Core Artist - Mobile Game Illustrations

About the role

SD Solutions is recruiting, on behalf of a gaming client, a Core Artist to create high-quality illustrations for ongoing live game content, features and events. The artist must follow the game's art direction and UI style, coordinate delivery of finished assets to technical artists in a complete, organized and documented way, use the latest AI art tools and deliver within a reasonable production schedule.

Key responsibilities

• Follow the Art Director and Art Manager to create concept art for game content and event screens that match the game's illustration and UI aesthetic.
• Work quickly in an iterative process, ideating creative concepts that fit the existing UI style.
• Create illustrations designed to work well with 2D animation and VFX.
• Design logos for game features that adhere to the game's art style.
• Use AI tools to speed up concepting and asset creation, and use or create 3D elements as a basis for 2D illustrations.
• Follow the dictated file structure and organization for delivering art assets, and provide all necessary assets and documentation by deadline.

Required profile

• 3+ years of experience creating art for mobile games.
• Exceptional understanding of character design, color theory, composition, lighting, graphic design and text treatments.
• Ability to follow directions, learn and expand skills, and to explore new styles and self-assess abilities.

Required skills

• Expert proficiency in Adobe Photoshop (mandatory).
• Experience using AI art tools (mandatory).
• Preferred: experience with Blender and Adobe Illustrator.