Sr Lead Animator
At Aristocrat, the Sr Lead Animator will play a crucial role in crafting the visual storytelling of high-quality gaming products. This position involves working with a team of experienced professionals focused on producing seamless and immersive gaming experiences that engage players worldwide.
This role suits someone who is ambitious, creative, and eager to contribute to the production of modern animations. The Sr Lead Animator will contribute to innovative game animation production and build promotional videos throughout the production cycle, ensuring consistency and maintaining the quality of animations and promo video builds across project teams.
Responsibilities include comprehending animation briefs and feedback quickly, conceptualizing and producing high-quality animations, and managing animation assignments. The role requires responsiveness to remote direction and making requested changes in a timely manner. The Sr Lead Animator will add customer value to all aspects of the creative production pipeline, from concept through pre-production, production, and post-production, playing a key role in providing consistent, high-quality animations for innovative gaming products as briefed and directed by the Chief Concept Creator & Art Director/Lead. Conceptualising new animations in accordance with animation briefs and continuously seeking opportunities for improvement are also key aspects of the role.
- Contribute to innovative game animation production and build promotional videos throughout the production cycle.
- Ensure consistency and maintain the quality of animations and promo video builds across project teams.
- Comprehend animation briefs and feedback quickly, conceptualising and producing high-quality animations.
- Manage animation assignments and work together with a group responsible for developing and sustaining creations.
- Be responsive to remote direction and make requested changes in a timely manner.
- Add customer value to all aspects of the creative production pipeline, from concept through pre-production, production, and post-production.
- Play a key role in providing consistent, high-quality animations for innovative gaming products as briefed and directed by the Chief Concept Creator & Art Director/Lead.
- Conceptualise new animations in accordance with animation briefs.
- Continuously seek opportunities for improvement.
- Highly motivated and self-organized individual with a passion for crafting outstanding artwork (required).
- Advanced understanding of 2D and 3D animation skills along with animation principles (required).
- High level of proficiency in using essential art packages and plugins, such as Adobe After Effects, Maxon Red Giant Trapcode, Esoteric Spine, Autodesk 3DS Max, and Maya (required).
- Good English communication skills (required).
- Adaptive behaviour and flexibility in undertaking tasks (required).
- Demonstrates integrity and strong organisational behaviour (required).
- 5+ years of experience in a commercial art environment using related programs/tools (required).
- Proficiency in essential software – Adobe After Effects, Maxon Red Giant Trapcode, Esoteric Spine, Autodesk 3DS Max, and Maya (required).
- A solid understanding of art and animation principles (required).
- Robust benefits package (required).
- Global career opportunities (required).
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.
