Concept Artist

Location

San Mateo, CA | United States

Job description

As a Concept Artist for Monomi Park, you will work closely with the Art Director, Creative Director, and game design team to understand and collaboratively build Slime Rancher 2 's story, characters, and world. This involves the creation of concept art for environments, props, resources, equipment, characters, and other game assets. An eye for graphic design is necessary for creating UI design concepts, including icons and borders, as requested by the UX team. Empathetic communication and collaboration is key in this role as you will work closely with all other members of the art team to generate visual ideas together and keep the visual aesthetic consistent across disciplines. This includes but is not limited to working in Unity editor, providing sketches, breakdowns, storyboards, reference sheets with turnarounds, and full digital paintings for key art all within our established whimsical style.

XP Required:

• At least 3 years of experience as a Concept Artist in a game development environment (AA or above), preferably working on single player, first-person games, with at least one complete product cycle shipped title.
• An online portfolio demonstrating strong, high-quality stylized work examples.

General Skills:

• Strong organizational skills, and an ability to keep pace with management and production resources, tracking and documentation.
• Flexible and organized, able to manage multiple, competing tasks and be self-directed in a quickly-evolving environment.

Creative & Technical Skills:

• Excellent 2D drawing skills with a strong eye for composition, color theory, perspective, lighting, and design, with a love for the whimsical and imaginative.
• Strong rendering skills, and an ability to adapt to different art styles.
• Flexible mastery of art for different subject matter (Environments, Props, Characters, UI) is highly valued for this role.
• Strong experience using 3D software such as Blender or Maya.
• Experience using Unity Editor.

Soft Skills:

• Able to collaborate with members of the Art team, and cross-functionally with other teams at the studio.
• Comfortable receiving critiques and able to move forward implementing feedback into new ideas.

Bonus Points For:

• Coming in with a solid understanding of the Slime Rancher aesthetic, including its world and characters.

About Monomi Park

Slime Rancher 2 sold over 100,000 copies on its first day and currently has an “Overwhelmingly Positive” review score on Steam. We have an exciting content update schedule planned and are growing the team in a few key areas in order to meet our goals for the 1.0 release.

The original Slime Rancher saw similar success; it has sold over 6 million copies and also has an “Overwhelmingly Positive” score on Steam. The success of the Slime Rancher IP has put us in a unique spot among indies, where we can continue to make games on our own terms while offering the salaries and benefits usually limited to larger studios.

We are a people-first studio, which means that we don’t crunch and that we make conservative financial decisions to ensure the stability of the company for the long term.

Monomi Park offers a laid-back atmosphere, competitive compensation packages, fantastic health insurance for all employees, does not crunch, and values the voice of every member of our team.

Compensation + Benefits

Monomi Park offers a full suite of benefits including:

• 100% employer-paid Medical, Dental and Vision coverage through Blue Shield of CA and Metlife for you and any dependents.
• Significant and regular performance and profit sharing bonuses.
• Fully remote and flex WFH styles are fully supported, and we are open to employee relocations.
• 401k through Vanguard with 4% company match, no vesting schedule.
• Life insurance up to 2x your base salary.
• Unlimited PTO, no crunch and a respect for work-life balance including child care needs.
• 6 months of paid parental leave for all full-time, permanent employees.
• Tons of quality of life subsidies including fitness, home workspace, games, internet, lunch, and many others.
• A dedicated team of imaginative, kind, and inclusive creators.

For local San Francisco Bay Area candidates at the Concept Artist level, the starting base pay salary range is $100,000 - $115,000+ target annual bonus. The final base pay may vary further depending on individualized factors for job candidates, such as candidate location, job-related knowledge, skills and level of experience.

For local San Francisco Bay Area candidates at the Sr. Concept Artist level, the starting base pay salary range is $115,000 - $130,000+ target annual bonus. The final base pay may vary further depending on individualized factors for job candidates, such as candidate location, job-related knowledge, skills and level of experience.

Our salary bands are based on market data available through games industry-specific surveys.

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