Contract Marketing Artist

Owlchemy Labs is seeking a Contract Marketing Artist for a 12-month term starting mid-late February 2026. This role involves creating visually compelling marketing assets for social media, websites, store pages, and events. The artist will manage digital storefront assets, support social and video content, create A/B test variations, and design digital advertisements. Key responsibilities include ensuring brand consistency, optimizing assets for performance across platforms, and collaborating with internal teams.

Must Have

• Design and produce high-quality digital marketing assets.
• Manage digital storefront assets and implement on store pages.
• Provide content for social media campaigns and banners.
• Support video content with lower-thirds, overlays, and thumbnails.
• Create A/B test variations of Key Art for storefronts.
• Contribute to website development with optimized assets.
• Capture in-engine (Unity) images using Owlcam software.
• Collaborate in playtests to capture footage or screenshots.
• Create digital advertisements for sales and paid media.
• Ensure digital assets are optimized for performance.
• Partner with Sr. Lead, Marketing & Communications for asset requests.
• Partner with Art Director & Art Team on marketing efforts.
• Maintain consistent branding and visual style across all materials.
• Balance multiple design projects and meet deadlines.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign).
• Knowledge of web and mobile design principles.
• Strong understanding of composition, color theory, and game graphic trends.
• Experience with Unity or a similar game engine.
• Excellent communication, time management, and organizational skills.
• Ability to give and receive constructive feedback.
• Ability to multi-task and adapt to change.
• Experience with Photoshop or equivalent 2D software.

Good to Have

• Familiarity with video editing tools (Premiere Pro, After Effects).
• 3-5 years working in interactive media.
• Experience working in small teams.
• Experience with motion graphics or animation.
• Experience with After Effects or equivalent motion graphics software.
• Appreciation of puns.

Description

Owlchemy Labs is seeking a highly skilled and creative Contract Marketing Artist to join our dynamic marketing team. The Contract Marketing Artist will play a key role in creating visually compelling assets that support a wide range of marketing initiatives, from social media campaigns to website design, store pages, and event promotions. This position requires a versatile artist with strong graphic design expertise, a deep understanding of branding, and a passion for producing high-quality visual content that engages audiences and elevates our brand.

This is a twelve (12) month contract estimated to commence in mid to late February 2026.

Responsibilities

• Design and produce high-quality digital assets across various channels including but not limited to social media, website, store pages, blogs, event promotions and digital advertisements.
• Manage key assets for our digital store fronts across platforms including asset creation and implementation on store pages to support various game updates and launches.
• Work closely with our social media team to provide required content for social campaigns, social banners and trending content.
• Support our video content, including YouTube and Streaming, with updated assets including lower-thirds, stream overlays, and thumbnails.
• Make A/B test variations of Key Art for use in our storefronts, using provided Key Art as a base, testing design variations that improve CRT and visibility for our products.
• Contribute to the development of our website by providing the required assets. Having a basic understanding of SEO principles and how to design assets that are optimized for web performance.
• Be able to go in-engine (Unity) and use our Owlcam software to capture images, for editing and compositing full screenshots, or asset captures for use in Marketing efforts.
• Be able to go in HMD and collaborate in playtests with others to capture footage or screenshots for use in Marketing efforts.
• Support our sales and paid media campaigns by creating digital advertisements for various platforms.
• Ensure all digital assets are optimized for performance across multiple platforms and devices (e.g., file size, resolution, format).
• Partner with the Sr. Lead, Marketing & Communications to ensure all partner asset requests are fulfilled including key art requests, logos, original content and promotional materials.
• Partner with the Art Director & Art Team on Marketing efforts that require their input, approval, or collaboration.
• Maintain consistent branding and visual style across all materials, ensuring the company’s voice and identity are clearly reflected in every asset created.
• Balance multiple design projects with competing deadlines, maintaining a high standard of quality and meeting deadlines.

Requirements

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign), with knowledge of web and mobile design principles.
• Must have a great understanding and use of composition and color theory, and have adequate knowledge of graphic/visual/stylistic trends in games.
• Experience with Unity or a similar game engine
• Must have excellent communication, time management, relationship building, conflict management, and organizational skills.
• Must have the ability to give and receive constructive feedback.
• Should be able to multi-task and to adapt easily to change.

Required Experience:

• Experience with Photoshop (or any equivalent 2D software)

Preferred Experience:

• 3-5 years working in interactive media
• Experience working in small teams
• Experience with motion graphics or animation is a plus!
• Experience with After Effects (or any equivalent motion graphics software)
• Appreciation of puns (or at least the ability to groan at them)

Physical Requirements:

Contractors must be able to use virtual reality headsets but are not expected to own one.

Contract fee: $2,000 USD/wk