Associate Manager, Technical Art

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 technical art team through the development process-set priorities, solve problems, remove obstacles, and facilitate communication. Bridge the gap between the art, animation, and engineering teams. The ability to translate a game designer's vision into an actionable plan for the technical art team, give and receive constructive feedback, and provide direction to both creative and technical teams is essential.

Work with a group of exceptionally talented artists and animators creating animations that complement and enhance the slot player's experience. The ability to work quickly and efficiently as part of a team, take direction, and maintain a positive attitude under pressure is crucial.

Job Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the art and engineering teams to implement game assets into Unity

• Work closely with the software engineer to prepare final animations in formats necessary for integration into the game

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

• Assist artists, animators, and engineers with technical issues related to the art pipeline

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

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

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

Qualifications

Experience

• 2-5 years of professional experience in technical art, 2D/3D animation, or motion graphic design

• Professional experience leading teams, managing artists, animators, and/or engineers

• 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

• 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

• Proficiency in Unity, Unreal, or a similar game engine

• Working knowledge of particle systems (Unity or equivalent)

• Working knowledge of scripting languages (C#, Python, or equivalent)

• Working knowledge of Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop, and Adobe Illustrator

• Working knowledge of 3D animation (3DS Max, Maya, or equivalent)

• Proficiency in compositing and rotoscoping a plus

• Proficiency 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. If you'd like more information about your equal employment opportunity rights as an applicant under the law, please click here for EEOC Poster.