Games Artist Birmingham, England
Job description
Job title: Games Artist
Location: Fully Remote (main studio based in Birmingham)
Salary: up to £28,000 (neg) + comprehensive benefits (inc flexible working hrs, private
pension, 26 days holiday + much more).
Intouch Games are now part of the Skywind Group who are a privately held entertainment technology solutions provider. Since our establishment in 2012, we have been growing steadily alongside our partners and customers, proud to witness their own headway augmented by our products.
We shape the future of our industry with world-class games, back-office and content management systems, hosting solutions, infrastructure, proprietary deep learning engine as well as a revolutionary user retention suite of products.
We are currently looking for a passionate Games Artist with Art Illustration, 2D animation/effects, Adobe Creative Suite and Typography expertise to join our multi award winning games studio based in Birmingham as part of the UK’s largest privately owned mobile e-gaming studio! We currently have just over 300+ employees here at our Birmingham HQ and we offer some of the UK’s best career progression plans and earning potential with bi-annual salary reviews!
Key skills we’re looking for…
- Highly skilled, creating high quality 2D art and illustrations from scratch with the
- portfolio to match!
- Showcase excellent compositional skills alongside an ability to create eye-catching game designs.
- Adobe Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects or XD) expertise.
- Able to give, receive and act on constructive feedback.
- Ability to work in different styles and be willing to learn new ones.
- Bonus points for…
- Animation skills (with Spine or After Effects).
- 3D experience (in Blender, Maya or similar).
- Experience producing commercial games and apps.
- Traditional art skills.
In this position, you will join our existing team of talented artists to create 2D art, including all game graphic assets, illustrations, animations and effects on a wide variety of games across our multiple brands within Intouch Games. Being part of several art teams across the globe, you will be involved in the entire process of making the best experience for our players, ensuring that the game looks good and supports the gameplay in a way that is easy to understand. You will also recognise and develop game UX/UI skills as well as collaborate daily with other inspiring game creatives and learn the nuances of the slot/casino game aesthetic. You will work closely with different teams as part of the games development process including concept, development and QA and be able to collaborate with technical and non-technical colleagues.
This opportunity would ideally suit someone with commercial experience in a games studio, or someone within graphic design or animation (with an illustrative portfolio) looking to make the move into art. The role will suit someone with very good 2D drawing, good use of colour and excellent typography skills who is looking for an opportunity to join a highly collaborative team, and step into a creative studio environment as we continue to adapt, grow and evolve as a market leading games studio!
