Asset Designer – Platform Games

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Create comprehensive, specification-compliant platform asset bundles, which include capsule art, hero banners, app icons, splash screens, store marketing graphics, and social media crops.

• Adapt and enhance key artwork for MSN, Reddit, YouTube Playables, and Netflix Games while considering various aspect ratios and display-density requirements.

• Provide production-ready layered PSD/AI source files featuring clean alpha channels, separation of background/foreground elements, and assets prepared for parallax effects.

• Develop, format, and optimize 2D/3D game art assets, vector graphics, and Blender 3D models for efficient integration with lightweight WebGL and HTML5 engines.

• Design, extend, and refine in-game 2D UI components, HUD elements, and promotional graphics.

• Implement version control, file naming standards, and directory structures to facilitate seamless engineering and publishing integration.

• Review deliverables to ensure compliance with technical specifications, safe zones, and platform guidelines.

• Integrate feedback from licensors, legal requirements, and brand standards across licensed intellectual property.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 3 years of experience in 2D/3D game asset design, platform asset adaptation, or web/HTML5 game development.

• A demonstrated portfolio that highlights high-quality key art, store capsule design, and asset optimization for commercial game releases.

• Practical experience in building, adapting, or delivering platform games and interactive assets on platforms like MSN, Reddit, YouTube Playables, and Netflix Games.

• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, particularly Photoshop and Illustrator, with skills in non-destructive editing, batch automation, compositing, and vector creation.

• Proficient in Blender for modeling, rendering, and optimizing 3D assets for web use.

• Familiarity with HTML5, WebGL, and Unity asset pipelines along with their optimization constraints.

• In-depth knowledge of platform-specific asset guidelines, safe zones, UI/UX constraints, and aspect ratios applicable to web and streaming platforms.

• Commitment to corporate visual identity standards, logo alignment, typography, and visual branding guidelines.

• A solid foundation in graphic design principles, including composition, typography, and color theory, adaptable to dynamic re-formatting.

• Strong operational discipline, effective asynchronous communication skills, and experience managing milestone-driven workflows.

• Non-disclosure agreement is required prior to project onboarding.

🏝️ Benefits

• Engagement on a contract or project basis.

• Initial term of 3 months, with scalability based on launch milestones.

• Flexible allocation aligned with production and publishing timelines.

• Monthly retainer compensation.