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| Job Title | Concept Artist [In-house] |
|---|---|
| Job Category | Artists |
| Job Description | Black Rock Studio is currently recruiting for a Concept Artist to join the team at the Brighton-based studio. The studio, best known for award-winning titles such as the MotoGP series on Xbox 360 and PC and the multi-million selling ATV Offroad Fury 3 & 4, is currently developing ‘PURE’ on Xbox 360 & PS3, as well as an additional original IP racing game and is looking for talented and passionate racing game enthusiasts to join the teams on these innovative projects. This is a permanent in-house position. The Role: The Black Rock team are looking for highly motivated, talented and creative individuals with honed fine art skills and the ability to illustrate concepts quickly. As a concept artist you will be part of a vibrant and passionate team creating environments through sketches, storyboards and full colour artwork. Key Responsibilities: As part of a wider conceptual art team you will be expected to deliver industry leading look and feel pieces in order to help define and drive forwards the look development and vision for the studios new and exciting IP. Education / Qualifications: A Bachelor degree in fine arts, architecture, or film. Various degrees of education and experience will be considered provided the applicant's portfolio demonstrates the following requirements: • A versatile and exceptional 2D portfolio. • Excellent drawing and painting skills in traditional mediums and or digital illustrations. • Exceptional and proven understanding of lighting, colour theory and composition. • Excellent fundamental art skills. • Experience in production creating environment ‘Look and Feel’ concepts. • Demonstration of a concept’s evolution from rough sketches through to final full colour illustrated ‘Look and feel’. • Any experience of working with storyboards would also be a distinct advantage. • The ability to convey atmosphere and mood through light and colour. Key Skills / Experience / Essential Requirements: • Strong desire to work on environmental concepts. • Willing to work closely in a cross discipline collaborative and creative team environment. • Creativity, motivation, enthusiasm, flexibility, adaptability. • A firm grasp of colour theory, lighting and composition is a must coupled with a drive and a passion for your art. • A true passion for video games. • Knowledge of multiple art styles and techniques, able to draw inspiration from a wide range of traditional artists. . • Versatility to work everything from environments through to characters, and in any genre / style is an advantage. • Up-to-date knowledge of computer illustration software packages, e.g., Photoshop and/or Painter. • Familiarity or experience with 3D programs and 2D vector-based art applications is a plus. • Ability to create a large volume of high quality concept art within short time frames. • Good communication skills; ability and willingness to accept and follow direction, and to collaborate productively with others • Must be responsive to deadlines and work well under pressure. How to apply: - Please email your resume, work examples & covering letter to: jobs@distudios.net About Black Rock Studio Black Rock Studio, formerly known as Climax Racing, was established in early 2000 with the goal of becoming the industry's premier racing studio. The studio now employs more than 100. Using its proprietary render engine and PACE physics libraries, the studio has become experienced at producing triple-A, critically acclaimed racing titles in very competitive development times. Climax Racing was acquired by Disney Interactive Studios in October 2006 and re-named Black Rock Studio in July 2007. For further information, please visit our website: www.blackrockstudio.com About Disney Interactive: Disney Interactive Studios is the interactive division of the Walt Disney Company. We develop, publish, market and distribute a broad portfolio of multi-platform next-generation video games and interactive entertainment worldwide. Our family of studios includes Fall Line and Avalanche Software in Salt Lake City, and Propaganda Games in Vancouver and of course the Brighton Studio in the UK. Come and upgrade your career with one of the world’s largest entertainment companies. |
| Location | Central / seafront, Brighton, South East, England, UK & Europe |
| Salary | £excellent + v.good benefits package |
| Date posted | 09/06/2008 |
| Recruiter | This job is advertised on behalf of Black Rock Studio using their internal reference CONC32971. |
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