Game Artist

**Position Summary**

Artist JD

Concept Artist

**Job Description**:

- Creating Early Concepts: Create concept art to establish the visual style, mood, and atmosphere of the game, covering characters, backgrounds & props based on project's theme and direction during the early stages of development.
- Art Design: Develop the art of a character, environment & other props designs align with the game's narrative and gameplay needs.
- Time Management: Keep to scheduled task deadlines, and communicate any issues with meeting deadlines to the lead ahead of time for assistance.
- Review Meetings: Have+ art prepared for questions during review meetings and be ready to discuss progress and any challenges encountered.
- Game Review and Feedback: Review the game on a regular basis, making notes of any issues and discussing them with the lead for feedbacks.
- Storyboarding and Visual Narrative: Create storyboards and visual narratives to convey key story beats and gameplay moments to the development team and stakeholders.
- Iterative Design Process: Participate in an iterative design process, creating multiple iterations of concept art to explore different ideas and solutions before finalizing designs.
- Adaptability and Flexibility: Be adaptable in responding to changes in project scope and deadlines, and iterate on designs to meet evolving needs and priorities.
- Ownership: Have the ability to work independently and take ownership of tasks given.
- 3+ years experience in Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator.
- Basic knowledge of Unity game engine.
- Good communication skills.
- Graduate in art relevant field.
- Ability to acquire knowledge in new tools and software’s when required

**Qualifications**

Game Artists are tasked with bringing our games to life by developing eye-catching art and animation for casino games throughout the world. At Light& Wonder you will work with a group of exceptionally talented Creators, creating game art & animation for extraordinary brands such as: Lord of the Rings, James Bond 007, Wizard of Oz, Wonka, and many more. As an extension of our US based studios, you will enjoy working in a friendly environment, with all the tools and guidance necessary for your professional growth. This job will primarily require game sign creation, info screen creation, game localization, and Archiving tasks.

**Essential Job Functions**:

- Create high-caliber art and animation, 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 top-notch artwork and animations through an iterative process in close collaboration with Senior and Lead Artists and Animators.
- Display a high degree of professionalism at all times, accepting critique from team members.
- Show efficiency in self-managing time with a reasonable degree of accountability and mínimal instruction
- Demonstrate excellent file structure and organization.
- Create art assets and document all art assets created with mínimal mistakes.
- Review game art files prior to archival.

**Qualifications**:
Preferred Education: Bachelor of Fine Arts/ Diploma in Animation
Preferred Experience: 2+ years previous experience as Game Artist/Animator in a production environment. Gaming Background preferred.

**Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities**:

- Critical thinking skills an absolute must in this fast-paced, high-output team
- Understand how to design art for various themes and platforms
- Excellent drawing and Animation abilities
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Proficient in Unity, 3D Animation (Maya/Max), After Effects, Photoshop.

Preferred : Gaming/Slot background.