Senior Illustrator

Multiplayer Studio; United States; Remote; USD 100,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Work from anywhere

Annual 15% discretionary bonus

Competitive salary

Paid time off (over 20 days)

Health benefits

Training & development opportunities

Annual team-wide trip

Job summary

Multiplayer Studio is seeking a Senior Illustrator with a proven ability to create illustrations that bring complex ideas and brands to life. You will guide teams on the craft of visual storytelling and shape an illustration strategy that supports both users and business goals.

You must have 5 years of full-time industry experience as an illustrator, and a portfolio we can access. Additionally, a minimum 3-hour overlap with the Toronto EDT timezone is required to collaborate effectively.

Qualifications

• 5+ years full-time industry experience as an illustrator.
• Portfolio we can access.
• Minimum 3-hour overlap with Toronto EDT timezone.

Responsibilities

• Create illustrations across a wide range of styles, adapting to each client's brand.
• Work within established illustration languages, evolving the brand style.
• Develop moodboards and reference material to guide creative direction.
• Explain concepts to clients and team, showing how references support outcomes.
• Develop ownable illustration styles and build reusable illustration systems.
• Document styles for broader team usage across projects.
• Explore new tools and technologies, including AI, to enhance craft.
• Maintain strong composition, color, and visual storytelling.
• Ensure accessibility standards for web and digital products.
• Collaborate closely with designers, art directors, and project teams.

Skills

5+ years illustration experience

Job description

About Multiplayer

We are Multiplayer! We design and build products that work for people, so people can do their best work. We design product experiences that bring purpose and delight to everyday tasks. Working side by side with our clients, we help rapidly build their internal design capabilities. And we’re dedicated to fostering happiness in our own culture and in every client relationship. We believe happiness is good business. When people are happier at work, they perform better, think smarter, and achieve more. This belief powers our approach, which we call Happiness by Design . Let’s build a happier way to work—together.

The person we’re looking for

We’re seeking a Senior Illustrator with a proven ability to create illustrations that bring complex ideas and brands to life, guide teams on the craft of visual storytelling, and shape an illustration strategy that supports both users and business goals.

Job Overview

Some things you will be responsible for:

• Create illustrations across a wide range of styles, adapting your approach to fit each client's brand, audience, and tone.
• Work within established illustration languages, respecting what's already there while pushing it forward in ways that feel natural to the brand.
• Create moodboards and gather reference that set a clear creative direction for each project.
• Talk clients and the team through your thinking, explaining how the references come together and the outcome they point toward.
• Develop new, ownable illustration styles for clients, drawing on reference, research, and inspiration to create something distinct and true to their brand.
• Build illustration systems, not just one-off pieces. Think reusable elements, clear rules, and style guides that hold up as a brand grows.
• Document your styles so the wider team can confidently use and extend them across a project.
• Explore new tools and technologies, including AI, as a way to extend your craft. You'll help shape how these tools are used so the quality and intent of your work carries through, even when others are producing with it.
• Bring strong fundamentals in composition, color, and visual storytelling to every piece, and turn complex ideas into clear, engaging visuals.
• Make sure your work meets accessibility standards for web and digital products.
• Collaborate closely with designers, art directors, and project teams to bring ideas to life.

Requirements

• Proven 5 years full-time industry experience as an illustrator
• Portfolio we can access
• Must have a minimum 3-hour overlap with Toronto EDT timezone

Benefits

• $100,000- $135,000 annually
• Work from anywhere
• Annual 15% discretionary bonus
• Competitive salary
• Paid time off (over 20 days)
• Health benefits
• Training & development opportunities
• Annual team-wide trip