2D Game Artist at Chess.com creating playful and engaging visual styles. Collaborating across teams to develop art assets for the global chess community.
Responsibilities
Long-term, you'll help build and define our creative vision and visual style
Help Chess.com move from more serious to more playful, fun, and challenging art styles
Create illustrative assets that bring the vision to life and joy to players
Collaborate with product, animation, motion design, and engineering to see these assets come to life
Requirements
Grand Master command of designing vector artwork
Excellent 2D art and illustration skills
A keen eye for composition, perspective, color theory, and directing the viewer’s eye
Comfortable creating a range of art assets including environments, objects, storyboards, characters, and clothing
Superb imagination and creativity within the direction of a creative world and interactive product
Ability to match an established art style yet flexible enough to work in a variety of styles, for both illustration and vector art
3+ years of experience in a gaming environment
Ability to pick up new technical skills and concepts quickly
Strong time management skills and ability to meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment
Great collaboration across a small team pod and larger product team, owning pipeline deliverables autonomously with some support
Versatile, flexible, and willing to do what's needed in a fast-moving environment
You’ve got a portfolio that demonstrates the needs of the role well.
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