Trellis is looking for a highly motivated and creative concept artist to join our team in working on Yule, a social multiplayer ARPG.
Trellis is an independent game studio with a focus on creating multiplayer experiences. Our ethos is rooted in our experience as players, and a love for good games that cultivate memorable social interaction. We believe that an excellent working environment comes from autonomy, comfort and deep cross-functional support.
In this role, you will collaborate directly with our creative director in the conceptualization and development of Yule's characters, creatures, and environment as well as defining the project’s visual fidelity. As a part of our creative department, you’ll work with an ambitious team that places quality first and deeply values the impact our creative output has on others.
(Experience in giving direction on art assets produced by external partners, thus previous experience working with external artists is highly desired. Ideally this entails the ability to provide clear paint-over and verbal feedback, both internally and externally.)
If you’re up to the challenge of helping realize an ambitious and highly conceptual multiplayer experience, we want to hear from you!
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience producing concept art for various titles
- An understanding of traditional artistic skills including composition, rendering, anatomy, color theory, perspective, lighting, environment, architectural, character, and graphic design
- Strong drawing fundamentals along with familiarity with painting / rendering techniques
- A strong ability to adapt and understand provided references to produce concepts integrated with a broader stylistic direction
- Comfort in thinking outside the box to produce valuable concepts, before bringing them to life visually
- Comfort collaborating with others, giving and receiving candid feedback
- Excellent communication, time-management, and organizational skills
- A strong online portfolio with a focus on character and/or environmental design
- An ability to collaborate with external partners and own the quality control over incoming art assets, providing both paint-overs and insightful feedback
Responsibilities
- Helping to define and maintain the artistic vision as set forth by the art director & creative leads
- Creation of concept artwork to define and support the product’s creative vision
- Production of creative designs for characters and cosmetics, from initial sketch to final concept
- Providing feedback and insight toward broader conceptualization and design
- Collection and organization of references collaboratively
- Production of storyboards to aid in illustrating character interaction and motion
- Providing redline notes on artwork to better document motives and vision
- Sharing knowledge with cross-functional teammates to help provide general creative alignment
Bonuses
- As a fledgeling team, adjacent skills or expertise in other facets of game design and/or development is always a plus
- A passion for gaming, as well as extensive experience as a player (especially in the context of multiplayer and MMO titles) is ideal
- A passion for visual storytelling and world-building, especially as is applicable to character and environmental design, is highly desired
- Residency / location in North America is ideal, but not required! Please note that we primarily operate in EST/PST
If you don't meet all of the aforementioned requirements, don't think that we're not interested in hearing from you! Seeking creative alignment and professional compatibility is our foremost priority, so we strongly encourage you to apply even if you don’t believe you meet every single qualification outlined. We'll always do our best to ensure that all applications received are responded to.
Trellis is an equal opportunity employer, and we value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
