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Games company need Artist Animator 6 month contract leading to permanent
Growing small games company based at fantastic Bush Estate need a talented and creative Artist/Animator to take responsibility for all things visual and exciting in our existing and future games.
Current projects span PC, Flash/online, console, and mobile platforms.
You will be part of a small, fast moving, highly collaborative, and creative team.
Responsibilities:
* Create all concept art/animation for games and promotional material (websites etc)
* Design user friendly game UIs
* Maintain an efficient art pipeline to manage assets for projects that
are shared between platform ports
* Work closely with the engineers to ensure asset types are optimised
for use and platform
* Work closely with the content author to create suitable logos and
graphics for downloadable content.
Knowledge/Skills:
* Ability to create all art work required: characters, objects, effects,
backgrounds, logos, interface elements.
* Ability to design slick, fun, and exciting animation sequences
primarily in 2D.
* Ability to define unique, consistent, and compelling styles for each game.
* Expert skills in Flash.
* Expert skills using Photoshop, Illustrator or other relevent vector
and raster graphics packages.
Desirable Skills:
* 3D design/animation
* Experience of creating 2D bitmap style graphics
* Experence of creating graphics for small handheld or mobile
devices/consoles.
Experience:
* Minimum 2 yrs commercial experience or suitably compelling portfolio for recent graduates.
All applicants must provide a portfolio showcasing suitable examples of your work. CVs without a portfolio will not be considered.
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