Associate Technical Artist

Gaming:

Position Summary

Qualifications

• Education/Experience
• Bachelor of Arts in art, animation, computer science, or equivalent experience
• Fluency in other coding languages, especially JavaScript, MAXScript, and C++
• Working knowledge of C#
• Proficient in Photoshop
• Experience writing art tools
• Understanding of UI / UX principles across various platforms
• Familiarity with technical documentation
• An understanding of artistic concepts and pipeline
• Working knowledge of animation state machines
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Excellent organizational skills
• Interact and collaborate with immediate peers
• Experience working with a team under tight deadlines
• Self-motivated and able to work on multiple projects with minimal direction
• 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
• Light & Wonder and its affiliates (collectively, “L&W”) are engaged in highly regulated gaming and lottery 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.
• 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.

Requirements

• Unity familiarity, including Prefabs, Particle Systems, and Materials preferred
• Familiarity with motion graphics & compositing editors (After Effects preferred)
• Familiarity with 3D animation & rendering applications (3DS Max preferred)
• Working knowledge of versioning software (Perforce preferred)
• Experience writing shaders (Cg preferred)
• Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
• Familiarity with AI tools is a plus
• #LI-JA1

Preferred Qualifications

• Unity familiarity, including Prefabs, Particle Systems, and Materials preferred
• Familiarity with motion graphics & compositing editors (After Effects preferred)
• Familiarity with 3D animation & rendering applications (3DS Max preferred)
• Working knowledge of versioning software (Perforce preferred)
• Experience writing shaders (Cg preferred)
• Familiarity with AI tools is a plus