Lead Concept Artist

Description

BattleCry Studios, the newest ZeniMax studio in Austin, is seeking a talented Lead Concept Artist for recently announced title, BATTLECRY.  For more information on this project, please visit www.battlecrythegame.com.

 

In this role, you will:

• Partner with Art Director Andrew Collins (SW:TOR, Star Wars Galaxies) and Creative Director Viktor Antonov (creative lead on Half Life 2 and Dishonored) to help drive our distinctive art style and evolve the vision of BATTLECRY
• Lead and mentor a team of concept artists
• Collaborate with the art team to implement and maintain the creative vision for the game
• Ensure quality and consistency of assets by maintaining responsibility over your work throughout BATTLECRY’s development

 

To be successful, you must have:

• Excellent traditional artistic skills with a strong grasp of composition, anatomy, color theory, perspective, lighting, environment, architectural, character, costume and graphic design
• Proficiency in life drawing as well as a strong imagination and willingness to push the envelope, and to innovate within the parameters of the game’s world
• The ability to storyboard and help conceptualize character movement and VFX
• Strong communication and excellent visual storytelling and written skills
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to accurately estimate tasks and maintain schedules
• Strong communication skills and understanding of various art disciplines (animation, character, environment, VFX)
• A very strong understanding of characters and ability to push a variety of styles
• A passion for gaming

 

It’d be great if you also have:

• Experience in the game industry, even better if in AAA game development
• Strong understanding of various architectural styles and early 20th century mechanics

BattleCry Studios, located in Austin, TX, brings together a group of seasoned developers with one goal: to create fun, AAA online global experiences for the connected world. BattleCry is currently working on the newly announced team action combat title, BATTLECRY.

We’re looking for thinkers, driven by creativity and self-discipline, to successfully launch games. We never want to tell you what to do. We trust our team to go with their instincts because that will foster the very best ideas for our games and the players.