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As a leading mobile games developer, Jam City is looking to “level up” our talent. We’re searching for innovators who consider themselves dynamic, collaborative, and thrive in a fast-paced environment.

PERKS & BENEFITS

  • Unlimited Vacation, Paid Sick Days & Holidays
  • 100% Employee Covered Medical, Dental, Vision Plan Base Plan
  • Life Insurance, 401k, Flexible Spending Accounts, Commuter Benefits & More
  • Catered Lunches & Well-stocked Kitchens
  • Yoga & Wellness Activities
  • Happy Hours
  • Company Events
  • Dog Friendly

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are currently looking for a talented and experienced Senior 2D Artist to join our Culver City Studio! You will work with our team of game designers and artists to explore and iterate on gameplay and visual style. The ideal candidate will show a diverse portfolio of recent work that displays a high level of ability in production design, concept, character design, and 2D illustration for mobile games.

*This position starts as a Contract with the possibility for conversion.

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Work with your Art Lead and Art Director to establish the look of a project.
  • Create concepts and designs for a variety of projects. This includes characters, environments, props, storyboards, previs studies for animation and visual effects, style and mood boards, and generating in-game illustrations.
  • Create 2D production art for in-game assets.
  • Support marketing for our game with illustrations.
  • Design Characters, Environments, props, illustrations, UI elements, iconography, and more.
  • Work alongside your broader art team to brainstorm ideas. You will deliver concepts and work with the 3D team to ensure directional alignment from concept to final asset.
  • Implement art assets into our game engine.
  • Interface with Lead Artist, Art Director, Producers, and other project leads on various issues and deadlines.
  • Be willing and capable of providing feedback, mentoring artists, and may be called upon to deliver outsourcing feedback.

QUALIFICATIONS

  • 5+ years experience as a concept artist or illustrator working in mobile or AAA games.
  • Strong ability to research and reference material that supports idea generation and problem-solving.
  • Ability to design stylized characters, environments, and props in a variety of styles.
  • Excellent understanding of traditional art principles including composition, scale, perspective, rendering, color, and form.
  • Proficient in digital art including Photoshop and Illustrator.
  • Familiar with 3D modeling, animation, and cinematic principles.
  • Ability to solve visual problems creatively with quick sketches.
  • Excellent communication skills and ability to mentor less experienced artists.A passion for playing and making amazing games.

NICE TO HAVES

  • Strong understanding of general 3D and game art production techniques.
  • Mobile games experience.
  • 2D Animation or VFX experience.
  • Basic 3D modeling experience (or comparable 3D package).
  • Unity Experience.

OUR COMMITMENT TO EQUITY, DIVERSITY, & INCLUSION

We believe in creating games that unite people across the world and that showcase our commitment to providing an environment that is both inclusive and diverse for our players and employees. We strive to create a workforce that is reflective of our global player community as we know that we are stronger and better when we play together. To help promote an inclusive culture, we celebrate the visible and invisible diversity of our Jam Citizens through initiatives including Employee Resource Groups, cultural events, trainings, speaker series, and more.

Jam City is an equal opportunity employer. We enthusiastically accept our responsibility to make employment decisions without regard to race, age, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, ancestry, religion, ethnicity, marital, or domestic partnerships status, disability, genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing), predisposing genetic characteristics, military status, veteran status, domestic violence victim status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expressions, or any other classification protected by federal, state, and local laws. Our management is committed to following this policy with respect to hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, termination, recruiting, pay, and other forms of compensation, training, and general treatment during employment.

ABOUT JAM CITY

Jam City is an award-winning mobile entertainment studio providing unique and deeply engaging games that appeal to a broad, global audience.

Led by CEO Chris DeWolfe, former MySpace co-founder and CEO, and COO Josh Yguado, former 20th Century Fox executive, Jam City is the creative powerhouse behind some of the highest-grossing and most enduring mobile games. Jam City’s global franchise Cookie Jam has generated more than half a billion dollars, and Panda Pop has more than 120 million downloads to date.

The company also is the go-to studio for Hollywood, having developed immersive, narrative-rich mobile games around iconic entertainment brands. The company’s popular RPG game Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery was the #1 game in more than 40 countries at its launch in April 2018.

Jam City has nine studios located in Los Angeles (HQ), Berlin, Buenos Aires, Bogotá, Burbank, Cedar Falls, San Diego, San Francisco, and Toronto.