Create Illustrations, Sketches, Overpaints, and Generate Ideas for CHARACTERS
SENIOR CHARACTER CONCEPT ARTIST NEW IP
RESPONSIBILITIES
We’re looking for a Senior Character Concept Artist to join this journey — an artist who loves storytelling through visual design and thrives on crafting meticulous, believable characters and creatures that feel grounded in the worlds they inhabit. Your designs will balance realism, functionality, and emotion, helping players connect deeply with every figure they encounter. In this role, you’ll play a central part in shaping the visual identity of the project and ensuring that the artistic vision is realized to its fullest potential.
You’ll collaborate closely with our Art Director, Lead Concept Artist, and cross-disciplinary teams to bring the game’s characters and creatures to life. From rough sketches and exploratory thumbnails to fully realized illustrations and overpaints, your work will help shape our new universe.
Develop and refine character and creature concept art that defines the project’s artistic direction and supports gameplay vision.
Collaborate with the Art Director, Narrative, and Design teams to ensure visual harmony with story, tone, and functionality.
Visualize ideas through sketches, references, and written descriptions, and contribute to the creation of Briefing and Art Direction documentation.
Analyze in-game visuals through regular playtesting and suggest ways to improve character visual quality and consistency
Assist in the creation of marketing-quality art, key visuals, and posters
Support other artists in the team by providing thoughtful feedback and maintaining stylistic coherence across the team’s work.
REQUIREMENTS
7+ years' experience creating concept artwork for animation, film, or video games.
Expert understanding of anatomy, form, structure, light, color, and material rendering
Experience working in a realistic art style, with the ability to depict believable materials and functional design details
Mastery of drawing and illustration, both traditional and digital, with strong knowledge of composition, silhouette, and shape language.
Proficiency with relevant 2D and 3D content creation tools
Experience in working closely with game design to ensure Art enhances the player experience
The ability to carry an idea from the conceptual phase to the finished illustration and an understanding of translating these ideas to real-time game content.
Ability to give and take direction constructively
Able to explore a wide variety of ideas.
Fluent in English, with excellent communication and interpersonal abilities
Preferences
Experience with game engines.
Versatility in used tools and performed tasks, ability to use any additional software for the task.
Passion for FPS games and immersive worldbuilding
Experience crafting visual effects concepts.
Skill in creating and composing high-quality screenshots