Concept Artist

10 Minutes ago • All levels • Concept Art

Job Summary

Job Description

Glowmade is an independent game company in Guildford, UK, developing 'King of Meat', a multiplayer cooperative game. This role involves researching, generating ideas, and iterating on designs for characters, environments, weapons, and other game elements, working closely with the Art Lead and team. The position requires understanding the game's creative direction, mastering game aspects, generating creative ideas, and being a team player.
Must have:
  • Understand game's creative and artistic direction
  • Master knowledge on game aspects (costumes, weapons, props, environments, mechanics)
  • Generate creative and fun ideas in tone with game's humor and style
  • Be a team player, ready to give and receive constructive feedback
  • Have a hungry imagination
  • Experience designing complex architectural structures
  • Balance aesthetics and functionality, push innovative ideas within game lore
  • Experience mentoring other artists
  • Experience working with external outsourcing vendors
  • Strong communicational skills and understanding of various art disciplines
  • Work within high-speed production timeframe, accountable for tasks, respecting deadlines
Perks:
  • Competitive wages
  • Actively equal opportunities employer

Job Details

We make games that strive to unlock people's imagination and help them express themselves in wonderful, fun ways!

Right now we’re busy working on King of Meat, our new multiplayer cooperative game, wrapped up in a delicious, user-generated blanket of dungeon madness!

This is an opportunity to play a pivotal role in our expanding team. Reporting to our Art Lead, you’ll be working closely with them and the rest of the team to research, generate ideas, and iterate on designs for characters, environments, weapons, vending machines, gumball traps, wipe clean shield covers, and things you find in horrible little dark corners…etc etc (you know the stuff!)

From day one we would like you to…

  • Jump enthusiastically into understanding what the game is and get to know its creative and artistic direction.
  • Master your knowledge on every aspect of the game, player costumes, weapons, props, different environments and game mechanics present in the game.
  • Be able to generate creative and fun ideas that are in tone with the humour and style of the game.
  • Be a team player - always ready to receive and give constructive feedback to other members of the Art Team and beyond!

In six months you will be…

  • A central member of the Art Team, contributing visuals in all aspects of the games we produce. These will include visualising large environments, decorative and functional props, VFX exploration, even marketing materials, expanding the direction from the Art Director and Lead Artist.
  • Visualize and produce gameplay focused assets, following technical requirements and working together with the Game Design team.
  • Support and mentor the other concept artists, being a role model for the rest of the team.
  • Contribute to the development of 3D assets with proactive and constructive feedback.
  • Be hands on with the outsourcing vendors, supporting production with feedback and guidance.

Requirements

The ideal candidate would...

  • Have a hungry imagination!
  • Have experience designing complex architectural structures like buildings, large open spaces and enclosed environments.
  • Be able to balance aesthetics and functionality while pushing for innovative and creative ideas that fits within the game lore and narrative.
  • Have experience mentoring other artists, guiding them with hands on feedback sharing pipeline tips.
  • Is experienced working with external outsourcing vendors.
  • Strong communicational skills and understanding of various art disciplines.
  • Be able to work within a high speed production environment timeframe, being accountable for their tasks and respecting deadlines.

A few more bits...

This is an opportunity for you to make a significant contribution not only to the current game, but to our team and the company. Everyone at Glowmade has a voice, and it’s important to us that you feel empowered and are given the time and space to use it.

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About The Company

We’re a small, exciting company and the goal of our games is to unlock people's imagination and help them express themselves in wonderful, fun ways. Right now we’re busy building a game for consoles and PC about creating, exploring and the joy of discovery.

Guildford, England, United Kingdom (Hybrid)

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