[full-time, on-sitei] Artist required for iOS Board and Wargame developer

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NB: Vacancy has now been filled.




We’re looking for a 2-D artist to join our Philadelphia game studio.

The Shenandoah Studio creates board games for iPad, iPhone, and other touch-based devices. Our first game, Battle of the Bulge, has earned critical respect and financial success. We are a well-funded startup with short development cycles, no death marches, and a fun and creative studio setting.

For this full-time, on-site position we are seeking an artist with board and/or computer game experience to join our creative team. This is your chance to shape the future of premium mobile games.

Responsibilities:

• Work with the art director on all aspects of game graphic design and art production
• Create UI prototypes in concert with the producer and game designer
• Help develop, enforce, and maintain technical and aesthetic guidelines for art
• Create art assets - map/board art, logos, interfaces, and all other visual assets required for the game and marketing

Requirements:

• 1 or more published games/projects, preferably with an historical flavor
• Highly proficient in digital 2D, especially graphic design and illustration
• Demonstrated knowledge and application of current processes and techniques
• Understanding of look development and interface design
• Interest in cartography and board game art

Desirable Qualifications:

We'd love you to be a multi-talented, superhuman, creative genius … but we also want you to be real, so while we don't expect you'll know or can do everything, any of the following, in order of preference, will be a bonus.

• A love of history and board games
• Continued art education; evidence of private, software/pipeline-specific courses an advantage eg. FXPHD, Gnomon, etc.
• Previous experience with digital platforms such as iOS and Android
• Some experience with HTML/CSS
• Production experience with 3D for engines or in the support of 2D
• Previous experience with the Unity engine

Please send your résumé and link to your online portfolio to iPad.game.jobs@gmail.com

Shenandoah Studio