Senior Motion Graphic Artists

Description

Senior Motion Graphics Artist (Graphic Designer)
Are you seeking a change of lifestyle and an opportunity to push artistic boundaries? Ignite Studio is looking for a talented Motion Graphics Designer with strong animation and graphic design sensibilities to develop industry leading graphic content for the casino players of tomorrow. The ideal candidate must communicate well in a creative cross-disciplinary environment, as this individual will collaborate with some of the most talented artists, engineers, and designers in the gaming industry.
As one of the vital creative engines for International Game Technology, Ignite Studio focuses on delivering products to our domestic partners and rapidly expanding international markets. This candidate will need to blend artistic expertise and technical ability using both original IP and licensed content across all aspects of a games visual design, UI, art, animation, marketing, and more that acclimate to our global games.
With hit titles like Godzilla, The Dark Knight and Wolf Run to name just a few, our unique studio environment promotes a “work hard, play harder,” environment to ensure employees have a proper work/home life balance to enjoy all our vibrant community has to offer. In the shadows of the Sierras, Reno gets over 300 days of sunshine each year, is minutes to world class skiing and summer activities in Lake Tahoe, and has many multicultural events that happen throughout the year in our area.
DESCRIPTION:
We are seeking a talented Motion Graphics Designer – an enthusiastic, flexible, creative talent to complement an industry leading team in their quest to create next generation interactive games for the casino environment. You will work on both original IP and licensed content – across all aspects of a game's visual design, UI, art, animation, marketing artwork, and more. Blending artistic expertise and technical ability, you will create visually stimulating content that will enhance game playability and showcase original experiences to a wide player audience.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Responsible for creating and compositing images and effects, video editing and “rough” sound editing.
· Design and create overall look and feel for motion graphics projects. Collaborate with the design team to come up with unique and engaging creative experiences.
· Create graphic compositions and animations, logos, symbol illustrations, menus, UIs and buttons.
· Brainstorm and conceptualizes ideas, with ability to produce concept sketches and quick concept edits.
· Manage the creation of storyboards, animatics, and pre-visualization video edits.
· Mentor, train and communicate to less experienced team members on art skills and techniques.
· Actively participate and offer creative solutions to both art and game design challenges.
· Participate in content delivery reviews, milestones, QA/testing, research, etc.
· Work on multiple products with an ability to multitask.
· Work as a graphic designer as necessary.