Associate Game Artist

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

Job Description

Associate game artists work as part of a team to develop eye-catching art for casino games throughout the world. At Light & Wonder you will be mentored by exceptionally talented artists, tasked with creating game art 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: 

• Work alongside experienced artists to create game art for all aspects of our slot games, including symbol art, backgrounds, display art and game animations.
• Create high-caliber art, maintaining excellent art quality in regard 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.
• Produce high-quality art in an iterative process.
• Display a high degree of professionalism at all times, accepting critique from team members.
• Accountability for the timely completion of all assigned tasks.
• Demonstrate excellent file structure and organization. Create art assets and document all art assets created with minimal mistakes.

Qualifications

Qualifications:

• Preferred Education:   Bachelor of Arts in art/animation
• Preferred Experience:   1 – 2 years previous experience as an Artist in a production environment
• Excellent drawing and rendering abilities

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Proficient in Photoshop
• Working knowledge of Illustrator, Animate, After Effects, Studio Max, Maya or equivalent 3D platform preferred

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 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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