Associate Technical Artist (iGaming)

Location: Onsite in Reno, Nevada, United States of America

Company

Light & Wonder develops gaming technology, products, and content for casinos and gaming operators worldwide.

What you will do

• Create, edit, and implement technical components of visual assets and animations for casino games.
• Set up and troubleshoot rigs, skinning, animation clips, state transitions, and playback timing in the game engine.
• Modify art and animation assets using programming languages and 3D graphics applications.
• Evaluate rendering and animation performance, improving memory usage, responsiveness, and hardware compatibility.
• Build and test prototypes for game functionality, animation behavior, and theme dynamics.
• Support artists, animators, and engineers with pipeline issues, documentation, and technical troubleshooting.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in art, animation, computer science, or equivalent experience.
• Working knowledge of Unity, C#, and programming fundamentals.
• Fluency in coding languages such as JavaScript, MAXScript, and C++.
• Proficiency in Photoshop and familiarity with 3D animation, rendering, motion graphics, and compositing tools.
• Experience with art tools, shaders, version control, technical documentation, and animation state machines.
• Strong problem-solving, organizational, collaboration, and multitasking skills.

Nice to have

• Experience with Unity Prefabs, Particle Systems, and Materials.
• Experience with After Effects, 3DS Max, Perforce, and Cg shaders.
• Familiarity with AI tools.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time, onsite work in Reno.
• Collaboration with artists, animators, engineers, and technical artists.
• Mentorship and feedback to develop technical art and pipeline skills.
• Employment may require gaming or other licenses, background investigations, security checks, and compliance with applicable regulations.