Associate Game Artist
Light & Wonder is looking for an Associate Artist to join the Montreal office. This is a hands-on creative role focused on producing 2D art assets for games under the guidance of an Art Lead and Senior Artist.
The successful candidate will collaborate with developers, designers, and other artists to bring engaging visuals to life, contributing to the signature look and feel of the company's products. The role involves delivering clean, well-organised artwork that follows established structures, naming conventions, and brand guidelines.
- Contribute to character design, including poses and expressions in realistic or cartoon styles.
- Create environments, backgrounds, matte paintings, and textures.
- Design UI elements, symbols, logos, and menus.
- Deliver clean, well-organised artwork that aligns with project goals and brand guidelines.
- Optimise assets for HTML 5 and online game purposes.
- 1-3 years of experience in 2D game art with a supporting portfolio (required).
- Good working knowledge of Adobe Photoshop and other Adobe products (required).
- Ability to draw simple game elements from scratch with guidance (required).
- Developing drawing and sketching skills for ideation and concept development (required).
- Basic understanding of colour theory, composition, and visual storytelling (required).
- Basic understanding of optimising assets for online and mobile delivery (required).
- Basic knowledge of Adobe Illustrator (required).
- Basic knowledge of Adobe Firefly or Adobe Photoshop AI assistant (required).
- Awareness of game development pipelines and tools (required).
- Ability to meet production deadlines with guidance (required).
- Curiosity, creativity, and a passion for visual storytelling (required).
- Bilingual in English and French (preferred).
- Familiarity with 3D tools (nice-to-have).
- Background in casino gaming or interactive entertainment (nice-to-have).
- Familiarity with AI-powered art tools such as Firefly, Layer.ai, or Copilot (nice-to-have).
- Competitive benefits.
- Open and supportive environment.
- Modern and exciting workplace.
- Opportunity to interact with global teams on a regular basis.
- Tangible and genuine career development.
- Stunning work location.
- Flexible working practices.
Light & Wonder, Inc. is a leading cross-platform gaming company headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada. Formerly known as Scientific Games, it rebranded in 2022 after divesting its lottery and sports-betting businesses to focus on gaming. The company operates across three segments - Gaming (slot machines, table games and casino systems under brands such as Bally, WMS and Shuffle Master), SciPlay (social casino games) and iGaming (online casino content). Listed in both the US and Australia, it supplies content and systems to casinos and online operators worldwide.