Principal Concept Artist

Company Description

People Can Fly is one of the leading independent AAA games development studios with an international team of hundreds of talented individuals working from offices located in Poland, UK, US, and Canada, and from all over the world thanks to our remote work programs.

Founded in 2002, we made our mark on the shooter genre with titles such as Painkiller, Bulletstorm, Gears of War: Judgment, and Outriders. We are one of the most experienced Unreal Engine studios in the industry and we are expanding it with in-house solutions called PCF Framework.

Our creative teams are currently working on several exciting titles: Gemini is our new project being developed with Square Enix; Bifrost, Victoria and Dagger are projects we're growing in the self-publishing model. We also have one project in the concept phase – Red; as well as two projects in VR technology – Green Hell VR and Thunder - a new project based on one of the IPs from the Group's portfolio.

With over 20 years of experience, PCF sets out to explore new horizons. We aim to combine our expertise with creativity of the best and most forward-thinking talents in the industry to work together on the new generation of action games for the global gaming community.

If you decide to accompany us on this journey, you'll have a chance to perfect your craft and expand your knowledge, working alongside leaders in the industry on bringing a brand-new unique experience to the players worldwide.

Project Dagger is a yet unannounced AAA action- adventure game developed by our North American team supported by PCF's European studios.

Job Description

Responsibilities:

Work with the Art Director and Lead Concept Artist to help provide artistic vision and maintain high artistic standards for the project.

Design characters, creatures, environments, and props, for both high- visualization and production based purposes.

Promote and maintain a consistency of an established art direction or style guide, and have the ability to communicate it to others.

Provide feedback, guidance, and nurture less experienced peers to help maintain quality and consistency of delivery in their work, and help them work through complex creative design problems.

Help provide clear and effective documentation for Concept Team related art practices.

Develop and establish a healthy collaborative working relationship with cross-disciplinary departments to help create effective and sound concepts that help further the development of the game.

Work closely with producers and other art leads to achieve project goals

Maintain awareness of gameplay considerations and the overall player experience in their work.

Initiate information gathering and investigate dependencies associated with a given task.

Actively seeks to improve and further their own skill-sets by exploring and maintaining awareness of emerging industry trends, and technology.

Actively researches and demonstrates a willingness to knowledge-share findings of emerging industry trends, and technology.

Qualifications

Requirements:

Typically 8+ years of in-studio or combined WFH experience as a concept artist in AAA video game development. 2+ shipped titles is a must.

Sound foundational and practical art skills such as composition and perspective, drawing, painting, rendering, mood and lighting, material indication, color theory, basic design principles, anatomy, visual storytelling, etc.

Ability to adapt these foundational art skills to realistic and fantasy based content.

Understanding of a variety of art styles, aesthetics, and appeal.

Strong ability to solve creative problems, and showcases an overall design independence.

Ability to maintain a consistent velocity across a large variety of tasks.

Proficiency in Adobe Photoshop.

Experience in utilizing 3d packages to generate concepts is desired.

Ability to coordinate with production to estimate and manage/prioritize time associated with a given task.

Great communication, collaboration, organization, and leadership skills.

Understanding of cross-disciplinary workflows and how this impacts the work of the concept team.

Experience working with and providing feedback for outsourcing and contractors.

Additional Information

What we offer:

U.S.

100% group health insurance benefit premiums paid by PCF (Medical, Dental, Vision, Group Life, and Supplemental Live) and start on day 1 of employment.

401K with 100% match, up to 3% of employee salary, and vested immediately.

Paid week off during Winter Holidays.

20 paid vacation days and 5 paid sick days.

Free virtual health and mental wellbeing sessions included in the plan for members and their dependents.

A competitive salary and performance-based annual bonuses.

Personal development opportunities and ability to work in a global environment.

Work in a creative team with people full of passion for what they do.

Long term disability, short term disability, travel insurance, as well as other benefits provided.

Canada

Benefit package 100% paid by PCF. Insurance company reimburses 100% of claims (Up to $500 per service a year, as well as individual family coverage).

Full Dental coverage, including major dental and orthodontics.

4% RRSP matching before tax deductions, 100% vested on day 1.

Paid week off during Winter Holidays.

20 paid vacation days and 5 paid sick days.

Free virtual health and mental wellbeing sessions included in the plan for members and their dependents.

A competitive salary and performance-based annual bonuses.

Personal development opportunities and ability to work in a global environment.

Work in a creative team with people full of passion for what they do.