Associate Animator Jobs in Nevada (NOW HIRING)

Gaming:
Welcome to the world of land-based gaming. At Light & Wonder, it's all about the games, and our Gaming team builds cutting-edge technology, products, and content for the most iconic casinos and operators across the globe.
Position Summary
Bring our games to life by assisting team leads with the day-to-day running of projects and execution of project processes, record keeping, tracking and coordination. Work in a collaborative small team environment with a group of exceptionally talented artists, animators, software engineers, and game designers to provide the best gaming experience for the slot player. The ability to maintain a positive attitude under pressure is crucial.
Essential Job Functions:

• Keep close track of project schedules, milestones, and project objectives. Able to mdetermine project risks and communicate them.
• Facilitates discussion between project members to advance projects and resolve debates.
• Create and run project SCRUM sprint and daily meetings on a regular basis.
• Create, transition, and clarify project tasks with project members and stakeholders.
• Responsible for setting up meetings, distributing highlights, and tracking action items
• Document and record project notes and information in an organized and transparent fashion.
• Maintain and complete various project or process related forms and documentation.
• Regularly creates and provides reports of project status and timelines to stakeholders.
• Must be able to occasionally attend early morning or late evening meetings that are held with members in different time zones.

Qualifications
Training and/or Experience

• 1 year of professional project management/production work/internship experience.
• Gaming experience desirable.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Proficient with Microsoft Office tools; Microsoft Project a plus.
• Ability to learn new tools.
• Ability to work well with others in a team environment.
• Analytical and critical thinker.
• Capable of coordinating efforts with members of a cross-functional team.
• Must have excellent communication skills (written and verbal).
• Aptitude for problem solving.
• Self-directed, highly motivated, thorough and accurate, ability to work in fast-paced environment and meet deadlines.
• Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.
• Maintains positive attitude towards new challenges and good organizational skills.
• Ability to multi-task and focus.
• Well organized.

Education
Bachelor's degree required.
Why join the team at Light & Wonder?
• Interesting and challenging projects.
• New learning and development opportunities.
• A social and inclusive culture.
Work Conditions
5 days a week on-site required.
The work conditions are representative and typical of similar jobs in comparable organizations.
Physical Requirements
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, bend, use hands, operate a computer, and have specific vision abilities to include close and distance vision, and ability to adjust focus working with computer and business equipment.
Light & Wonder and its affiliates (collectively, L&W) are engaged in highly regulated gaming businesses. As a result, certain L&W employees may, among other things, be required to obtain a gaming or other license(s), undergo background investigations or security checks, or meet certain standards dictated by law, regulation or contracts.
In order to ensure L&W complies with its regulatory and contractual commitments, as a condition to hiring and continuing to employ its employees, L&W requires all of its employees to meet those requirements that are necessary to fulfill their individual roles. As a prerequisite to employment with L&W (to the extent permitted by law), you shall be asked to consent to L&W conducting a due diligence/background investigation on you.
This job description should not be interpreted as all-inclusive; it is intended to identify major responsibilities and requirements of the job. The employee in this position may be requested to perform other job-related tasks and responsibilities than those stated above.
Light & Wonder is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against applicants due to race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. If you'd like more information about your equal employment opportunity rights as an applicant under the law, please click here for EEOC Poster.