Senior Concept Artist

About the Company

Part of IGT's PlayDigital studio, our Belgrade team builds digital casino games and platforms used by operators worldwide, spanning game math, art, engineering, and production.

About the Role

IGT is looking for a Senior Concept Artist to join its Two Rivers studio in Belgrade. The role is responsible for defining and developing the visual direction for new game concepts, creating high quality concept art for characters, environments, props and UI elements, and helping maintain a consistent visual style across all game assets.

Vacancy Details

Responsibilities

• Work closely with Producers, Game Designers and the Art Team to define and develop the visual direction for new game concepts
• Create high quality concept art for characters, environments, props, symbols, UI elements and other visual assets for new game titles
• Explore multiple visual directions through sketches, thumbnails, mood boards and visual research
• Produce polished concept illustrations that serve as visual guides for production artists throughout development
• Design concepts with animation, gameplay and technical implementation in mind, ensuring assets are both visually compelling and production ready
• Collaborate with artists, designers, developers and product managers to iterate visual ideas and incorporate feedback
• Propose creative and practical solutions for game assets while working within established artistic, technical and production guidelines
• Help maintain a consistent visual style and high artistic quality across all game assets

Requirements

• Excellent knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite, including Photoshop, Illustrator and After Effects
• Strong concept art portfolio demonstrating visual development, ideation and creative problem solving skills
• Excellent drawing, composition, color, lighting, anatomy, perspective and visual storytelling skills
• Strong understanding of game art production pipelines and technical constraints
• Ability to work independently while taking ownership of visual solutions
• Passion for game development

Nice-to-have

• Good understanding of 2D animation principles and the ability to create or communicate animation concepts
• Experience in game development
• Experience working with Unity or other game engines
• Knowledge of Blender, Maya or other 3D software to support concept development
• Experience creating storyboards, motion studies or simple 2D animations
• Experience working across multiple visual styles
• Familiarity with AI assisted creative workflows and their application in concept development

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Benefits

• Permanent employment contract and a competitive salary
• Private health insurance for you and your family
• Flexible working hours, including a hybrid work model
• Opportunity to learn and continuously improve your skills through e-learning platforms
• Clear career development path with well defined growth opportunities
• A vibrant and stimulating work environment within Class A office space