Senior Character Concept Artist (8 Month Temporary Contract)

Senior Character Concept Artist (8 Month Temporary Contract)

Title: Senior Character Concept Artist (8 Month Temporary Contract)
Location: BC-Vancouver

The team that brought you Prototype is working on a new and exciting project. We are looking for a talented full time Senior Character Concept Artist to join our studio for a temporary 8 month position.

Job Title: Character Concept Artist (Senior) Reports To: Art Director

Division/Department: Production

Basic Function:

Contributes to the creation of conceptual art elements through traditional and digital processes.

Duties and Responsibilities:
- Collaborates with Art Director, Senior Character Artists and Senior World Artists to create the art direction for the game
- Creates visual illustrations of concepts through traditional and digital sketches and paintings
- Receives feedback and modifies work based on direction
- Helps establish art style and quality levels
- Ensures consistency and quality of own work and assists less experienced artists as needed
- Understands memory and frame-rate budgets and works within those constraints
- Uses in-house tools as appropriate; provides feedback to improve the tools
- Pushes for the development of processes and technology; focuses on best practices
- Follow schedules and meets deadlines
- Proactively recognizes potential problems and works to limit risk
- Understands how the game engine interacts with the different consoles and makes decisions based on that understanding
- Troubleshoots and seeks solutions; assists less experienced artists with troubleshooting
- Participates in scrum meetings and presents own work

Principal Working Relationships:

Works with character, environment and concept artists to develop illustrations consistent with the artistic vision.

Position Qualifications:

Educational Requirements:
- Formal art education such as BFA from accredited art or design school or equivalent level of experience required

Special Knowledge, Skills:
- Excellent knowledge of Photoshop and/or Painter
- Proficiency with Maya

Prior Experience/Previous Positions related to current position:
- Greater than five years of professional experience required
- Has shipped more than one AAA title or possesses equivalent experience from a related industry

Other Qualifications and/or Requirements:
- Ability to build collaborative relationships and resolve conflicts in a constructive manner
- Provides others the information that they require to make decisions
- Communicates in a clear and succinct manner, considering the audience
- Ability to plan own work and the work of others
- Properly estimates time to complete work, manages competing priorities and builds in buffers
- Takes risks, makes mistakes and takes steps to prevent repeat mistakes
- Understands the impact of decisions on other disciplines
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