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Welcome to the world of landbased gaming. At Light & Wonder its all about the games and our Gaming team builds cuttingedge technology products and content for the most iconic casinos and operators across the globe.

Position Summary

Job Description

Senior Animators demonstrate their expert artistic abilities developing eyecatching art for casino games throughout the world. At Light & Wonder the Senior Animator role is key to the success of our teams serving as a highly skilled artist a mentor and expert with Adobe Suite products. At Light & Wonder you will work with a group of exceptionally talented artists leading projects for extraordinary brands such as: Lord of the Rings James Bond 007 Wizard of Oz Wonka and many more. As part of our Chicago studio you will enjoy working in friendly environment in the center of the city with all the tools and guidance necessary for your professional growth.

Essential Job Functions:

• Create exemplary art in regards to character design 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.
• Work closely with Senior Artists and the Lead Artist producing highquality art in an iterative process.
• Demonstrate excellent file structure and organization.
• Create art assets and document all art assets created with minimal mistakes.
• Display a high degree of professionalism at all times accepting critique from the Lead Artist Game Designer and other team members.
• Mentor junior artists within the studio as well as throughout game development.
• Be prepared to assist with scheduling when necessary.
• Develop the ability to represent studio and/or Lead Artist when necessary.

Qualifications

Qualifications:

• Preferred Education: Bachelor of Arts in art/animation
• Preferred Experience: 3 years previous experience as a Staff Artist
• Excellent drawing and rendering abilities
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Proficient in MS Office
• Working knowledge of Spine and Unity
• Knowledge of Illustrator Studio Max Maya or other 3D platforms are a plus
• Ability to selfmanage time with a reasonable degree of accountability and minimal instruction
• Understand how to design art for various themes and platforms
• Display an expert proficiency in Photoshop and After Effects

ALL APPLICANTS MUST PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS ROLE:

• Portfolio/Reel
• Please provide all links or digital files upon application

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.

This job description should not be interpreted as allinclusive; it is intended to identify major responsibilities and requirements of the job. The employee in this position may be requested to perform other jobrelated 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. If youd like more information about your equal employment opportunity rights as an applicant under the law please click here for EEOC Poster.