Concept Artist (Contract)

Requisition Number: 163911

Position Title: Contingent

External Description:

Concept Artist 

EA SPORTS is one of the leading sports entertainment brands in the world, with top-selling videogame franchises, award-winning interactive technology, fan programs, and cross-platform digital experiences. EA SPORTS creates connected experiences that ignite the emotion of sports through industry-leading sports videogames, including Madden NFL football, FIFA Soccer, NHL®Hockey, and EA SPORTS UFC. For more information about EA SPORTS, including news, video, blogs, forums, and game apps, please visit www.easports.com.

The Challenge Ahead

As a Concept Artist, you will work with the Visual Development Director, Art Directors, and other Team Leads in creating characters, objects, logo design, and environment art from quick roughs through color comps toward a final. The Concept Artist will support the artistic vision of the projects.

Responsibilities:

• Create stylized paintings and illustrations.
• Create different concepts including characters, creatures, props, vehicles, architecture, and environments.
• Design original concepts while following specific style guides.
• Partner with the concept team to create balanced solutions to all related technical and aesthetic issues.
• Create a large volume of quality concept art throughout the project’s development cycle.
• Translate visual development into production ready creations.
• Maintain a standard of art by providing several viable solutions.
• Provide research and conceptual development ideas independently.
• Create color moods that capture the feel of the environments. 

What skills does EA look for?

• Bachelor’s Degree in Art.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in game development or art-related field.
• Solid familiarity with Photoshop.
• Painting skills in traditional or digital illustrations and use of color.
• Demonstration of a concept’s evolution from rough ideation to a final tight drawing or “blueprint”.
• A traditionally accomplished artist with an understanding of human anatomy and architectural and environmental design.
• Experience with lighting, composition, color theory, atmosphere, materials, and textures.
• Have excellent senses of human proportion, costuming, color composition, and can render both stylized characters and imaginative fantasy or realistic environments.
• Experience with game creation processes and dependencies.
• Excellent rendering skills: The ability to provide color keys, mood paintings, and style sheets from rough to fully realized paintings.

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Electronic Arts Inc.は、インタラクティブ・エンターテイメント・ソフトウェアの世界的大手企業です。 EAは、インターネットに接続されたコンソール、パソコン、携帯電話、タブレットに対してゲーム、コンテンツおよびオンラインサービスを提供しています。

EEOText: EAは雇用機会を均等に提供します。 雇用に関する決定を下す際は、人種、肌の色、国籍、出身国、出身民族、身体的性別、社会/文化/心理的性別、性別自認または性別表現、性的指向、年齢、遺伝情報、宗教、身体障害、病状、妊娠、婚姻状況、家族状況、軍役経験の有無、および法律で保護されたその他のあらゆる状況は考慮されません。 また、犯罪歴のある人物の雇用も、募集要項を満たす応募者の場合は適用法令に従って検討します。 さらにEAでは、身体に障害のある方々のために、適用法令によって定められた職場環境を整えることも行っています。

Days Open: 25

Can this position be remote?:

EEO Employer Verbiage:

EAは雇用機会を均等に提供します。 雇用に関する決定を下す際は、人種、肌の色、国籍、出身国、出身民族、身体的性別、社会/文化/心理的性別、性別自認または性別表現、性的指向、年齢、遺伝情報、宗教、身体障害、病状、妊娠、婚姻状況、家族状況、軍役経験の有無は考慮されません。 さらにEAでは、身体に障害のある方々のために、適用法令によって定められた職場環境を整えることも行っています。