Senior Illustrator creating distinctive brand illustrations and reusable visual systems for Multiplayer’s digital design consultancy. Guiding visual storytelling across client projects while exploring AI - assisted creative tools.
About the role
- Senior Concept Artist delivering high-end VFX concept art at Image Engine. Involved in task-based concept design across multiple shows and collaborating with VFX Supervisors.
Responsibilities
- Receive and respond to briefs directly from Head of Art, VFX Supervisors and show leadership
- Develop visual solutions across a wide variety of tasks, from exploratory ideation to final production-ready concepts
- Produce concept work spanning creatures, environments, props, vehicles, hard-surface and design-driven assignments
- Translate creative and technical challenges into clear, compelling visual solutions
- Comfortable moving between blue-sky exploration, design clarification, and production-driven problem solving
- Build and present strong reference packages to support early design direction
- Explore and communicate ideas through sketches, iterations, callouts, paintovers and polished concept imagery
- Present design thinking clearly and confidently in reviews and discussions
- Support visual storytelling through thoughtful design, composition, mood and cinematic sensibility
- Work under the guidance of the Head of Art while maintaining ownership of assigned tasks and delivering on creative briefs
- Demonstrate the ability to take direction and respond constructively to feedback from the Head of Art, VFX Supervisors, CG Supervisors and show leadership
- Participate in dailies, reviews and creative discussions, communicating ideas, progress and estimated timelines clearly, in alignment with the DPM
- Work independently, manage multiple assigned tasks to deadline, and communicate proactively regarding priorities, progress and delivery expectations
Requirements
- 5–7 years of professional production experience in concept art, visual development or design for feature film, episodic or high-end VFX
- Strong traditional drawing and design fundamentals
- Expert-level photoreal concept rendering skills
- Broad experience across creatures, environments and prop design
- Strong understanding of cinematic storytelling and production workflows
- Proven ability to solve complex visual problems under production timelines
- Experience working directly with supervisors and production teams
- Strong understanding of translating concept work into production-ready assets
- Preferred Industrial design background highly valued
- Experience with hard-surface or mechanical design a plus
- Experience in feature VFX concept development preferred.
Benefits
- Extended healthcare from day 1, premiums 100% covered by Image Engine
- Up to 8 paid Health and Wellness days per year
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