Concept Artist

20 Hours ago • 2 Years +

Job Summary

Job Description

The Concept Artist will work with small teams to create exciting games. This role requires a minimum of 2+ years of visual development experience and comfort across a range of art styles. Responsibilities include executing concepts and in-game assets, understanding atmosphere, light, and mood, and utilizing excellent Photoshop skills. The ideal candidate should have at least 1+ year of mobile gaming experience and the ability to meet deadlines in a collaborative environment. The role includes producing images to set the visual style of the game and creating unique character and environment illustrations.

Must have:

2+ years of illustration experience in Photoshop, Illustrator or Painter
Great sense of aesthetics, line, form, color/shade, lighting, anatomy and composition
Ability to work with broad range of subjects, styles and cross-functional communications
Ability to take direction, work with others and be a self-starter
Strong passion for gaming, especially in the mobile space
Bachelors or Associates Degree in Graphic Design or related studies

Good to have:

Experience in 3D rendering on 2D objects & environments is a HUGE plus
Experience working on shipped games
Strong character and environment design skills are big plus
Experience in Flash including creating optimized movies, buttons, and animation is a plus

12 skills required

12 skills required for this role

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photoshop

character-design

environment-design

concept-art

lighting-shading

composition

rendering

anatomy

visual-development

cross-functional

organisational-skills

graphics-design

Job Details

At Caramel Tech Studios small teams of artists, designers and engineers work together to create exciting games. The Concept Artist should have a minimum of 2+ years of visual development experience. Comfortable with a range of art styles. Will be executing concepts as well as in game assets. Understands how to achieve atmosphere, light and mood. Excellent Photoshop skills. Has strong organizational skills and is detail oriented. Candidate should have at least 1+ year of mobile gaming experience. Using 3D or various techniques to achieve final piece is a plus. Needs to meet deadlines and work comfortably in a highly collaborative environment.

Responsibilities:

Vision - Produce images to set the bar for the visual style of the game.
Illustration - Create unique character and environment illustrations for static or animated images.

Required Skills

2+ years of illustration experience in Photoshop, Illustrator or Painter.
Great sense of aesthetics, line and form, color/shade and lighting, human anatomy, environmental painting skills and composition.
Ability to work with a broad range of subjects and styles, from detailed and rendered paintings like you might see in console game or films concept art to simple and cartoony and more appropriate for a light-hearted casual game. And anywhere in-between!
Strong cross-functional communications skills; verbal, written, and visual.
Ability to take direction well and to play well with others.
Self-starter, self-motivated and takes accountability and ownership of projects from start to finish.
Strong passion for gaming, especially in the mobile space.
A terrific sense of humor.
Bachelors or Associates Degree in Graphic Design or related studies.

Preference will be given to candidates who have:

Experience in 3D rendering on 2D objects & environments is a HUGE plus.
Experience working on shipped games.
Strong character and environment design skills are big plus.
Experience in Flash including creating optimized movies, buttons, and animation is a plus.

Salary Package
We offer highly competitive and lucrative packages that could vary depending on the educational background, work experience, as well as the candidateï¿½s performance in the interview.

Deadline
ASAP