WHY WE NEED YOU:
We are looking for a talented, experienced and eager Senior Concept Artist to join our team, helping us to create fun and engaging golf content.
As a Senior Concept Artist at Nordeus, you will have the creative freedom to shape the look of Golf Rival within a small, independent team, closely cooperating with developers, game designers and other artists to reach the goal of making the best golf game in the world!
WHAT YOU'LL DO:
- Work with the team to define targets and visual style on Golf Rival
- Conceptualise and create rich, diverse environments based on real-life locations
- Explore and conceptualise engaging, elaborately themed golf balls
- Draught concepts from initial sketches through to final polished artwork
- Engage and work cross discipline to visually drive open questions to conclusion
- Brainstorm ideas and adding your creativity to the team
- Guide and mentor those around you to improve their skills
- Be the ‘go to’ person for anything concept art related on the team
WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR:
Senior level artists within Nordeus are expected to deliver and take on a higher level of autonomous responsibility for the creation, delivery and quality level of art within their teams. For this reason, we would expect you to have:
- Outstanding portfolio showcasing ability to define the look & feel of a game though various art styles and techniques proven in your concept art
- Experience of a number of full game development cycles operating on top of your game.
- Superior artistic skills, specifically drawing and painting in both digital and traditional media
- Passion and understanding of both human form and anatomy together with an appreciation of architecture with both hard and organic surfaced props and environments
- Deep artistic understanding of light, colour, composition and perspective as shown in portfolio
- Acute skills in specifying, sourcing, collating and presenting visual reference materials
- The ability to adapt visual design methodologies and treatments to fit within any production and design constraints
- Ability to provide, receive and act upon constructive feedback both written and verbal
- Happy to run and conduct mentoring, workshops or talks to help those around you level up
- Awareness of cultural trends in art and design across a wide range of topics to add a fresh view to any brief
- Exposure and understanding of 3D pipelines across the art discipline
- LOVE for video games and have a passion for game art
If you imagine this being something you would enjoy doing, let’s make it happen! Send us your up-to-date CV, portfolio and cover letter explaining why you believe we are a match.
Portfolio Guidelines:
So that our Art Department can best assess the quality of your concept creation, we would love to see your latest portfolio that best communicates your thought process and workflow. To help you decide what to include, here are little hints of what we will be looking for. We are keen to see:
- Your ability to deconstruct and render various art styles
- Your understanding of character, environment and prop construction
- Studies, sketches, construction and/or workbook drawings, and finished paintings
- Screen captures of your work-in-process, through to final product
WHY YOU’LL LOVE WORKING HERE:
- The competitive compensation package, perks and benefits: unlimited vacation days, flexible working hours, hybrid ways of working, premium private medical insurance for you and your family (additional coverage for your parents is available with a participation fee), offsites for the whole company, fully-paid maternity leave, employee stock purchase plan, access to L&D platforms and opportunities, fitness reimbursement and many more.
- State-of-the-art workspace: Nordeus provided breakfast, lunch, snacks, and beverages, a 24/7 available fully-equipped gym, organised sports activities (yoga, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, basketball, football), an ergonomic workstation, top-notch tech equipment (including laptop, mobile phone and bill coverage, and other tech), a kids’ playroom, a music corner, golf simulator, board and video games + latest consoles. We make sure your life at Nordeus is hassle-free.
- High level of creative freedom: trust, respect, and teamwork are the essence of who we are. We inspire and support each other to bring the joy of winning to the lives of millions.
- Playing your part in the future of our games: with over 260M registered users, Top Eleven is the world’s most successful football management game. Golf Rival, with more than 60M registered users, is the #2 mobile golf game aiming to claim the top spot. With one more game in the works, we are continuing our efforts to create powerful gaming experiences built to last.
- Working with experienced game makers: you will be a part of a multicultural team of over 200 employees from different countries.
- Making an impact: we are putting Serbia on the global gaming map and working closely with the local community to develop the gaming ecosystem.