Senior Associate Game Animator

**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** Experience: 2 to 5 Years **Essential Job Functions:** * Create high-caliber Animation, maintaining excellent motion graphics quality in regard to timing, 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 top-notch animations through an iterative process in close collaboration with Senior and Lead Animators. * Always display a high degree of professionalism, accepting critique from team members. * Show efficiency in self-managing time with a reasonable degree of accountability and minimal instruction * Demonstrate excellent file structure and organization. * Create art assets and document all art assets created with minimal mistakes. * Review game art files prior to archival. **Qualifications:** * Preferred Education:   Bachelor of Arts in art/animation * Preferred Experience:  2+ years previous experience Animator in a production environment **Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:** * **Proficient in 2D Animation, After Effects, Unity, Photoshop**. * Critical thinking skills are an absolute must in this fast-paced, high-output team * Understand how to animate art for various themes and platforms * Excellent motion graphics abilities using various industry standards plugins like Trap code Suite, Boris Saphire, Saber and Element 3D. * Expert with Adobe photoshop, Illustrator design is a must. * Should have technical knowledge of adjusting art file resolutions and modifying After Effects compositions to fit different templates. * Must follow good file management practices. * Should be able to export files in various formats using Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. * Should have strong typography skills. * Exposure to Spine 2d tool for sprite rigging and animation. * Knowledge of using Blender, 3ds max or Maya is a must. * Excellent written and verbal communication skills **Qualifications**