Concept Artist

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

📋 Description

• Produce high-quality concept art for characters, creatures, environments, props, and interactive gameplay components.

• Design horror-themed characters, monsters, and antagonists that enhance gameplay, narrative, and emotional tension.

• Create mood paintings, lighting studies, color scripts, and cinematic key art.

• Generate environment concepts that support first-person gameplay, exploration, pacing, and environmental storytelling.

• Investigate visual directions through thumbnail sketches and rapid iterations.

• Collaborate with Creative Direction to ensure a unified visual style.

• Work alongside Narrative and Design teams to strengthen story elements, gameplay mechanics, and overall player experience.

• Supply production-ready callouts, orthographic views, material breakdowns, and design documentation.

• Set visual standards and guide junior artists through constructive feedback and art reviews.

• Deliver refined work within tight deadlines while balancing creative aspirations with production constraints.

• Advance the visual language of an established entertainment IP while introducing innovative, franchise-appropriate ideas.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 3 years of professional experience in concept art within the gaming, film, or entertainment sectors.

• Experience shipping at least one AA title or equivalent experience on a commercially released project.

• An impressive portfolio that showcases advanced visual development skills and design thinking.

• A deep understanding of horror visual language, mood, suspense, and psychological storytelling.

• Proficient skills in drawing, composition, lighting, perspective, anatomy, and color theory.

• Experience in designing creatures, environments, architecture, props, and characters.

• Capability to work from rough concepts to polished production-ready designs.

• Strong communication and collaboration skills, particularly with multidisciplinary teams.

• Comfort in receiving and integrating feedback through rapid iterations.

• Highly organized and able to manage multiple priorities independently.

• Proficiency in Adobe Photoshop.

• Familiarity with Blender, Maya, or similar 3D software.

• Experience with Figma, Miro, or other collaborative ideation tools.

🏝️ Benefits

• Profit sharing.

• Medical insurance.

• Dental insurance.

• Vision insurance.

• 401(k) matching.

• FSA/HSA.

• Paid time off.

• Sick leave.

• Holidays.

• Parental leave.