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.