Senior Concept Artist
We are Fatshark
We are a critically acclaimed Swedish game development studio with about 180 experienced and skilled employees. We are most well-known for developing the Warhammer: Vermintide franchise, but have also helped develop a number of AAA titles and will soon be launching the highly anticipated game Warhammer 40,000: Darktide.
We have grown quite a bit over the last few years and are almost two-hundred “Sharks” now, but we still embrace the same values that we started with and still think of ourselves like one big family with fun at the center. Come into our world, a world known for our crazy internally designed socks, hackweeks, and Friday afternoons for studio-wide “social play” time. It all adds up to an approachable, fun, passion-driven yet communal environment for us to work in.
The role
As a Senior Concept Artist at Fatshark you will be a part of our talented Concept Team of 4 artists, producing concept art to support our production pipeline of 3D artists, both for in-house and outsourcing colleagues.
Your responsibility will be the development of the upcoming 'Warhammer 40K Darktide' release. Your main focus will be to produce environment concepts, visually develop and lead the way for our inhouse World art department during the process of developing new levels and environments.
Furthermore, you will research and sync the work with our Director group and licensing partner and find references needed to carry out your daily tasks.
Last but not least, this is a great opportunity to dive into the dark, gritty and intriguing world of Warhammer 40K!
What we offer
Here at Fatshark, we do what we love most: design high-profile games for PCs and consoles. We offer you:
- A playful, friendly and inclusive work place
- Hands-on production environment with an emphasis on cooperative/multiplayer games
- Opportunities for personal growth with varied projects, experienced co-workers and recurring hack weeks
- Developing games with our own engine - Stingray
- Regulated flex time and paid overtime
- Occupational pension
- Yearly health benefits and health checkups
- Yearly bonus program
- Office located in central Stockholm
What you'll do
- Produce environmental art concepts to a high and production friendly level
- Create rendered mood concepts to supply the light team and level artists
- Produce production concept art to support 3D artists, both in-house and outsourced
- Research and find references needed to carry out the daily tasks
- Very high knowledge of perspective and the ability to understand and describe form and shape in 2D media
- Follow up the work and be able to communicate with 3D artists and iterate throughout the projects
Required qualifications
- A few years of a previous work experience as a Concept Artist, in a professional work environment
- Excellent knowledge of perspective and the ability to describe form and shape in 2D media
- Excellent visualization skills in PS or similar software
- Great ability to work in a team and be able to communicate effectively cross disciplinary
- Fluent in English, both written and spoken
Bonus qualifications
- Game development production experience
- Interest in the Warhammer IP
- Game Engine interest to be able to work with the technical aspect of lightning the levels and ensure the visual game experience
- Technical and detail oriented interest & knowledge (a drive to create believable worlds and objects)
Application details
Most of us are currently working in a flexible way (both from home and the office), but the onboarding is being done in the office. This position will eventually require you to work from our office.
We look forward to review applications and will be interviewing candidates continuously until the position has been filled.
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Start: ASAP 2022
Form of Employment: full-time, permanent
Stockholm
Why Fatshark?
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Building worlds
Hands-on production environment with an emphasis on cooperative and multiplayer games -
Great atmosphere
A fun, friendly and inclusive work environment -
Keep on growing
Opportunities for personal growth with varied projects, experienced co-workers and recurring hack weeks -
Work-life balance
Regulated flex time, paid overtime and minimum crunch policy -
Hack Weeks
At the end of each quarter, we have a week dedicated to hack projects. Kick off the day with a team breakfast, deep dive into learning something new and team up with colleagues to realize that bizarre game feature -
Additional Benefits
We offer occupational pension, a generous bonus policy, annual health checkups & healthcare allowance and more
Who are we?
When we put Fatshark to sea in 2007, we wanted to create a place where talented people would come together and create awesome games. We did, and Fatshark is today a studio and publisher where great ideas spawn and reach the hands of countless players.
Equally important to us, we’ve never lost the joy that goes into creating great games. Over the years, we have created a habitat in which all kinds of fatsharks can thrive.
Cooperation is key
At Fatshark, we develop and publish cooperative games, where people come together to have fun and solve problems together. In a Fatshark game, you are given the freedom to succeed or fail trying as a group. And that's exactly the way we like it. Through teamwork in our games and in our studio, 1+1=3.
About Fatshark
We are a Swedish game development studio located in Södermalm, Stockholm. With about 180 experienced and skilled employees we are developing and publishing titles for both consoles and PC. We are well-known for releasing the critically acclaimed title Warhammer: Vermintide 2 and our recent game Warhammer 40,000: Darktide.
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