Senior 2D Concept Artist

1 Week ago • 5 Years + • 2D Art

Job Summary

Job Description

Magic Media seeks a Senior 2D Concept Artist to create stunning building designs, vibrant environments, and various assets (illustrations, concepts, portraits, backgrounds, sprites, textures). Responsibilities include leading visual direction through sketches, delivering final assets, defining project pipelines, mentoring junior artists, and contributing to estimations/documentation. The role requires extensive experience in standard illustration tools (PS/AI, Procreate), strong artistic skills (shape language, color theory, anatomy, perspective), and excellent communication/time management. Experience in game development and various art styles is crucial.
Must have:
  • Extensive experience in 2D art
  • Proficiency in Adobe PS/AI, Procreate
  • Strong artistic skills (color theory, anatomy)
  • Excellent communication and time management
  • 5+ years experience in game development
  • Portfolio showcasing stylized art
Good to have:
  • Spine animation tool knowledge
  • Matte painting experience
  • Basic 3D skills
  • Animation insights
Perks:
  • Permanently remote position
  • Opportunities for skill improvement
  • International work environment
  • Career growth and development
  • Flexible working hours
  • Inclusive culture
  • Ongoing training

Job Details

Description

Magic Media is a pioneering media, entertainment and tech group powered by creativity and innovation. We have a physical presence in 15 countries and expertize in the areas of art, animation, cybersecurity, game development, software development, VFX and video production amongst others. We work with leading developers and publishers within the games and tech industry, providing support and solutions designed around individual needs and carried out by global experts.

We are looking for a Senior 2D Concept Artist to join our incredible team. The candidate should have extensive and demonstrable experience creating artworks and will be responsible for rendering these in various different angles or styles. This includes illustrations, concepts, portraits, backgrounds and other more specific ones as sprites, textures, etc. As a Senior 2D Concept artist it is expected to be capable of leading your vision visually through sketches and also to deliver the final assets to the developers or tech arts as they demand. It could also be required to define the pipelines that will be followed in a project, assist leading the juniors and completing estimations or other documentation.

What you will do:

  • Create stunning building designs that captivate and inspire.
  • Design vibrant and imaginative environments that bring worlds to life.

Requirements

  • Extensive knowledge of the standard illustration tools like adobe PS/AI, Procreate, etc.
  • Solid knowledge of shape language, color theory, anatomy, light and perspective.
  • Highly creative and flexible visualising different art styles.
  • Excellent skills communicating through sketches or thumbnails.
  • Good understanding of which style and visuals are expected in each task or project.
  • Excellent communication skills and time management.
  • +5 years experience and  involved in various game developments.
  • A strong portfolio showcasing highly stylized art, with cartoon and storytelling influences.
  • Expertize in both building and environment design.
  • Capability to lead and help workmates regarding specific 2D tasks.
  • Capability to interact with customers.
  • Experience in some 2D art standard creation pipelines and exporting assets.

Desirable pluses:

  • Spine animation tool knowledge.
  • Some experience concepting in Matte Painting.
  • Very basic 3D skills (for overdraw art creation pipelines).
  • Some insights in animation are also interesting.

Benefits

  • Permanently remote position.
  • An opportunity to experience different pipelines and styles and improve your skills by applying them to a diverse variety of engaging projects.
  • Be part of an international group with offices worldwide.
  • Career growth and development.
  • Working closely with a team of like-minded people in a fast-paced, multicultural environment.
  • Ongoing training and professional self-improvement opportunities.
  • Flexible working hours.
  • An inclusive culture and open communication.
  • Salary according to the candidate’s experience.

At Magic Media, our passion lies in gaming. Our vision is to create and deliver engaging and interesting games for our clients. We can deliver this high-quality work on any platform, whether it be on a console, PC, or mobile. We know that reputation and results go hand-in-hand. Therefore, we work hard to find experts and talented creators to deliver the best results.

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