Senior Artist

Arrow International, Inc

$80K — $120K *
Media
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Degree in Design, Fine Arts, Visual Arts, or related field (Associates or Bachelors)
  • 5+ years of work experience as an Illustrator, Graphic Designer, or similar role with demonstrated leadership experience
  • Portfolio showcasing high-quality industry-standard artwork, including 2D game assets and animations
  • Expertise in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator) and experience with After Effects for VFX animation
  • Strong understanding of design principles, color theory, and composition, with an eye for detail and precision
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills for effective collaboration and leadership
  • Must work well in a team environment

Responsibilities

  • Mentor and provide constructive feedback to artists at various levels to foster growth
  • Troubleshoot artistic challenges and offer creative solutions to support team members
  • Align team's output with project goals and maintain quality standards
  • Collaborate across teams including art, programming, and other stakeholders
  • Conceptualize and design visuals for layouts, UI, logos, characters, and game elements
  • Create and animate high-quality 2D game assets and VFX
  • Deliver assets on time while ensuring visual consistency

Benefits

  • Dynamic and creative work environment
  • Opportunities for professional growth
  • Chance to work on exciting projects in the gaming industry
Full Job Description
Job Type

Full-time

Description

Position Summary

We are seeking a Senior Artist to join our Visual Development Team. The Senior Artist will use their artistic expertise with color, composition, shape, typography, animation, visual FX and character design skills to help push our games to new heights. You'll play a key role in the overall development of our games' look and style, ensure creative alignment, and maintain a high standard of work. The ideal candidate will have experience providing feedback, solving creative challenges, and driving visual consistency across projects.

Salary range commensurate with experience. This role provides competitive benefits including an annual performance bonus, profit sharing program, and a 401K with company match.

The Targeted Pay Range for this role is $80 - $120,000.

Primary Roles and Responsibilities

Leadership and Team Support:
  • Provide mentorship, guidance, and constructive feedback to artists at various experience levels to promote growth and skill development.
  • Support team members by troubleshooting artistic challenges and offering creative solutions.
  • Ensure the team's output aligns with project goals and meets Arrow's quality standards.
  • Foster collaboration across the art team, programmers, and other stakeholders.

Artistic Contribution:
  • Conceptualize and design visuals for layouts, UI, logos, characters, and other game elements across multiple styles and themes.
  • Create and animate high-quality 2D game assets and VFX.
  • Ensure timely delivery of assets to meet production deadlines while maintaining visual consistency.


Requirements

Experience and Education
  • Degree in Design, Fine Arts, Visual Arts, or related field (Associates or Bachelors).
  • 5+ years of work experience as an Illustrator, Graphic Designer, or similar role, with demonstrated leadership experience.
  • Portfolio showcasing high-quality industry-standard artwork, including 2D game assets and animations.
  • Expertise in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, etc.) and experience with After Effects for VFX animation.
  • Strong understanding of design principles, color theory, and composition, with an eye for detail and precision.
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to effectively collaborate with team members and provide leadership.
  • Open to constructive critique and committed to ongoing learning and development.
  • Must work well in a team environment

Preferred Experience:
  • Gaming or casino-related knowledge or background.
  • Knowledge of animation principles. Usage of Spine is considered a plus
  • Experience with 3D Software (Maya, Blender, etc.).

We offer a dynamic and creative environment, opportunities for professional growth, and the chance to work on exciting projects in the gaming industry. If you are passionate about animation and gaming, we would love to hear from you!

PHYSICAL DEMANDS/WORKING CONDITIONS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions.
  • Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and ability to adjust focus.
  • The noise level in the work environment is low.
  • May be required to sit for long and/or extended periods of time.

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