Sr Concept Artist (Characters)United States, Los Angeles, CA

Sr Concept Artist (Characters)

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Join the award-winning team that created God of War

Santa Monica Studio is seeking an experienced Character Concept Artist for the development of a new unannounced title!

This artist will help us visualize dynamic and believable characters that set the bar for creativity and complexity on the PlayStation console. Do you want to contribute to the artistic vision, working with art teams to establish the tone of the game, and bring it to life? As a member of the world-class character team, you must effectively collaborate with the Art Director, Game Director, and Art Leads to develop concepts for our cast that are visually spectacular and engaging while also working with a wide range of development team members to ensure technical feasibility. Help us craft unique visuals that define our industry!

Responsibilities

• Design characters, creatures, props, production callouts, high vision concept art, color scripts, marketing material and other visual guides and tasks as needed to assist the development team
• Combine the goals of game design, art direction, and technological considerations to help build industry defining characters
• Research and initiate information gathering of pertinent subject matter to your task
• Develop and maintain strong creative and collaborative partnerships across subject areas to help further develop the in-game characters, visual language, and rule sets for fantasy-based worlds
• Solve complex artistic development issues for artists as well as other team members
• Actively improve your skills and maintain an awareness of industry techniques, tools, evaluate competitive products, learning new software packages and traditional art methods
• Serve as an artistic resource for overall product or as a studio resource. This includes, but is not limited to conducting general research, developing ground-breaking techniques, or testing new systems and tools

Requirements

Preferred Experience

The estimated base pay range for this role is listed below.

$115,900 - $173,900 USD

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