Chief Concept Artist: Stylized Games (Remote)

Jobgether; Netherlands; Remote; EUR 65,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-friendly working environment

Competitive compensation package

Flexible contract options

Annual team retreats

Job summary

Jobgether in the Netherlands is seeking a Lead Concept Artist to shape visual identity and guide a team across characters, environments, props, and game assets. You will translate briefs into production-ready concepts, establish cohesive styles, and mentor artists to elevate creative quality.

The role combines hands-on concept creation with leadership, collaboration with art directors and designers, and ensuring designs meet gameplay and technical constraints while delivering memorable visuals.

Qualifications

• Six years of professional concept art experience in game development.
• Proven Lead Concept Artist or senior role with leadership responsibilities.
• Experience contributing to commercially released game productions.
• Exceptional portfolio demonstrating strong artistic fundamentals and storytelling.
• Understanding of composition, color, lighting, perspective, anatomy, and shape language.
• Ability to establish cohesive artistic style across asset types.
• Hands-on painting, sketching, and visual exploration skills.
• Experience mentoring artists and delivering actionable feedback.
• Ability to translate briefs into production-ready designs.
• Strong communication and collaboration with multidisciplinary teams.
• Fluency in English.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of concepts for characters, environments, props, and other game content.
• Define visual language and cohesive artistic direction.
• Produce production-ready concept designs and paintovers.
• Develop reference materials, art guidelines, and visual benchmarks.
• Mentor artists and guide visual exploration across the team.
• Provide actionable feedback and maintain design quality across concepts.
• Help establish concept art workflows and quality standards.
• Collaborate with Art Directors, Designers, and various artists to align concepts with project goals.
• Ensure designs account for technical constraints and gameplay readability.
• Maintain visual consistency from early exploration to final assets.
• Solve artistic and production challenges with creative problem-solving.

Skills

6+ yrs exp

Lead Concept Artist

Commercial game experience

Portfolio of strong artistry

Art direction

English fluency

Communication & collaboration

Mentorship

Tools

Unity

Unreal Engine

Blender

Job description

Jobgether in the Netherlands is seeking a Lead Concept Artist to shape visual identity and guide a team across characters, environments, props, and game assets. You will translate briefs into production-ready concepts, establish cohesive styles, and mentor artists to elevate creative quality.

The role combines hands-on concept creation with leadership, collaboration with art directors and designers, and ensuring designs meet gameplay and technical constraints while delivering memorable visuals.