Studio: Netflix Games Studio
Job Opening: Sr. Concept Artist (Blue)
Location: Los Angeles, California, US
Type: Full-Time
Responsibilities:
- Be the artistic leader and take ownership for delivering high quality, distinction, and style for our environments.
- Works closely with the Art Director and Lead Concept Artist to help drive the art style and evolve the vision of the project
- Collaborate with the art team to implement and maintain the creative vision for the game
- Develop the world that is worthy of a Netflix film/TV series
- Design characters, props, production callouts, system interacts, high vision concept art, color scripts, marketing material and other visual guides and tasks as needed to assist the development team
- Develop and maintain strong creative and collaborative partnerships across subject areas to help further develop the game
- Proactively contribute to drive the department and studio to the forefront of pioneering Games development
Qualifications & Skills:
- Minimum 10+ years of relevant experience with 3+ years of it being in a senior artist role.
- Experienced in working with external outsource vendors (OS)
- Has an excellent understanding of art pipelines, dependencies, and the overall scope of the project
- Strong communication skills and understanding of various art disciplines (animation, character, environment, VFX)
- Experience designing detailed, modern and forward-looking characters.
- The ability to storyboard and help conceptualize character movement and VFX
- You can arbitrate sensitively between creative desires and production requirements.
- Excellent foundation skills, including composition, design, and color theory and advanced knowledge of human and animal anatomy.
- Ability to design for a range of art directions, from photo-realistic to stylized.
- Strong ideation, brainstorming and documentation skills
- Ability to find creative solutions for technically challenging tasks.
Additional and Bonus Skills:
- Good communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills
- Experience with Zbrush and Maya
- Experience with Epic’s Unreal Engine
- VFX concept experience
- Passion for gaming
- A passion and understanding of world building
- Strong portfolio that demonstrates a range of 2D and 3D concepts
