Senior Production Artist

About the role

The Huntress Managed Security Awareness Training team is growing, and this role will help expand how we bring training to life through more interactive, game-like learning experiences.

Responsibilities

• Translate educational curriculum and learning objectives into playable game mechanics and risk/reward systems
• Core Loop & Systems Design: Define the moment-to-moment feel, pacing, reward systems, and difficulty curves to keep students engaged without sacrificing educational rigor
• Prototyping & Playtesting: Contribute to playtesting by identifying usability friction, confusing feedback, and visual clarity issues for implementable design improvements
• Analytics & Outcomes: Define engagement metrics, retention rates, and learning outcomes to evaluate the game's effectiveness after launch
• Illustration: Support simulation and episode production by creating production-ready visual assets for interactive training content, including characters, props, environments, UI elements, icons, and in-world objects
• Translate creative briefs, learning goals, and product requirements into clear visual concepts, storyboards, layouts, and production assets
• Partner with product managers, security researchers, writers, product designers, animators, and creative leads to shape experiences that balance fun, clarity, and instructional value
• Own asset workstreams from concept to handoff, keeping files organized, reusable, and easy for cross-functional teammates to implement
• Identify opportunities to improve production quality and team velocity through better asset planning, reusable templates, and ethical AI-assisted concepting workflows

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in game design or educational technology, interactive media, illustration, animation, or adjacent visual design roles, with a portfolio that shows shipped or production-ready work
• Strong illustration and asset-production skills in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, with the ability to create polished, scalable assets in an established style
• A strong eye for visual consistency, readability, hierarchy, and environmental storytelling across characters, worlds, and interfaces
• Comfort working cross-functionally in a fast-moving, iterative environment and contributing thoughtful feedback that improves the final experience
• Experience with storyboarding, scene planning, or pre-visualization for interactive or animated content is preferred
• Familiarity with game design principles such as feedback loops, player guidance, challenge framing, reward moments, and moment-to-moment visual clarity is preferred
• Experience with After Effects, motion workflows, or handoff to animation is a plus
• Experience using AI-assisted creative tools responsibly for early ideation, variation, or background development is preferred

Qualifications

• An online portfolio is required for this position

Skills

• Visual storytelling
• Interaction design
• Building game-inspired experiences
• Staying safe online

Benefits

• 100% remote work environment
• Generous paid time off policy
• Highly competitive and comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits plans
• 401(k) with a 5% contribution regardless of employee contribution
• Life and Disability insurance plans
• Stock options for all full-time employees
• One-time $500 reimbursement for building/upgrading home office
• Annual allowance for education and professional development assistance $75 USD/month digital reimbursement
• Access to the BetterUp platform for coaching, personal, and professional growth

Pay

$110,000 to $120,000 base plus bonus and equity

Schedule

Remote US