Game Animator

Role overview

Game Animator at Light & Wonder

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

Responsibilities

• 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
• 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.

Required qualifications

• 4+ or professional experience in 2D/3D animation and/or motion graphic design.
• Experience with Spine2D animation Software 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.
• Preferably, a university (bachelor or Masters) degree in a related Fine Arts / Visual Communication field.
• Years of Related Experience
• Years of experience 4+

Preferred qualifications and skills

• Gaming industry or similar experience is preferred.

Employment details

• Location: Bangalore [India]

Additional role details

• 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.