Position Summary
Delivers control and movement to characters, creatures, objects, scenery and environment displayed within electronic games, websites or software products. Applies knowledge and uses technical process ability in techniques such as rigging and skinning, kinetics and basic cinematography. Collaborates with programmers and artists to balance seamless movements and optimized performance on the target platform. Applies developed skills, knowledge and proficiency in animation packages, such as 3ds Max, Maya, Substance, to develop work product.
2D Animator
Game animators are tasked with bringing our games to life by developing eye-catching animation for casino games throughout the world. At Light& Wonder you will work with a group of exceptionally talented Creators, creating game art & animation for extraordinary brands such as: Lord of the Rings, James Bond 007, Wizard of Oz, Wonka, and many more. As an extension of our US based studios, you will enjoy working in a friendly environment, with all the tools and guidance necessary for your professional growth. This job will primarily require game sign creation, info screen creation, game localization, and Archiving tasks.
Essential Job Functions:
Create high-caliber Animation, maintaining excellent motion graphics quality in regard to timing, color theory, layout, text treatment, and animation ability.
Continually sharpen artistic and software expertise through company training, independent learning, and learning from other team members.
Produce top-notch animations through an iterative process in close collaboration with Senior and Lead Animators.
Always display a high degree of professionalism, accepting critique from team members.
Show efficiency in self-managing time with a reasonable degree of accountability and minimal instruction
Demonstrate excellent file structure and organization.
Create art assets and document all art assets created with minimal mistakes.
Review game art files prior to archival.
Qualifications:
Preferred Education: Bachelor of Arts in art/animation
Preferred Experience: 2+ years previous experience Animator in a production environment
Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:
Proficient in 2D Animation, After Effects, Unity, Photoshop .
Critical thinking skills are an absolute must in this fast-paced, high-output team
Understand how to animate art for various themes and platforms
Excellent motion graphics abilities using various industry standards plugins like Trap code Suite, Boris Saphire, Saber and Element 3D.
Expert with Adobe photoshop, Illustrator design is a must.
Should have technical knowledge of adjusting art file resolutions and modifying After Effects compositions to fit different templates.
Must follow good file management practices.
Should be able to export files in various formats using Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator.
Should have strong typography skills.
Exposure to Spine 2d tool for sprite rigging and animation.
Knowledge of using Blender, 3ds max or Maya is a must.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Preferred:
Unity experience is mandatory.
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