Principal Concept Artist - London, United Kingdom - Sharkmob

Sharkmob

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

The role:

We are seeking a talented and ambitious principal concept artist to join our small creative concept team here in London.

As a Principal Concept Artist, you will set the benchmark quality for the concept work and help mentor the rest of the team.

You should bring a wealth of experience of creating art for the entertainment industry with you, bringing fresh ideas to familiar concepts.

Working closely with the Art Director, you will be responsible for ensuring the artistic vision is adhered to in innovative ways while collaborating and problem solving across multiple disciplines beyond the Art Team.

The team:

The Art Team are a passionate group.

With highly knowledgeable and enthusiastic people across the various art disciplines, the team are united by a strong desire to bring our project's world and characters to life in the most creative way possible while finding clever solutions to the technical challenges that come with making innovative games in familiar genres.

Responsibilities:

Setting benchmark quality for the rest of the team to be inspired by, across both environment and character.
Interacting closely with the Art Director to help set style and fidelity while maintaining a strong artistic vision across the project.
Alongside the Production team and the Art Director, help plan your work, identifying dependencies and raising risks.
Regularly communicate with the Art Director and Concept Team to discuss progress and review work.
Collaborate with the wider art team and other disciplines to understand their requirements and propose solutions

Requirements:

An outstanding portfolio showing both character and environment concept work. It should include both practical design work and emotionally driven key art.
Creative mindset towards visual problem solving and dynamic iteration needed in the early stages of development.
Strong technical abilities that range from fast, numerous ideation sketches to more polished key art.
A passion for RPG and online games
A collaborative, proactive approach to dealing with a wide range of disciplines
Good organizational and timemanagement skills.

Bonus points:

Experience with creature design

Sharkmob London is a brand-new AAA studio in the heart of London, with aspirations to build one of the largest and most creatively ambitious development teams in the world.

Just like the original Sharkmob studio in Malmö, Sharkmob London was founded by a team of industry veterans. As a part of Tencent Games we have the experience, backing, and ambition to build the games of the future

Remuneration and benefits:

Competitive salaries based on uptodate data from external benchmarking providers & reviewed annually.
30 days annual leave, in addition to all UK Bank Holidays.
Hybrid workfromhome policy.
Discretionary annual performancebased bonus.
Private pension (10% total, up to 5% individual contribution matched by Sharkmob).
BUPA private Healthcare, Cigna dental cover, life insurance scheme and income protection policy.

- £425 yearly preventative healthcare allowance.

Core studio hours 10:0016:00 with 1 'wellness hour' to be used per week.
Daily breakfasts, snacks & refreshments at the studio.
VISA sponsorship (individual & dependents).
Relocation assistance for people outside the UK (1 month accommodation, flights/travel paid for, logistics/removal costs reimbursed).
Assistance for people relocating within the UK (reimbursement for expenses on travel into London for flat viewings and moving vans/couriers).