Concept Designer and Illustrator (Video Games)

About the role

The Role We’re looking for a highly versatile Concept Designer and Illustrator to support multiple game projects across concept, pre-production, and production. This role is ideal for an artist who thrives on tackling a wide variety of styles, adapts quickly, can translate loose direction into strong visual execution and work effectively within the confines of different Intellectual Properties (IP).

Responsibilities

• Create background art, character art, and illustrative assets across multiple projects
• Produce concept art to help define the visual tone and style of a game, especially during early phases
• Support art needs for retro or stylized projects, including adherence to established “house styles”
• Help rapidly establish and evolve an art style from business development through pre-production and into production
• Translate written or verbal direction, often vague or evolving, into clear, actionable visual solutions
• Iterate quickly based on feedback, balancing creative ambition with scope and production realities
• Conceptualize and design the experience-focused User Interface (UI) and Heads-Up Display (HUD), prioritizing atmosphere and emotion for the game experience
• Execute art clean-up and restoration tasks for classic titles, including addressing dust specs, wear and tear, and ensuring image integrity
• Afford production assets, leveraging proficiency across digital art categories, including 3D, pixel art, raster art, and vector art
• Collaborate closely with design, production, engineering, and external partners as needed
• Support multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining quality and consistency
• Contribute to storyboarding, visual exploration, and early narrative or gameplay ideation when needed
• Support additional art tasks and visual needs as projects shift between production phases

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 different categories of digital art including raster, vector, and pixel based mediums
• Clear communication skills and the ability to collaborate cross-functionally
• Able to take unclear or high-level feedback and turn it into concrete action items
• Welcomes feedback as part of a collaborative, iterative creative process
• Clear awareness of scope, timelines, and production constraints

Qualifications

• Passion for video games, especially retro games
• 3+ years of experience in commercial art
• Experience working with established IP
• Familiarity with licensors and licensed properties
• Understanding of traditional art styles and techniques
• Foundational knowledge of 3D art (modeling or block-outs) or modeling experience

Skills

• 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 different categories of digital art including raster, vector, and pixel based mediums
• Clear communication skills and the ability to collaborate cross-functionally
• Able to take unclear or high-level feedback and turn it into concrete action items
• Clear awareness of scope, timelines, and production constraints

Benefits

• Full medical and dental benefits
• Generous parental leave
• 15+ paid holidays + PTO
• A friendly office with collaborative and talented colleagues, an arcade, and rooftop deck to enjoy office lunches and BBQs