Job Description
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Gaming: Welcome to the world of land-based gaming. Light & Wonder's 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 creating exciting new concepts that drive slot game play. Work with a group of exceptionally talented mathematicians and game designers to provide the best gaming experience for the slot player. - Initiate and lead the game design of land-based slot machines, including defining the game theme, game mechanic, and style of play
- Create original game designs, as well as games based on existing Light & Wonder games, current market trends, and/or stakeholder requirements
- Own the documentation of your game design vision, game play, and orchestration
- Support the development of your game throughout the development process, iterating on your game design as needed to meet technical and quality requirements
- Work alongside the studio head to communicate and collaborate with the studio's mathematicians, artists, animators, and engineers to ensure understanding and proper implementation of the game design
- Collaborate with the studio head and other game designers in game reviews, brainstorm sessions, and by providing feedback on game play
- Maintain a thorough and current knowledge of land-based gaming markets and industry trends
- Develop an understanding of competitive products and technologies
Qualifications Experience - 7+ years of professional experience in slot game design
- Real-money gaming industry experience is preferred, but not required
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities - Knowledge of and experience with various game development workflows and methodologies
- Knowledge of land-based slot games and the casino industry, including the current market landscape
- Ability to work with multiple creative and technical disciplines, including mathematicians, artists, and engineers, to create games or products
- Leadership experience for teams developing products is strongly preferred
- Strong multi-tasking skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Education - Bachelor's degree in a field related to game design, mathematics, or any discipline related to game development including but not limited to Art, Computer Science, or Digital Production, or equivalent work experience
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. Work Conditions Light & Wonder, Inc. and its affiliates (collectively, L&W) are engaged in the highly regulated gaming business. As a result, L&W employees may, among other things, be required to obtain a gaming or other license(s), undergo background investigations or security checks, and/or meet certain standards dictated by law, regulation or contracts. 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 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 due diligence and a background investigation on you. This 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. #LI-SH1 #LI -Hybrid
Job Tags
Full time, Work experience placement