Concept Artist

We are looking for a Concept Artist to work on a brand new project at the Jam City Narrative Game division. Your role is to provide detailed prop, environment and potentially character concepts to 3D artists, and create polished 2d in-game art.
**In order to be considered, you MUST provide us with either a link to an online portfolio, website or a pdf showcasing recent artwork upon application.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Explore designs for environment, props and characters based on narrative and design needs, and present rough sketches to stakeholders.
• Render artwork matching the established art style
• Generate orthos for characters
• Create 2d rendered images such as icons, modals and title screen to be implemented into the game.
• Understand the technical limitation of our pipeline and work within those constraints.
• Work alongside your broader art team to brainstorm ideas and pass work between other artists.
• May be called upon to collaboratively solve design or product issues with individuals from those disciplines.

REQUIREMENTS:
• 3+ years of game experience as a concept artist.
• Versatile art style.
• Can create rough and highly polished 2D artwork.
• Good understanding of the 3D art pipeline.
• Great comprehension of human and animal anatomy.
• Excellent at posing characters to communicate actions and emotions.
• Can easily bring artworks to a fully rendered look, with a great understanding of lighting and materials.
• Complete mastery of Maya and Adobe Creative Suite.
• Hungry for problem solving.
• Art Degree or similar working experience.

NICE TO HAVE:
• Unity knowledge.
• Ability to sketch using 3D software.
• Experience texturing in Substance Painter.