Artist
Aristocrat is looking for an Artist to join the team and contribute to the creation of world-class gaming experiences. The role involves building and refining high-quality 2D game assets, including characters, backgrounds, UI elements, and animations, specifically for mobile and web platforms.
The successful candidate will work closely with developers and designers to ensure that all visual assets meet both technical and creative standards. This position requires a proactive individual who can maintain art pipelines, troubleshoot visual issues across various devices, and support the ongoing advancement of the company's game aesthetics.
- Build and refine high-quality 2D game assets including characters, backgrounds, UI elements, and animations.
- Use Photoshop to develop polished, production-ready artwork customised for mobile and web platforms.
- Integrate and manage Spine skeletal animations, ensuring smooth and performant character rigs.
- Use Texture Packer to efficiently pack and optimise sprite sheets for game use.
- Configure and refine text styles using the Pixi.js Text Style Editor to guarantee visual consistency across game UI.
- Build and implement particle effects using the Pixi.js Particles Editor to improve visual feedback and game feel.
- Collaborate closely with developers and designers to ensure assets meet technical and creative requirements.
- Maintain and follow art pipelines and naming conventions across projects.
- Engage in art reviews and support the ongoing advancement of the visual standards of games.
- Troubleshoot and resolve art-related issues across different devices and screen resolutions.
- At least 3 years of proven experience as a Game Artist in mobile or web game development (required).
- Proficiency in Adobe Photoshop for crafting and editing 2D game assets (required).
- Hands-on experience with Spine animation software for skeletal 2D animation (required).
- Experience using Texture Packer for sprite sheet creation and optimisation (required).
- Experience using the Pixi.js Text Style Editor for configuring in-game typography (required).
- Experience with the Pixi.js Particles Editor for crafting visual particle effects (required).
- Solid knowledge of art optimisation methods for mobile and web platforms (required).
- Experience using the Pixi.js framework within a game development environment (required).
- Knowledge of animation principles and experience animating game characters or UI (required).
- Experience working in an agile methodology with the Scrum framework (required).
- A strong portfolio demonstrating game art across multiple shipped titles (required).
- Robust benefits package.
- Global career opportunities.
Aristocrat Leisure Limited is an Australian gaming and technology company and one of the world's largest providers of gambling products. Listed on the Australian Securities Exchange and headquartered in Sydney, it designs and manufactures electronic gaming machines and casino-management systems, and runs sizeable online real-money gaming (Aristocrat Interactive) and mobile games (Pixel United) businesses. Founded in 1953, the group employs more than 7,000 people across over 20 locations worldwide. It is the largest gaming-machine manufacturer in Australia and among the biggest slot-machine makers globally.