Senior Game Animator
We are looking for an experienced and highly creative Senior Animator to join our game art team. This role will be responsible for delivering high-quality animations for slot games, ensuring strong visual appeal, smooth gameplay experience, and consistency across projects. The ideal candidate should have strong hands-on animation skills, good understanding of game art pipelines, and the ability to guide and support junior team members.
- Create high-quality 2D animations for symbols, features, UI elements, and game flows
- Design engaging animations that enhance player experience and game feel
- Ensure animations are optimised for performance and work smoothly within the game engine
- Take ownership of animation tasks from concept to final delivery
- Identify and resolve issues related to rigging, timing, file size, or performance
- Maintain consistency in animation style across all assets
- Work closely with designers, developers, and artists
- Guide and mentor junior team members
- Maintain proper documentation and communication
- Strong experience in 2D animation for games (Spine preferred) (required)
- Good understanding of animation principles (required)
- Strong skills in Spine, After Effects, and Photoshop (required)
- Understanding of game art pipelines and optimisation techniques (required)
- Good communication and teamwork skills (required)
- 5+ years of experience in game animation (preferably slot / iGaming) (required)
- Strong portfolio showing high-quality work (required)
- Experience in slot game animations (preferred)
- Knowledge of VFX or particle animation (preferred)
- Basic understanding of game engine integration (nice-to-have)
- Ownership mindset for animation quality (required)
- Ability to mentor and support team members (required)
- Strong attention to detail (required)
- Ability to handle multiple projects with minimal supervision (required)
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.