Senior Level Artist

Summary

Join Ghost Story Games, a renowned game development studio, as a Senior Level Artist and contribute to the creation of Judas, a highly anticipated game. You will be responsible for prototyping and executing visually stunning environmental spaces, collaborating with level design and other art teams, and ensuring optimal performance. This role requires established experience in the game industry, proficiency in real-time game engines, and a strong understanding of visual design principles. The ideal candidate is a proactive problem-solver with excellent collaboration skills and a passion for narrative-driven games. Ghost Story Games offers a great company culture, growth opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package.

Requirements

• Established experience in the game industry as a mid-level to senior Level Artist, preferably with experience working with larger, complex productions
• Proficient art and technical experience within a real-time Game Engine (Unreal 4 is a plus)
• Experienced eye for form, line, value, rhythm, composition, and crafting deliberate visual hierarchy reads (focus direction, small-medium-large shape balance, ‘80/20 rule’)
• Familiarity with performance evaluation and optimization – working mindfully within metrics to maintain a smooth player experience
• Experience with effective team-based iteration techniques, including a thoughtful consideration of the bigger picture of the overall game experience and creative vision and an ‘order of operation’ and ‘ROI’ approach to iterative development
• Ability to learn and understand technical tools and systems so they can be pushed to the limit to create the most visually interesting spaces
• Proactive problem solver that enjoys cross-department collaboration, asks engaging questions, and can thoughtfully pitch both creative and visual ideas, as well as technical and process improvements to benefit the quality and efficiency of the project
• For the Senior role, we are especially looking for individuals with experience and mindfulness towards both individual and team efficiency, and proven ability to work on more challenging cross-functional tasks of a higher degree of ambiguity, with a great degree of autonomy
• Knowing what questions to answer in what order, when you should seek advice and help from others, and when you can take the initiative to the benefit of the overall team and project is key for the Senior level expectations
• For the Senior role we expect a significant, positive force-multiplication contribution

Responsibilities

• Prototype and execute on visually stunning environmental spaces that are both well attuned to the gameplay experience and tell bold, cohesive visual stories in support of the script and overall vision of world
• Collaborate with level design to support gameplay, keeping in mind things such as navigation, pacing, compositional sight lines, cover, verticality, and AI
• Serve as the key driver of all visual assets supporting spaces under your responsibility. This includes highly proactive and collaborative engagement with Art Leadership, Level and Narrative Design, Concept Art, and External Art Vendors to plan, prototype, and implement supporting assets, within an established pipeline and technical specifications
• As a Senior Level Artist, you are also expected to keep active tabs on the performance profile of all levels under your responsibility, ensuring visual content is authored efficiently and fits within established memory and performance budgets
• For the Senior role we expect active collaboration beyond just your own content responsibilities, including working cross-functionally with other content disciplines to analyze the overall performance profile of spaces and strategize together on any balanced plans for optimization

Preferred Qualifications

• Passion for deeply narrative driven games, particularly First Person Shooters
• Additional traditional art or architecture background
• Experience working effectively and collaborative with a diverse mix of internal and distributed teams

Benefits

• Medical (HSA & FSA), dental, vision, 401(k) with company match, commuter benefits and more!
• Fitness allowance, employee discount programs, free games & events and healthy snacks