Harmonix is seeking an accomplished Lead Concept Artist to contribute to new game initiatives and forge another generation of innovative titles. Concept Artists visualize environments and characters by collaborating with a multi-disciplinary team of game developers to determine art direction and game play.

Responsibilities

~Empower the team to invent a cohesive art direction
~Manage workloads, deliverables and deadlines for the team
~Discern the best course of action as feedback comes at the team from all angles
~Create high quality concept paintings to contribute to team progress
~Promote best practices in the concept art pipeline to streamline production
~Keep art forums organized
~Collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team of game developers
~Work closely with the Lead Artist to create concept paintings following the established art direction
~Share skills and techniques with other concept artists

Desired Qualifications

~1+ years as a Lead Concept Artist at a AAA game company
~2+ years Concept Artist at a game company
~ BFA from accredited Art or Design college
~Minimum of 1 game shipped as a Concept Artist
~Demonstrated outstanding drawing and painting skills with a keen color sense
~Expert level proficiency in Adobe Photoshop
~Experience with 3DSMax and Z Brush, a plus
~Self-starting and organized
~Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, and superior people skills to work in a creative and positive manner with the team
~Understanding of when to sacrifice quantity or quality to adhere to schedules and milestone deliveries
~Ability and willingness to create games that do not follow traditional game-art styles
~A love of music and an openness to new music

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