Art Director / Lead Artist

Posted: over 1 year
Art and Animation
Full-Time
Lead / Principal
$50-65 USD / hour
Anywhere
Kenny Sun is looking for an art director / lead artist for an upcoming publisher-funded game, a top-down roguelite that combines 3d and pixel art elements. This is a remote contract position. You'll be closely working with the lead developer as a key part of the team.

Top candidates will be paid up to $2k each to make a few gameplay & UI mockups as an art test.
 
Details
  • Timeline: 16+ months
  • Up to 30 hours a week
  • Rate: 50-65 USD / hour, based on experience
  • Start Date: October or November 2023, flexible for the right candidate
  • Location: Anywhere worldwide with a good amount of overlap with the ET timezone, and without legal restrictions for USA payments
 
Responsibilities
  • Coordinate with lead developer regularly, ensuring their vision is best represented through your collaboration
  • Iterate on the current art style for the game to bring it to a shippable state
  • Help achieve the art style in-engine
  • Create shippable and performant assets
  • Guide and give feedback to a small team of 2-3 artists

Requirements
  • Experience working in at least one commercially shipped game as an art director or lead artist
  • Strong skills in both 2d and 3d
  • Strong technical knowledge
  • Experience working in Unity
  • Good communication skills

Nice to have experience
  • Shaders
  • 3d animation
  • Pixel art
  • UI design
  • Creating VFX in Unity
  • Optimizing assets for mobile
  • Working with a small remote team
 
To Apply
Send an email to hiring@kennysun.com with your portfolio and resume.


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About Kenny Sun

Kenny Sun is a game developer based in Brooklyn, NY. Most recently he released Mr. Sun's Hatbox as a solo developer.


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