Concept Designer and Illustrator
Skills
Adobe IllustratorArt DirectionAutocadConceptual ArtDesignSketchingTrend Analysis
What the job involves
The main requirements, responsibilities and hiring steps.
Requirements
- Strong ability to concept from scratch and develop ideas visually without heavy direction
- Demonstrated experience iterating quickly with fast turnaround times
- Professional experience in commercial art games animation film or related industries
- Comfort working across diverse art styles and mediums including adapting to existing house styles
- Strong color sense and illustrative fundamentals
- Experience with storyboarding or sequential visual storytelling
- Demonstrated experience in conceptual UI/HUD design or entertainment design
- Commitment to creating original artwork without reliance on AI generation tools
- Proficiency with industry-standard tools Blender Adobe Suite etc
- Comfort working across raster vector and pixel based digital art mediums
- Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate cross-functionally
- Ability to take unclear or high-level feedback and turn it into concrete action items
- Clear awareness of scope timelines and production constraints
- Ability to commute or relocate to the Emeryville California area
Nice to have
- Versatile
- Adaptable
- Collaborative
- Creative
- Detail-oriented
- Game-savvy
- Retro-game passion
Day to day
- Create concept art background art character art and illustrative assets for multiple game projects
- Translate loose or evolving direction into clear visual solutions and establish the tone of projects early
- Collaborate with design production engineering and external partners while iterating quickly across styles and mediums
- Support UI and HUD concepts art clean-up restoration and production assets across retro stylized and original IP work
Hiring process
- Submit a resume cover letter and link to portfolio