Concept Artist

Job Description

We're developing a playful, physics-based game, and are looking for a Concept Artist to join the team.

We are considering applications from all levels of experience, provided that you have demonstrable skills in this field - whether you have professional experience in the games industry, or if you have a portfolio from university or personal projects.

What you’ll be doing:

• Creating inspiring and imaginative concept art, which is also readable and practical to guide and support level design and environment art.
• Bringing the game to life through environmental storytelling.
• Helping to define the art direction and vision for the game.
• Transforming high-level creative direction into inspiring but functional concepts.
• Proposing ideas and solutions for interesting level compositions and vistas.
• Exploring a wide range of ideas and thematic directions, with the ability to propose multiple solutions, which are still cohesive within the overall style.
• Collaborating closely with both Design and Art to problem solve through creativity, and ensure cohesive theming of the levels.
• Providing feedback to design and art to help elevate the game aesthetics.
• Ensuring that the concepts proposed meet design requirements.
• Proactively contributing ideas and feedback to help us develop a great player experience.
• Playtesting the game, providing constructive feedback and problem solving.

You have:

• Strong environment concept art skills.
• A vivid imagination full of ideas, creative spark and logical thinking.
• The ability to transform ideas into pictures for the team to understand.
• A love of thinking-up and drawing fantastical places and environments.
• A drive to create intriguing and expressive games. 
• A determination to push the quality and drive forward the game vision.
• A love of characterful games and IPs, which convey strong themes and personality. 
• Ideally similar experience on a shipped PC or Console game, (but we are open to personal projects).
• The ability to work independently in concept art whilst contributing to, and participating in, the wider team.
• Strong problem solving skills.
• A positive attitude to receiving feedback and running with it.
• Preferably some character art skills.

If you think you’re Pretty Cool, please apply to jobs@prettycoolgames.co.uk sharing with us:

• Your current or most recent position.
• Any relevant games you’ve worked on, and specifically what you developed in those games.
• Your portfolio, which must demonstrate environment concept art, (we value reference sketches for 3D artists / designers, over vision pieces).
• When you’d be available to start.
• That you’re UK based, with the right to work in the UK.