Scientific Games

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Senior 3D Animator

Chicago, IL
Design

Gaming

Are you ready to level up your career?

At Scientific Games, we are committed to making the best games, platforms and systems 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.

Whether you are a member of our award winning game studios, our industry leading systems group, product management, manufacturing group, services or any of our other amazing Gaming teams, you will be creating compelling games played around the world. We are dedicated to being the industry’s only COMPLETE global solutions provider with products that will enhance the entire gaming operation, both on the casino floor and behind the scenes.

If you are ready to play…Come join us and let’s make games!

Scientific Games

Scientific Games (SG) is a global leader focused on delivering an ever-expanding portfolio of lottery and gaming products and services to the world's government-regulated and government-sponsored entities. Scientific Games' global reach is made possible through the expertise, skill and dedicated efforts of its 8,000+ employees who serve lottery and gaming customers in more than 100+ countries on 6 continents.

Responsibilities

Position Summary

  • C reate both stylized and realistic a nimations .
  • Understand production pipelines with a focus on Animation.
  • Interpret artistic direction with ease.
  • Maintain the production schedule and communicate any deadline concerns .
  • P roblem - solve creative challenges on the fly .
  • Work closely with Lead Artist to produce high-quality 3D a nimations in an iterative process.
  • Maintain excellent file structure and organization .
  • Able to filter and evaluate criticism on a professional level .
  • Mentor junior artists within the studio and throughout game development.
  • Continually sharpen 3D artistic abilities and software expertise through company training, independent learning, and learning from other team members.

Requirements

  • Experience in game development animating characters.
  • Strong skills in animating humanoid bipeds, quadrupeds, and other creatures.
  • Strong skills with animation workflows.
  • Strong understanding of r igging.
  • Expertise in 3dsMax or equivalent 3D programs .
  • Excellent design and compositional skills .
  • Ability to self-manage time with a reasonable degree of accountability and minimal instruction .
  • A great team player attitude

You’ll Really Get Our Attention If

  • You have an ability to model both organic and hard-surface .
  • You have experience with Unity.
  • You have experience rendering with V Ray or equivalent.
  • You have a n understanding of color theory and lighting.
  • You have experience with Substance Painter.
  • You have compositing experience using After Effects or equivalent .
  • You have a foundation in the traditional arts .
  • You love to solve problems and you love to collaborate. Creating entertainment experiences is a team effort and you thrive when exploring ideas and working with others!
  • You love games, movies, animation, and you love dissecting them while thinking how to take them to the next level.

Send Us

  • Portfolio/Demo Reel .
  • Please provide all links i n application .
  • Art test may be requested.

Qualifications

Education:
A degree in computer animation/game art/animation or equivalent.

Required Experience: 3+ years production experience as a 3D artist.

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

Scientific Games Corporation and its affiliates (collectively, “SG”) are engaged in highly regulated gaming and lottery businesses. As a result, certain SG 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 SG complies with its regulatory and contractual commitments, as a condition to hiring and continuing to employ its employees, SG requires all of its employees to meet those requirements that are necessary to fulfill their individual roles. As a prerequisite to employment with SG (to the extent permitted by law), you shall be asked to consent to SG 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.

SG is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against applicants due to race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, veteran status, or on the basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. If you’d like more information, please click on this link: EEO Poster

Scientific Games Corporation and its affiliates (collectively, “SG”) are engaged in highly regulated gaming and lottery businesses. As a result, certain SG 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 SG complies with its regulatory and contractual commitments, as a condition to hiring and continuing to employ its employees, SG requires all of its employees to meet those requirements that are necessary to fulfill their individual roles. As a prerequisite to employment with SG (to the extent permitted by law), you shall be asked to consent to SG 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.

SG 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 .

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