Reno, NV · On-site +1
$105K - $120K/yr
Key Responsibilities: * Create and lead the development of complex animations and dynamic visual effects for EGM (Electronic Gaming Machine) development, including both real-time and pre-rendered ...
Reno, NV · On-site +1
$105K - $120K/yr
Key Responsibilities: * Create and lead the development of complex animations and dynamic visual effects for EGM (Electronic Gaming Machine) development, including both real-time and pre-rendered ...
Key Responsibilities: * Show exceptional understanding of facial animation, acting, appeal, entertainment, weight, locomotion, anatomy, and dialogue. * Create high-quality, keyframe Character ...
Key Responsibilities: * Show exceptional understanding of facial animation, acting, appeal, entertainment, weight, locomotion, anatomy, and dialogue. * Create high-quality, keyframe Character ...
Los Angeles, CA · On-site +1
Key Responsibilities: * Show exceptional understanding of facial animation, acting, appeal, entertainment, weight, locomotion, anatomy, and dialogue. * Create high-quality, keyframe Character ...
Los Angeles, CA · On-site +1
Key Responsibilities: * Show exceptional understanding of facial animation, acting, appeal, entertainment, weight, locomotion, anatomy, and dialogue. * Create high-quality, keyframe Character ...
Las Vegas, NV · On-site +1
$101K - $115K/yr
Key Responsibilities * Build, rig, and maintain high-quality Spine animation files for production. * Create animator-ready files with clean skeletons, skins, constraints, and reusable setups.
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Las Vegas, NV · On-site +1
$101K - $115K/yr
Key Responsibilities * Build, rig, and maintain high-quality Spine animation files for production. * Create animator-ready files with clean skeletons, skins, constraints, and reusable setups.
Novato, CA · On-site
$90K - $135K/yr
Experience with hand key facial animation and tools such as FaceFx. Experience structuring & maintaining animation processes such as rigging, or prototyping. A love for research, reference, and ...
Novato, CA · On-site
$90K - $135K/yr
Experience with hand key facial animation and tools such as FaceFx. Experience structuring & maintaining animation processes such as rigging, or prototyping. A love for research, reference, and ...
Novato, CA · On-site
$124K - $142K/yr
Experience with hand key facial animation and tools such as Jali. A love for research, reference, and documenting your findings to share with the team. Who You Are A reliable, positive force ...
Novato, CA · On-site
$124K - $142K/yr
Experience with hand key facial animation and tools such as Jali. A love for research, reference, and documenting your findings to share with the team. Who You Are A reliable, positive force ...
Novato, CA · On-site
$124K - $142K/yr
Experience with hand key facial animation and tools such as Jali. A love for research, reference, and documenting your findings to share with the team. Who You Are A reliable, positive force ...
Novato, CA · On-site
$124K - $142K/yr
Experience with hand key facial animation and tools such as Jali. A love for research, reference, and documenting your findings to share with the team. Who You Are A reliable, positive force ...
Expert knowledge in key frame creature & character animation of Max/Maya using FK and IK in a variety of styles * Expertise in knowledge of creature anatomy, motion, weight, acting and timing applied ...
Expert knowledge in key frame creature & character animation of Max/Maya using FK and IK in a variety of styles * Expertise in knowledge of creature anatomy, motion, weight, acting and timing applied ...
Novato, CA · On-site
$90K - $135K/yr
Experience with hand key facial animation and tools such as FaceFx. Experience structuring & maintaining animation processes such as rigging, or prototyping. A love for research, reference, and ...
Novato, CA · On-site
$90K - $135K/yr
Experience with hand key facial animation and tools such as FaceFx. Experience structuring & maintaining animation processes such as rigging, or prototyping. A love for research, reference, and ...
Irvine, CA · On-site +1
Expert knowledge in key frame creature & character animation of Max/Maya using FK and IK in a variety of styles * Expertise in knowledge of creature anatomy, motion, weight, acting and timing applied ...
Irvine, CA · On-site +1
Expert knowledge in key frame creature & character animation of Max/Maya using FK and IK in a variety of styles * Expertise in knowledge of creature anatomy, motion, weight, acting and timing applied ...
Brooklyn, NY · On-site +1
$80K - $100K/yr
Take animations from design spec through key pose to finished animation, creating responsive but authentic motion * Collaborate with other departments to implement animations in engine Skills ...
Brooklyn, NY · On-site +1
$80K - $100K/yr
Take animations from design spec through key pose to finished animation, creating responsive but authentic motion * Collaborate with other departments to implement animations in engine Skills ...
OR · On-site +1
$105K - $120K/yr
Develop high-quality cinematic animation content using both motion capture and hand-key techniques, ensuring alignment with schedule and performance benchmarks. * Collaborate closely with Animation ...
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OR · On-site +1
$105K - $120K/yr
Develop high-quality cinematic animation content using both motion capture and hand-key techniques, ensuring alignment with schedule and performance benchmarks. * Collaborate closely with Animation ...
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OR · On-site +1
$105K - $120K/yr
Develop high-quality cinematic animation content using both motion capture and hand-key techniques, ensuring alignment with schedule and performance benchmarks. * Collaborate closely with Animation ...
OR · On-site +1
$105K - $120K/yr
Develop high-quality cinematic animation content using both motion capture and hand-key techniques, ensuring alignment with schedule and performance benchmarks. * Collaborate closely with Animation ...
San Mateo, CA · On-site
$100K - $300K/yr
We believe massive scale through data-driven machine learning is the key to unlocking these ... Position Overview We're looking for a Senior Robot Animator to help bring our robots to life. In ...
San Mateo, CA · On-site
$100K - $300K/yr
We believe massive scale through data-driven machine learning is the key to unlocking these ... Position Overview We're looking for a Senior Robot Animator to help bring our robots to life. In ...
$76.92 - $86.06/hr
Develop high-quality cinematic animation content using both motion capture and hand-key techniques, ensuring alignment with schedule and performance benchmarks. * Collaborate closely with Animation ...
$76.92 - $86.06/hr
Develop high-quality cinematic animation content using both motion capture and hand-key techniques, ensuring alignment with schedule and performance benchmarks. * Collaborate closely with Animation ...
Manhattan, NY · On-site
$50 - $80/hr
Selected animators will help establish professional evaluation standards, curate challenging ... Key Responsibilities Character Performance Evaluation * Evaluate AI-generated character ...
Manhattan, NY · On-site
$50 - $80/hr
Selected animators will help establish professional evaluation standards, curate challenging ... Key Responsibilities Character Performance Evaluation * Evaluate AI-generated character ...
OR · On-site +1
$105K - $120K/yr
Develop high-quality cinematic facial animation content using both motion capture data and hand-key techniques with FACS based rigs, ensuring alignment with schedule and performance benchmarks.
OR · On-site +1
$105K - $120K/yr
Develop high-quality cinematic facial animation content using both motion capture data and hand-key techniques with FACS based rigs, ensuring alignment with schedule and performance benchmarks.
Cheyenne, WY · On-site +1
$76.92 - $86.06/hr
Develop high-quality cinematic animation content using both motion capture and hand-key techniques, ensuring alignment with schedule and performance benchmarks. * Collaborate closely with Animation ...
Cheyenne, WY · On-site +1
$76.92 - $86.06/hr
Develop high-quality cinematic animation content using both motion capture and hand-key techniques, ensuring alignment with schedule and performance benchmarks. * Collaborate closely with Animation ...
Manhattan, NY · On-site
$50 - $80/hr
Selected animators will help establish professional evaluation standards, curate challenging ... Key Responsibilities Character Performance Evaluation * Evaluate AI-generated character ...
Manhattan, NY · On-site
$50 - $80/hr
Selected animators will help establish professional evaluation standards, curate challenging ... Key Responsibilities Character Performance Evaluation * Evaluate AI-generated character ...
OR · On-site +1
$105K - $120K/yr
Develop high-quality cinematic facial animation content using both motion capture data and hand-key techniques with FACS based rigs, ensuring alignment with schedule and performance benchmarks.
New
OR · On-site +1
$105K - $120K/yr
Develop high-quality cinematic facial animation content using both motion capture data and hand-key techniques with FACS based rigs, ensuring alignment with schedule and performance benchmarks.
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A Key Animator is responsible for creating the primary frames of an animation, known as keyframes, which define the movement and actions of characters or objects. They establish the foundation for the animation by setting poses and timing, ensuring smooth transitions between frames. Key Animators work closely with directors and animation teams to maintain consistency and quality. Their work is crucial in bringing scenes to life by emphasizing motion, emotion, and storytelling within an animation project.
As a Key Animator, your typical workflow involves receiving storyboards or layouts, creating key frames that define critical poses or movements, and collaborating closely with directors and other animators to maintain the animation’s style and timing. You’ll often review and adjust your work based on feedback, ensuring consistency and fluidity before handing off sequences to in-between animators. Communication and regular check-ins with other departments, such as layout and clean-up, are common to align on visual direction. This process requires both creative input and technical accuracy to bring animated sequences to life as envisioned.
To thrive as a Key Animator, you need advanced drawing skills, a strong understanding of animation principles, and relevant experience or a degree in animation or a related field. Proficiency with industry-standard software such as Adobe Animate, Toon Boom Harmony, or TVPaint is typically required. Attention to detail, creative problem solving, and the ability to collaborate and communicate effectively are important soft skills. These capabilities ensure high-quality animation sequences and efficient teamwork within fast-paced production schedules.
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IGT, where innovation meets entertainment on a global scale! From the casino floor to your mobile screen, we deliver thrilling, responsible, and unforgettable gaming experiences-powered by worldclass content, strong technical and commercial capabilities and nurtured by a culture of collaboration, accountability, and ownership.
Whether it's spinning reels, placing bets, or enabling secure payments, we turn innovation into impact through disciplined execution and longterm value creation. With a team of over 6,000 employees across 30+ countries and products delivered in more than 100 jurisdictions worldwide, we operate at scale while staying closely connected to costumers we serve. If you're ready to bring your talent to a team shaping the future of entertainment, your next big move starts here - www.igt.com.
Step into a lead role within IGT's Vibe Game Studio in Reno, Nevada, as an Animator IV, where your creativity, technical expertise, and artistic vision will help shape both our next generation of games and the culture of innovation within the studio. In this senior-level role, you will lead animation efforts from concept to final implementation, establishing the visual tone and quality standards for groundbreaking gaming experiences while mentoring and elevating fellow animators.
Working closely with Game Designers, Engineers, Technical Artists, and Art peers, you will drive a collaborative and holistic approach to game development that pushes the boundaries of casino gaming entertainment. Your contributions will directly support IGT's mission to pioneer the future of gaming by creating animations that captivate players, enhance gameplay, and deliver memorable experiences.
This role is based onsite at our Reno office. While it isn't remote-eligible, we welcome applicants who already live in Reno/surrounding areas or are excited about the opportunity to relocate.
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Drive results
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At IGT, we believe compensation should be as individual as you are, reflecting your skills, experience, background, and location. For this role, the starting compensation range is $117,400 to $145,450, with flexibility to adjust higher or lower based on the full scope of qualifications. We proudly comply with all applicable local pay transparency laws and collective bargaining agreements.
And compensation is just the beginning. Our Total Rewards program is designed to support your success, both professionally and personally, and may include:
