Art Intern - Sweden

5 Months ago • 2 Years + • Game Programmer • Game Design

Job Summary

Job Description

House of How Games is seeking an Art Intern to join their team in Boden, Sweden. The intern will gain valuable experience in a professional game development environment, contributing to major game IPs. Responsibilities include developing assets such as characters, environments, and UI, working under the guidance of experienced professionals. The ideal candidate will have 2+ years of experience as a student game artist with a strong portfolio showcasing both 2D and 3D skills. Proficiency in standard software suites like Photoshop, Maya, Substance Painter, and ZBrush is essential.
Must have:
  • 2+ years student game artist experience
  • Strong portfolio showcasing 2D and 3D work
  • Proficiency in Photoshop, Maya, Substance Painter, ZBrush
  • Proficiency in source control systems
  • English fluency
Good to have:
  • Swedish language proficiency
  • Portfolio showcasing work with explanations
  • Game jam or itch.io side project experience
  • Shipped indie game on Steam or mobile app stores
  • Modding, level design, or fan content creation experience
  • Programming, audio, or writing skills

Job Details

We believe that a universe without fun would be a pretty dull place to exist… and that games are the best medium in the world to provide that fun. We love games which is why we make games. We make games to be a part of providing that outlet for escape, competition, exploration, social connection and so much more to a global audience of 3B+ players and growing.

We believe in authentic leadership, real conversations, making decisions, learning from mistakes but always continuing to move forward. We don’t want big company politics. We just want to do our best work with good people and have fun doing what we love.

We believe that our team performs best when everyone shows up as their authentic full self and we strive to empower everyone in the studio to be a game-maker. We encourage everyone to have an entrepreneurial mindset and we foster continuous learning and innovation.

In a time of so much industry consolidation, House of How is proud to be fully independent. We are based out of Seattle, Washington with remote game-makers all across North America, from British Columbia to New England, and we have a satellite studio in Boden, Sweden.

Starting out as colleagues at Microsoft Games, our leads worked with each other for years before setting out on a new adventure together. From humble beginnings, we grew slowly and carefully to ensure we could control our own destiny. We are now at 75+ people and growing rapidly as our industry reputation is bringing more and more projects to the studio. Come join our team and be part of the amazing growth story of House of How Games and help us to entertain the planet!

Responsibilities

  • Learn new skills and how to work in a professional environment on major game IPs.
  • Help develop assets for our projects, including characters, environments, UI, etc.

Requirements

  • Cleared to work and located in Sweden.
  • 2+ years experience as a student game artist, having worked on multiple successful student game projects.
  • Strong ability and willingness to learn and adapt quickly.
  • A portfolio showcasing both 2D and 3D work as applicable.
  • Proficient in one or more major standard software suites, such as Photoshop, Maya, Substance Painter, ZBrush, etc.
  • Proficiency or willingness to learn source control systems such as Git or SVN.
  • Written and spoken English fluency.

Bonus Qualifications

  • Swedish language proficiency.
  • A portfolio of work where you are ready to discuss what you did, and why you did it.
  • Worked on game jams or itch.io side projects.
  • Shipped an indie game on Steam or mobile app stores.
  • Experience in making mods, levels, or other fan content for a game with a Steam workshop, level editor, or UGC-aspect (e.g., Minecraft, Roblox, Portal 2, Mario Maker, Dreams, LittleBigPlanet, Halo, etc.)
  • Side skills in Programming, Audio, Writing, etc. If you have any gaming-related side skills, please tell us!




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