Game Artist

Posted by: GlitchSoft

Posted date: Jan-27-10

Location: Ottawa

Key Responsibilities

- Responsible production all aspects of art assets for a game production. This includes in game assets, FX, animations, UI, sprites, fonts, and icons.

- Responsible for delivering art assets required for marketing

- Responsible for helping Producer concept and visual game play and mechanics during the preproduction

- Iterate on feature implementation to maximize fun factor and meet product vision and expectation

Aid and contributing to the design of game functionality
Produce In-game GUI and layout design

Skills/Requirements

Strong Photoshop and Illustrator skills
Strong passion for games and strong knowledge of the gaming industry
Ability to exceed expectations
Exceptional work ethic and ability to meet tight deadlines
Strong written and oral communications skills
Dynamic individual with ability to work independently and unsupervised
High attention to detail and creative
Ability to work on a team and communicate well
Well rounded and ability to work in a variety of contemporary artistic styles, including styles defined by other artists
Exceptional traditional illustration and drawing skills
Ability to create pixel art
Texture and 2D FX design

Bonus

Experience with 3D content creation and animating
GUI and interface design
Flash
Shipped titles