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Concept Artist - Star Wars
3 years ago
We are BossAlien, part of the NaturalMotion family. Our mission is to bring AAA console visuals and deep compelling gameplay to mobile platforms. For the past three years NaturalMotion Studios have been named one of the Best Places to Work in the UK games industry by gamesindustry.biz.
Job Purpose
We are looking for Concept Artist to join us at BossAlien, a division of NaturalMotion, in creating Star Wars™: Hunters , a competitive arena combat game for the Nintendo Switch system and mobile devices. Star Wars: Hunters will bring players together to engage in thrilling, squad-based, multiplayer battles featuring a diverse array of distinctive new Star Wars characters.
Key Roles & Responsibilities
- Working as part of a dedicated team responsible for supporting Star Wars™: Hunters
- Visualising and assisting the Art Director with establishing the game world and setting, and refining the details.
- This role will include Characters, Environments and marketing pieces.
Required Skills & Experience
- Work with the Art Director to maintain the vision and style of the game
- You have the ability to define the look & feel of a game through your concept art and have the personal and professional portfolio to prove it
- You’re passionate about character & environment design, art and culture
- Ability to build outstanding and original concept characters in the required time frame
- An excellent understanding of form and anatomy.
- You can drive a character concept's evolution from rough concepts to a final tight production board
- An outstanding portfolio which confirms that you have strong knowledge of perspective, colour, lighting and composition
- Good knowledge of industrial design, graphical design and culture
- Demonstrate imaginative and innovative solutions and interpretations to game situations
What do we offer?
- Competitive salary, discretionary annual bonus scheme and Zynga stock allowance.
- Create next-gen games that will be played and loved by millions of players around the world.
- Work in a family-friendly, collaborative team that invests in your development and growth on-the-job.
- A diverse team of friendly, fun and supportive co-workers.
- Flexible working hours & crunch-free working culture.
- Communal music and laid-back atmosphere.
- Summer/Christmas parties and Happy Hour in the studio each Friday.
- 25 days holiday plus Christmas shutdown and public holiday.
- Private medical care and healthcare cash plan.
- Life insurance and critical illness insurance.
- 6 months fully paid maternity leave or 3 months fully paid paternity leave.
- Annual rail season ticket loan and cycle to work scheme.
- Well stocked office kitchen and free Monday studio lunch.
NaturalMotion is an equal opportunity employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, religion, pregnancy, marital status or veteran status.
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