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Lnw

Game Artist

Montreal, QC

At Light & Wonder, It's all about the games, and our digital teamleads the global iGaming market ... Solid understanding of anatomy, color theory, composition, perspective, lighting, and visual ...

Lnw

Senior Game Artist

Montreal, QC ยท Hybrid

At Light & Wonder, It's all about the games, and our digital teamleads the global iGaming market ... Solid understanding of animation principles and rigging * Experience with Unity or Unreal Engine

Game Artist

Lnw

Montreal, QC

Full-time

Posted 7 days ago

Job description

iGaming:
If it's iGaming, we know a thing or two. At Light & Wonder, It's all about the games, and our digital teamleads the global iGaming market, providing jaw-dropping content and innovative software that powers the world's most successful online gaming providers.

Position Summary

Light & Wonder is the global leader in cross-platform games and entertainment. The company brings together 5,000 employees from six continents to connect content between land-based and digital channels with unmatched technology and distribution. Guided by a culture that values daring teamwork and creativity, Light & Wonder builds new worlds of play, developing game experiences loved by players around the globe. We create our own award-winning games and also partner with premium licensees such as Netflix, Warner Bros and others to bring franchises like Squid Game, Willy Wonka and The Wizard of Oz to life in online gaming products. The company's Infinity platform powers the largest digital-gaming network in the industry. Light & Wonder is committed to the highest standards of integrity, from promoting player responsibility to implementing sustainable practices.

The Game Artist plays a key role in ensuring visual assets are production-ready, technically optimized, and aligned with artistic direction. Applying their expertise, the Game Artist contributes to all visual aspects of projects and games, including:

  • Character design, poses, expressions, and illustrations (realistic or stylized)

  • Environments, backgrounds, matte paintings, and textures

  • UI elements, symbols, logos, menus, and other game assets

  • Mock-ups, visual explorations, and concept development

  • Promotional and presentation artwork

The Game Artist must be versatile and capable of creating artwork in a range of visual styles. Artistic sensibilities and an understanding of the target market will be leveraged regularly to refine and adapt artwork to meet project objectives.

The successful candidate will ensure intellectual property and copyright guidelines are followed and production deadlines are met. A good understanding of casino gaming, casino game art, and gameplay mechanics is expected.

Strong conceptual and technical art skills are required to develop visual ideas and efficiently produce high-quality, production-ready assets. The successful candidate will be fully conversant with current industry-standard tools and workflows, while demonstrating solid artistic fundamentals and technical proficiency.

Familiarity with asset optimization for HTML5 and online gaming products is essential. This includes a working knowledge of image formats such as WebP, PNG, and JPEG, as well as experience with Texture Packer and similar optimization tools and workflows.

Qualifications

  • 3-5 years of experience creating 2D game art with a portfolio demonstrating a range of artistic styles and production-quality work

  • Strong working knowledge of Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Creative Cloud applications

  • Ability to create polished game-ready assets from concept through final production

  • Strong drawing, sketching, and illustration skills for ideation and concept development

  • Solid understanding of anatomy, color theory, composition, perspective, lighting, and visual storytelling

  • Ability to visually communicate concepts and ideas through sketches, mock-ups, and finished artwork

  • Hands-on knowledge of asset optimization techniques for HTML5 and online game delivery

  • Working knowledge of Adobe Illustrator

  • Familiarity with Adobe Firefly and Adobe Photoshop AI-assisted workflows

  • Good understanding of game development pipelines and production processes

  • Ability to work effectively with artists, designers, developers, and production teams

  • Ability to manage multiple tasks and consistently meet production deadlines

  • Technical aptitude and awareness of production constraints and implementation requirements

  • Capable of quickly learning new software and maintaining current industry knowledge

  • Knowledge of common collaboration tools such as Microsoft Office and Slack

  • Bilingual: International business communications are primarily in English, but French fluency would be an asset

Assets

  • Familiarity with 3D tools

  • Professional experience in the casino gaming industry

  • Experience creating art for mobile, online, or social gaming products

  • Familiarity with game engines such as Unity or Unreal

  • Working knowledge of AI-powered creative tools and workflows (Adobe Firefly, Layer.ai, Copilot, etc.)

  • Experience contributing to visual style development or concept exploration

Why would you enjoy working with us at Light & Wonder?

  • Competitive benefits, an open and supportive environment as well as a modern and exciting workplace

  • The opportunity to interact with global teams on a regular basis

  • Tangible and genuine development - at Light & Wonder, you can take your career where you want it to go!

And if that's not enough;you will get to enjoyastunning work locationandflexibleworking practiceswhilst we provide you with theguidanceanddevelopmentskillsyou need to progress quickly andenhance your career.

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