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Respawn Entertainment · 3 days ago

Senior Concept Artist

Los Angeles, CA

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

$116K/yr - $176K/yr

5+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Collaborate closely with Game Director, Art Director, and departments such as game design, narrative, character art, rigging, and animation to deliver concepts that inspire and fit within vision for the game.

Set the quality bar for the department through hands-on creation of concepts--everything from early inspirational to final detail concepts and props to support various departments. Artwork may include anything from loose speed paintings to polished key art to 3D paintovers.

Inspire the entire department to constantly raise the quality bar, develop solutions, and work well with other departments.

Work with production staff to establish realistic schedules and deadlines, and demonstrate accountability towards adhering to schedule.

Support and maintain department standards, and guide process enhancements for the Concept Art pipeline as needed.

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Required

5+ years’ experience as a Concept Artist.

Ability to lead by example, in both quality of work and professional conduct.

Well-rounded portfolio showcasing your work, with a focus on beautiful and inspirational concept art pieces and examples of production sketches focused on solving specific problems. Portfolios should show quality, taste, and an eye for visually compelling, immersive environments.

Strong ability to design both interior and exterior environments, from furnished occupiable spaces to grand vistas.

Strong ability to design appealing characters, creatures, props.

Strong understanding of composition, leading the eye with light, staging, proportion, scale, value, perspective, lighting, and color.

Strong design and illustration skills.

Familiarity with Star Wars.

Mastery of standard art packages such as Photoshop and related software. Experience with Maya and/or Unreal is a plus.

Additional concept art skills a plus (characters, matte painting, etc.)

Basic understanding of 3D art, experience creating designs to be translated into 3D.

Ability to handle critique and fearlessness in the face of feedback. You can take a change in direction as an opportunity to improve a design and you pivot quickly; the more feedback you receive, the more you can tailor your work towards what is best for the game.

Ability to self-critique as needed.

A positive, solution-oriented attitude.

Enjoyment in the process of taking a project from inception to completion.

Passion for making and playing games.