After Effects, Blender, Cinema 4D,3ds max, Maya, Illustrator, and Photoshop. 

·       Experience in Rigging and animation would be added advantage.

·       Experience with Unity engine would be great.

·       Basic understanding of Unity Particles, Animator, 2D Scene Setup, Shaders, Debugging skill for performance related issues.

·       Collaborate with game artists and designers to conceptualize and create compelling 2D/3D animations, visual effects, and motion graphics.

·       Work closely with the software engineers and technical artists to prepare animations or integration into the game.

• Adapting and optimizing motion graphics for different screen sizes and resolutions.
• Communicate with the game designer and development team in an iterative development process.

·       Ability to push creative projects from concept to final execution with minimal supervision.

·       Collaborating with the team on the execution of both large and small projects with the same enthusiasm.

·       Ability to communicate well with different people even under pressure.

·       Be passionate, motivated, and excited about what you do!

·       Willing to be trained to upgrade skill.

Core Skills

• Adobe Suite with confidence in After effects, Photoshop and Illustrator
•  Exposure with Spine 2D
• Good knowledge with Unity
• Good knowledge with Blender

Qualifications

·       4+ or professional experience in 2D/3D animation and/or motion graphic design.

·       Gaming industry or similar experience is preferred.

·       Experience with Spine2D animation Software would be great.

·       Experience with Unity engine would be great.

AI exposure

·       Strong familiarity with AI tools and models

·       Ability to create concepts and animations with writing prompts and developing tools for Adobe suite or Autodesk.

Education

• Preferably, a university (bachelor or Masters) degree in a related Fine Arts / Visual Communication field.

Years of Related Experience

• Years of experience 4+

Supervisory Responsibilities

• This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Job Level Description

• Accountable for all or significant portion of an Animation or Scene in Unity.

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 Gaming, Inc. is a licensed gaming manufacturer and a subsidiary of Light & Wonder, Inc. is engaged in highly regulated gaming and lottery businesses.   As a result, certain LNW Gaming, Inc. 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. To ensure LNW Gaming, Inc. complies with its regulatory and contractual commitments, as a condition to hiring and continuing to employ its employees, LNW Gaming, Inc. requires all its employees to meet those requirements that are necessary to fulfil their individual roles.  As a prerequisite to employment with LNW Gaming, Inc. (to the extent permitted by law), you shall be asked to consent to LNW Gaming, Inc. 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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