Principal 2D Artist

8 Months ago • All levels • 2D Art

Job Summary

Job Description

Playrix seeks a talented Principal 2D Artist to create stunning visuals for flagship mobile games. This role requires expertise in rendering, composition, and crafting unique concepts for characters, backgrounds, and illustrations. Experience with casual game art styles is essential.
Must have:
  • Rendering Skills
  • Composition Expertise
  • Casual Game Art
  • Concept Development
Good to have:
  • Global Game Market
  • Graphics Trends
  • Art Optimization
  • Process Improvement
Perks:
  • Flexible Schedule
  • Health Insurance

Job Details

Principal 2D Artist

About the company

Playrix is ​​one of the most successful mobile game development companies 
in the world. In terms of mobile application revenue, we rank first in Europe 
and are in the top 3 worldwide. Our games have been installed 2.3 billion times (that's a third of the world's population!) and more than 30 million people around the world play them every day.

Team, about the role

We're looking for an experienced illustrator for our flagship projects loved by people all over the world.

In this position, you'll be able to work alongside gaming industry professionals and implement your ideas on games with a multi-million audience. This is a great chance to gain work experience as part of a successful international project and replenish your portfolio. 

This role requires relocation from Russia and Belarus to one of our offices or remote work from other countries (except Russia and Belarus). Find out more .

Tasks

  • Development of concepts for plot illustrations, characters, backgrounds

  • Rendering illustrations and characters in a given style

  • Providing feedback and quality control on tasks for other artists

  • In the future: assistance in optimizing art-development, improving processes, writing guides

Requirements

  • Excellent understanding of composition, anatomy, shapes, volume, color

  • High skills in rendering

  • Ability to make interesting, non-standard concepts

  • Knowledge of the global mobile game market and trends in graphics

  • Ability not only to complete tasks, but also to offer new solutions

  • Portfolio with examples of works in a casual style

Our Perks

Flexibility at work

  • For most positions we offer a flexible schedule, and employees can work from anywhere in the world (except for the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus). You can do your work however and wherever you like — we only evaluate your results.

Caring for health and well-being
  • We provide voluntary health insurance for employees and their children, and reimburse online sessions with a psychologist.
  • We offer fully paid vacation days and sick leave. In certain circumstances, you can request additional days off.
  • We support leading a healthy lifestyle and reimburse the cost of gym memberships and fitness app subscriptions.
Professional development and education
  • We pay for participation in specialized conferences and courses and hold our own internal conferences.
  • We offer discounts on English language courses and courses for the languages of the countries in which the company operates.
Events and merch
  • We regularly hold offline events like team meetings, big corporate parties, and informal office parties.
  • We also regularly organize fun competitions, quizzes, hackathons, and online fitness challenges.
  • We have a merch store with an internal currency you can use to buy unique gifts. We give out this currency as a gift for significant dates, and you can earn more by participating in events and company activities.

Work Format

Remote or from one of the company’s offices

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