Role Description We're looking for a Principal Visual Artist to lead the visual identity and art direction of our interactive work. You'll partner with the Creative Director to define the look and feel of each project, set the visual standard for the team, and drive that quality from early concept through to production-ready assets across 2D and 3D. As the team grows, you'll lead and mentor artists, shape workflows, and own the visual direction of features end to end. You care about craft at every stage. You understand that great real-time art starts with smart decisions made early, and you're comfortable taking ownership across disciplines in a small team where your judgment sets the quality bar. What you'll do - Lead the visual direction of features and projects, translating creative vision into clear production direction through concepts, style frames, and visual references. - Define and maintain the visual language, tone, and quality standard across all output as the team and portfolio grow. - Lead, mentor, and grow a team of artists, providing feedback, direction, and career development support. - Produce concept, illustration, and 2D art assets (textures, surface detail, iconography, UI elements, graphic work) that integrate into 3D and interactive environments. - Model, UV, texture, rig, and animate 3D assets to production standard, working within defined real-time budgets. - Use motion and animation tools to produce motion references and effects concepts that guide technical implementation. - Collaborate closely with the wider creative team to ensure clean, well-structured handoff for runtime, iterating based on how art behaves in-engine. - Shape art production workflows, asset pipelines, and standards as the team scales. Qualifications - A portfolio that spans disciplines: concept and illustration, texture and surface work, 3D modelling, and asset production, showing both range and depth. - Proven experience leading visual direction on features or projects, with the judgment to make art decisions that serve the overall experience. - Experience leading, mentoring, or growing artists on a team. - Strong visual development skills: style frames, mood boards, colour theory, and composition thinking. - Proficiency in Blender (or equivalent) for 3D modelling, UV layout, texturing, rigging, and animation. - Strong 2D skills in Photoshop, Illustrator, or equivalent, with a focus on texture creation, graphic design, and illustrative work. - Understanding of real-time asset constraints: poly budgets, texture resolution and atlasing, material complexity, and what makes assets performant at runtime. - A collaborative approach: you hand off cleanly, communicate constraints clearly, and take technical feedback without friction. Requirements - Background in game development (highly preferred) or experience producing assets for a real-time engine. - Experience with motion design, animated asset production, or creating animation references to guide a technical team. - Familiarity with glTF pipelines and well-structured, runtime-ready exports. - Experience with shader authoring or authoring tools. Benefits - Salary range for NYC: $180,000 — $225,000 USD. - Salary range for USA Remote: $155,520 — $194,400 USD. - For information about our benefits, please visit benefitsatfanatics.com .

• Reporting to the Lead Artist • Working with the Lead Technical Animator to establish a reliable pipeline to author gameplay and performance animations. • Responsible for the creation and integration of world-class character animations in the game engine • Applies animation principles to create high-quality animations while optimising them to meet technical constraints and making any changes that are requested based on artistic direction • Works in close collaboration with the Lead Artist, Game Designers, and Programmers to understand quality objectives, gameplay intentions, and engine capabilities to deliver AAA quality for work objectives • Communicates and works closely with Game Designers and Programmers to find effective solutions, fix issues, and achieve goals on time • Quickly prototypes and previsualises animation systems and ideas that will serve as a basis for animation and gameplay-related discussions • Supports the requirements for in-game cut-scenes and performance animation as required at Lively, the worlds we create are crucial to our games and in delivering fantastic experiences to our players.

Role Description We are currently looking for an Animator to join an exciting project! - Reporting to the Lead Artist - Working with the Lead Technical Animator to establish a reliable pipeline to author gameplay and performance animations. - Responsible for the creation and integration of world-class character animations in the game engine. - Applies animation principles to create high-quality animations while optimizing them to meet technical constraints and making any changes that are requested based on artistic direction. - Works in close collaboration with the Lead Artist, Game Designers, and Programmers to understand quality objectives, gameplay intentions, and engine capabilities to deliver AAA quality for work objectives. - Communicates and works closely with Game Designers and Programmers to find effective solutions, fix issues, and achieve goals on time. - Quickly prototypes and previsualizes animation systems and ideas that will serve as a basis for animation and gameplay-related discussions. - Supports the requirements for in-game cut-scenes and performance animation as required. - Focus on creating and implementing gameplay character move sets, cut scenes, narrative-based sequences, and supporting in-world animations as required. Qualifications - Animation production experience on at least one shipped AAA character action game. - A minimum of 1 year of experience working in a Senior Animator position. - Advanced skills in game development software such as Maya & game engines (Unity/UE4). - Exceptional key frame animation skills and a reel that showcases world-leading animation quality in character and other related gameplay animation systems. - Expert level of understanding of the principles of animation. - Strong understanding of animation and how it applies to gameplay. - A passion for character animation, playing games, and film. - Character rigging and/or modeling skills are advantageous. - Traditional art skills a distinct advantage. Life drawing ability, deep understanding of human anatomy. - Prior experience with motion capture pipelines and data management is advantageous. - A passionate and self-motivated individual, willing to work in a team and communicate effectively. - Ability to prioritize one's own tasks and be responsive to deadlines. - Exceptional problem-solving skills. Must be able to quickly identify issues and proactively resolve them. Requirements - Location: Europe, UK - Service: Game Development - Employment Type: Freelance / FTC - Working Pattern: Full Time

• Create high-quality 2D isometric environments all the way from the concept stage to completion • Follow the style guides and feedback provided by the project Art Lead • Ensure consistency and visual quality of the art you produce • Ensure that all the art is delivered to the team in accordance to the project’s technical requirements