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Exploding Kittens is a leading game and entertainment company with a mission to inspire people to connect, laugh, and play fun games in the physical world. After initially seeking to raise $10k through Kickstarter, Exploding Kittens’ first campaign raised $8.7M in 30 days from 219,000 backers. To date, Exploding Kittens is the #1 most-backed project in Kickstarter history and has sold over nine million copies.

Started by former Xbox game designer Elan Lee and The Oatmeal’s founder Matt Inman, Exploding Kittens and its family of games recreates game night for a humorous and fun person-to-person experience. Today, there are five games available for purchase: Exploding Kittens, Bears vs Babies, You’ve Got Crabs, Throw Throw Burrito, and On a Scale of One to T-Rex, as well as an Exploding Kittens mobile app that is one of the top 30 premium games on both iOS and Android.

Exploding Kittens is seeking to hire a full-time Senior Designer / Cartoonist to join our growing and fast-paced team. In this role you will collaborate with the Art Team to develop game ideas and art assets, seeing product design from concept to completion. Our ideal candidate is an experienced artist, dynamic designer and a creative thinker with a personal art style that is humor-focused and aligned with our company brand.

Job Responsibilities

  • Create art assets for new products such as cards, game pieces, packaging and instructions, taking a game from concept to completion
  • Design humorous illustrations and comic content for social media advertisements
  • Collaborate with the Art Team to develop early game concepts and ideas
  • Create internal company assets such as Exploding Kittens swag, promotional material and pitch decks
  • Lead and assist with other projects as needed, taking direction from the Art Director

Job Requirements

  • Strong art and graphic design background with expertise in character-based art
  • Ability to produce original ideas, with both a visual and written sense of humor
  • Strong emotional intelligence, comfortable with feedback and direction, and ability to be flexible in a fast-paced entrepreneurial environment
  • Experience designing for retail, consumer products and/or games preferred
  • Creative storyteller with experience in sequential art and comics preferred
  • Competency in relevant 2-D software programs such as Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop
  • Experience working with motion graphics, video and animation software such as After Effects, Final Cut Pro, Blender and/or Flash preferred
  • Experience in 3-D software such as Maya, Max, Z-Brush and/or Blender preferred
  • Expertise in animation, motion graphics and video a plus
  • Based in Los Angeles, CA