Concept Artist

Company Name: Emerald City Games

Position Title: Concept Artist

Business Address: 240-4299 Canada Way, Burnaby, BC V5G 1H1

Location of Work: Burnaby, BC

Terms of Employment: Permanent, Full-time - Shift Work 40hrs Average/Week

Language Required: English

Wage: Starting at $24.04 / hour

Benefits: Extended Health Care

NOC: 52120

Emerald City Games is a collection of the best designers, developers and artists, and we’re looking for an awesome Concept Artist to join our team

Someone that has a good work ethic, attitude and wants to work on great games with great people.

Your day to day tasks will include:
Collaborating with teammates and art managers to achieve AAA visual quality

Creating post-launch content and designing graphics for promotions outside of the game.

Taking part in regular art reviews and discussions

Developing games that you yourself would want to play

Technical Requirements:
Proficiency in digital painting software such as Adobe Photoshop or Procreate.

Portfolio or any work demonstrating strong artistic abilities and an understanding of design, form, color and composition.

Portfolio or any work that explores a variety of ranges in multiple styles.

Ability to break down character, environment and prop designs for 3d Production.

Complete fully rendered in-game and marketing assets (‘Shippable’ quality)

High-level attention to detail.

Good communication skills, ability to explain concepts and support artistic choices.

Knowledge of animation and/or game development processes is a plus.

Other Skills (Characters):
Strong understanding of anatomy.

Strong understanding of facial anatomy and can illustrate a wide range of expressions.

Ability to capture, simplify and create caricatures in various styles.

Produce rotation and three quarter production ready design for 3D.

Ability to create and design anatomically believable creatures.

Other Skills (Environment):
Strong architectural sense, understanding of scale and its relation to details.

Ability to work in greyblock, to design and conceptualize sets and environments suitable for gameplay or cinematics.

Ability to conceptualize the environment and work based on rough storyboards or narrative story points provided by the creative team.

Emerald City Games is unique, even by industry standards. It’s a great culture, that has you inspired every day. You need to be able to check off the following:
Be really good at what you do. We have a high standard. We like to give our devs a lot of responsibility and ownership.

Work hard. We want people to roll up their sleeves when they need to, while supporting and encouraging others

Get along well with others. At ECG we see everyone as family. We pride ourselves on creating an environment that is supportive and offers equal opportunity for everyone

We are 100% independent. We create our own worlds, we choose to work on the games we want to make, and you will not find a more talented, inspiring, down-to-earth group to join. Drop us a line if you’re interested in being a part of it.

Check out this video to get a sense of what the culture is like here.

Oh, and don’t think you need to be in Canada to apply. Our company has a long history of obtaining work visas. We want to work with the best, and we don’t let borders stop us.

**Salary**: From $24.04 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Extended health care

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Burnaby, BC V5G 1H1: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: One location