Specialist Game Artist

Scientific Games is seeking a Specialist Game Artist to create sketches, digital art, matt paintings, and concept art for game projects. This role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams, improving system quality, and recommending process improvements. The Specialist Game Artist will also provide technical leadership, mentoring, and training to junior game artists, while striving to become a subject matter expert in product and domain knowledge.

Must Have

• Create sketches, digital art, matt paintings, concept art to meet game design and application requirements
• Get acquainted with processes for art development of game projects
• Participate in transitioning designs to developers, reviews, and transitions of games to testers
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to establish technical specifications and deliver solutions
• Improve system quality by identifying issues and developing standard operating procedures
• Recommend and implement technology and process improvements to increase efficiency
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and training of junior game artists
• Serve as advisor, nurture, and coach junior team members, allocating work as necessary
• Gather product and domain knowledge to become a Subject Matter Expert
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills
• Excellent communication skills (oral and written)
• Team player with excellent interpersonal skills
• Story board skills to explain game play mechanics
• Excellent live sketching skills to communicate visually
• Strong knowledge in colours and composition
• Strong knowledge in Adobe Photoshop
• Strong knowledge in Adobe Illustrator
• Strong Digital Drawing skills
• BFA (Bachelor of Fine Arts) or relevant university certification
• 8 to 12 years of related experience

Good to Have

• Adobe After effects knowledge

Position Summary

Responsibilities:

• Create Sketches, digital art, matt paintings, concept art to meet the game design and application requirements.
• Get acquainted with the processes set for art development of the games projects.
• Participate in transitioning the designs to the developers, reviews, and transitions of the games to the testers.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to establish technical specifications and deliver solutions that match business needs.
• Improving system quality by identifying issues and common patterns and developing standard operating procedures.
• Recommend and implement technology and process improvements to increase efficiency.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring and training of junior game artists.
• Serve as advisor, nurture, and coach junior team members as well as allocating work as necessary.
• Gather the product and domain knowledge as you work and strive to be an SME.

Skills Required:

• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills
• Excellent communication skills ( oral and written)
• Team player with excellent interpersonal skills
• Story board skills to explain game play mechanics
• Excellent live sketching skills to communicate visually
• Strong knowledge in colours and composition

Technical Skills Required :

• Strong knowledge in Adobe Photoshop.
• strong knowledge in Adobe Illustrator.
• Adobe After effects is a plus.
• Strong Digital Drawing skills.
• 5 plus years of experience in relevant job.

Qualifications

Education

Bachelors degree in related field.

Years of Related Experience

Years of experience 8 to 12 years