[Full time, remote work-from home] Senior Artist / Future Art Director at Ninja Kiwi
Job Title: Senior Artist / Future Art Director
Ideal Candidate: Versatile illustrator who understands the 3D pipeline and can execute the visual and creative vision for a new game. An individual contributor who hopes to transition to the role of Art Director.
Location: Anywhere. Fully remote work-from-home.
Position Type: 3-Month contract with potential for full-time transition
Company: Ninja Kiwi / Team Legion
Company Overview
Ninja Kiwi, founded in 2006, is the creator of the iconic Bloons franchise, particularly Bloons TD 6, a leader in the tower defense genre.
Team Legion (formerly AutoAttack Games) is the creator of Legion TD 2, the premier competitive tower defense game for PC, with over 700,000 copies sold and an active player base of more than 100,000 annually.
In 2024, Team Legion was acquired by Ninja Kiwi. While we are a part of the larger Ninja Kiwi family, we operate as a smaller, independent team. In addition to supporting Legion TD 2, we’ve begun development on a brand new game, code named Legion Sequel.
With all the lessons learned from Legion TD 2, combined with a higher budget and bigger team, our goal is to make the next big strategy game.
We’re searching for talented individuals to help us achieve this vision.
Responsibilities
Establish and execute the visual and creative vision for our upcoming game, Legion Sequel
Create content for Legion Sequel (90%) and Legion TD 2 (10%)
Collaborate with and manage other full-time and contracted artists
Balance between being a key contributor (80%) and taking on management responsibilities (20%)
Self-manage your time to meet deadlines and be responsive during work hours
Communicate with players and show off your work (optional)
Qualifications
Experience as an illustrator with a portfolio showcasing your work
Ability to make stylized character art, cover art, UI assets, and other 2D digital art
Understand the 3D pipeline in terms of taking a character from concept to fully animated in game
Good written communicator. Team Legion prefers asynchronous written communication over meetings
Receptive to feedback and good at delivering feedback
Either previous experience as an art director or strong desire and potential for becoming an art director
Bonus Qualifications
Logo design
Concept art
3D textures
3D modeling
3D rigging and animation
VFX
Shaders
Audio editing and sound design
Familiarity with Unity
Previous experience working on 3D games
Perks
Fully remote work-from-home
Flexible hours! You can largely set your own hours
Enjoy life outside of work! 25 days of paid vacation + public holidays + personal/sick days
No crunch policy! Overtime is rare, and you are not expected to answer messages outside work hours
Only 1 scheduled meeting per month
Premium subscriptions to Chat GPT and Discord Nitro
Work with a small, ambitious, and friendly team on a successful game and a promising new game
>> Apply here <<
We appreciate your interest and look forward to meeting you!