Senior Stylized Character Concept Artist — Remote & Creative Ownership

Jobgether; Ireland; Remote; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote environment with an intl.

Competitive compensation

Flexible contract options

Full-time, long-term collaboration

Creative ownership over character work

Collaboration with seasoned Art Leads

Opportunities on memorable game titles

Professional growth and team retreats

Job summary

Jobgether is seeking a Senior Character Concept Artist to lead the stylized character design for dynamic game projects, working remotely from Ireland. You will craft expressive silhouettes, personalities, and visual identities, collaborating with Art Directors, 3D Artists, Animators, and Game Designers to ensure production-ready concepts and cohesive storytelling across the game's visual universe.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in character concept art, a standout portfolio, and mastery of

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of professional experience as a Character Concept Artist or in a related game development role.
• Experience contributing to commercially released game productions.
• An exceptional portfolio demonstrating stylized character design, distinctive personalities, and strong visual storytelling.
• Excellent understanding of anatomy, shape language, silhouettes, proportions, color theory, and costume design.
• Proven ability to convey personality, emotion, background, and narrative through character design.
• Strong sketching, painting, visual exploration, and iterative design skills.
• Experience producing clear, detailed character concepts that can be translated into 3D assets.
• Strong artistic judgment and attention to the details that enhance character appeal and recognizability.
• Proficiency in Photoshop, Procreate, or equivalent professional creative software.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with Art Directors and multidisciplinary production teams.
• Strong communication skills and fluency in English.

Responsibilities

• Lead the visual exploration and development of stylized characters, ensuring each design is memorable, expressive, and suitable for production.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to translate artistic direction into clear concepts that support storytelling, animation, and gameplay.
• Design appealing stylized characters with distinctive silhouettes, proportions, and visual identities.
• Communicate character personality, emotions, background, and gameplay roles through thoughtful visual design.
• Explore facial expressions, gestures, poses, costumes, accessories, and color relationships to reinforce character identity.
• Ensure characters remain recognizable, engaging, and readable at different gameplay camera distances.
• Balance creative stylization with coherent design principles and production requirements.
• Develop thumbnails, sketches, design variations, expression sheets, and detailed character concepts.
• Explore multiple creative directions before refining selected designs into polished concepts.
• Prepare production-ready turnarounds, design callouts, material references, and documentation for 3D Character Artists.
• Collaborate with 3D artists to ensure concepts translate effectively into game-ready character assets.
• Work with Animators to support expressive movement, clear silhouettes, and compelling character performances.
• Partner with Art Directors, Concept Leads, Character Artists, and Game Designers to align designs with the project's creative vision.
• Incorporate feedback while preserving each character's personality and original creative intent.
• Contribute ideas that strengthen character appeal, storytelling, and overall artistic quality.
• Maintain a consistent visual language across diverse character rosters and help establish artistic guidelines and quality benchmarks.

Skills

Character concept art

Stylized design

English fluency

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Visual storytelling

Tools

Photoshop

Procreate

Job description

Jobgether is seeking a Senior Character Concept Artist to lead the stylized character design for dynamic game projects, working remotely from Ireland. You will craft expressive silhouettes, personalities, and visual identities, collaborating with Art Directors, 3D Artists, Animators, and Game Designers to ensure production-ready concepts and cohesive storytelling across the game's visual universe.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in character concept art, a standout portfolio, and mastery of