Lead Environment Concept Artist | North America | Canada | Europe | Fully Remote

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Requirements:

• Extensive experience as Environment Concept Artist with a proven ability to design a diverse variety of subjects across genres with a special focus on environments, natural landscapes, architecture and environmental props.
• Expertise in executing concepts in a wide range of styles from stylized to semi-realism.
• Exceptional sense of graphic design, colors, proportions, composition, and storytelling through visual design.
• Creating work as an individual contributor that sets a high standard of quality and raises the bar of our environment concept art in both execution and ideation.
• At least two AAA titles where you worked in a lead capacity.
• Strong creative and technical problem-solving skills.
• Exceptional communication skills.

Responsibilities:

• Spearhead the design of new environments, natural landscapes, architecture and environmental props maintaining the core game vision set by the Art Director and Game Designers.
• Lead the development of best practices/workflows to help the team deliver a high-quality end result that hits the timeline targets of our production.
• Lead the Environment Concept team, providing feedback and mentorship to guide other artists towards excellence and alignment with the project’s vision.
• Develop exceptional and innovative concepts from early ideation to final execution maintaining very high standards of quality.
• Create thumbnails, sketches, rendered concepts, production callouts, storyboards, and provide feedback through paint overs to support the creation of environment assets
• Collaborate with other disciplines to create high quality work throughout the project.
• General line manager duties.
• Being an advocate for the artistic vision to make sure the Art Direction and Narrative is being reflected in the work through feedback, mentorship, and their own artwork.