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Game Animation Manager

1 month ago

Clark County, United States LNW Gaming, Inc.(KAC) Full time

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

Are you ready to level up your career? At Light & Wonder, we are committed to making the best games in the world. We are looking for smart, passionate, and creative people to join our team and help us transform the gaming world. We are a global, industry-leading gaming technology company that embraces challenge, fosters an inclusive culture, values integrity, innovation and winning, and is committed to developing and supporting its people. As a member of our award-winning game studios, you will be creating compelling games played around the world.


If you are ready to play… come join us and let’s make games

Bring our games to life by creating eye-catching visual effects and animations for slot machines. Lead the animation team through the development process—set priorities, solve problems, remove obstacles, and facilitate communication. The ability to translate a game designer’s vision into an actionable plan for the animation team, give and receive constructive feedback, and provide direction to a creative team is essential.

Job Responsibilities

Collaborate with the game artist to conceptualize and create compelling 2D/3D animations, visual effects, and motion graphics for game logos, symbols, backgrounds, and features

Manage a team of individual contributors, keeping them motivated, informed, and engaged

Maintain excellent animation quality in regard to timing, style, and impact

Understand and resolve technical issues relating to graphics (e.g., rendering, streaming, memory management, playback performance, etc.)

Communicate and collaborate with the game designer and development team in an iterative development process

Mentor junior animators in related studios and throughout Game Development

Maintain well-organized working files to facilitate file sharing and collaborative work

Archive all final working files for future use using version control software

Contribute to overall Game Development department culture

Qualifications

Experience

5+ years of professional experience in 2D/3D animation and/or motion graphic design

2+ years of professional experience leading teams, managing animators, and/or providing project art direction

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

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 a plus (3DS Max preferred)

Proficiency in compositing and rotoscoping a plus

Familiarity with Unity 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

LNW and its affiliates (collectively, “LNW”) are engaged in highly regulated gaming and lottery businesses. As a result, certain LNW 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 LNW complies with its regulatory and contractual commitments, as a condition to hiring and continuing to employ its employees, LNW requires all of its employees to meet those requirements that are necessary to fulfill their individual roles. As a prerequisite to employment with LNW (to the extent permitted by law), you shall be asked to consent to LNW 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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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.

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