Experienced Concept Artist - (Unannounced non-historical GSG)
Do you want to be part of shaping the next evolution of Paradox Grand Strategy? Do you like having a massive and direct impact on the game and its style? Look no further! We are in early development of an exciting new non-historical IP and looking for a passionate and skilled artist to be the champion in the concept art team.
Your mission
As an Experienced Concept Artist, you will be entrusted with a large degree of freedom to define the art style, texture and richness of our games.
Our philosophy is to keep our dev teams small, with a focus on creativity, problem-solving, and supporting each other but still with a high degree of freedom in your role. You will work with the Art Director and concept team to develop the look and feel of our game world, through well-researched and richly detailed concept art. Furthermore, you will collaborate closely with content designers and 3d artists/animators in the team to establish a smooth and creative production atmosphere.
What we’re searching for..
Experience creating concept art for games, with a portfolio focused on character design but also including vehicles, environments, and buildings.
Mastery of art fundamentals: Anatomy, Composition, Lighting, Material Expression, Color Use, etc, and highly skilled in Photoshop.
Experience with 3D/2D pipeline (for example using: Unreal, ZBrush, Maya, or Sketchup).
Comfortable using English in spoken and written form.
Mentoring experience
As part of the recruitment process, you may be asked to perform a test, as well as sign an NDA so that you can learn more about the new IP that you might be a part of shaping!
We'd love to work with you, apply today!
Practical information
Scope: Full-time and permanent
Reporting to: Art Manager
Location: Stockholm
Remote status: This position is based in the office with weekly optional "Work from home" days.
Some of our benefits include:
If you think that this description matches you, we highly encourage you to apply as soon as possible as we will interview candidates continuously. If you don't match all the requirements, please demonstrate how your passion, attitude, and interest in Paradox might compensate for this.
At Paradox Interactive we celebrate difference and care deeply about diversity and inclusion. We therefore encourage you, no matter who you are, to apply for this job if you think you’d be a great addition to our team.
- Department
- Art
- Role
- 2D Artist
- Locations
- Stockholm - Studio Gold
Working at Paradox
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Continuous personal development
To make and sell fantastic games we focus on continuous professional development of our employees. Education, career development and impact on decision-making are part and parcel of this endeavor.
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Freedom & Responsibility
Your contribution will count and you’ll see direct results of your input in our final products.We provide you with freedom in how to tackle ambitious goals and we strive to work in small autonomous teams where you have an impact on the decisions taken. However, we also expect every employee to be responsible for their work and the decisions they make.
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Explore, bond and be well
Our culture centers around the games we make and the bonds we form between the people who make and play them. In our experience, a healthy dose of nerdiness is often central in this, no matter what form it takes.
We encourage employees and teams to explore their nerdiness and connect with one another within and (if they wish) outside the company - be it in our strong board game and TTRPG community, over painting miniatures, in book circles, over karaoke, at our social gatherings and of course over video games. How far down the rabbit hole you go is up to you, nothing is mandatory.
It goes without saying that you get full access to our Steam catalog and the chance the play games that are still in development.
We strive for a good work-life balance for all employees and prioritize their personal well-being.
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Masters of our fate
We have stable long-term owners with skin in the game, decision making close to the games and the players and are stably self-financed, without debt. That gives us full ownership and control of our development. Our success or failure is up to us.
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Compensation
We offer competitive monthly salary and salary revision once per year with participation in our company wide profit share program.
You will be given 5+1 weeks of paid vacation per year. For international hires, we will provide relocation assistance (Visa application, Initial Home Finding, Settling in Service, and your flight).We offer flexible work hours, an open office environment and we encourage sharing and learning from each other.
It goes without saying that you get full access to our Steam catalog and the chance the play games that are still in development.
Our Culture
We’ve built our culture on three pillars that function as bedrock.
Nerdiness:
We celebrate our nerdiness, and invite others to experience it.
Trust:
We face challenges together by placing trust in each other.
Ownership:
We own up to our decisions, dare to try, and learn from the past.
About Paradox Interactive
Today, Paradox consists of both publishing and internal game development. We have a broad portfolio of games and own the most important brands, including Stellaris, Europa Universalis, Hearts of Iron, Crusader Kings, Cities: Skylines, Prison Architect, Victoria, Age of Wonders and the World of Darkness catalog of brands.
Since 2004, the company has published its games all over the world, initially through physical distribution but primarily in digital channels after 2006. Paradox games are developed primarily for PC and console platforms, but the company also releases games on mobile. The largest markets today include the US, UK, China, Germany, France and Scandinavia. In total, Paradox games have over five million players each month.
Experienced Concept Artist - (Unannounced non-historical GSG)
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