2D/3D Artist

Role Overview

As a Senior Game Artist, you will own major features end-to-end to deliver player-first experiences. You will work in a cross-functional Candy feature team, partnering with designers, developers, technical artists, user researchers, and producers to deliver polished, optimized art that elevates the player experience. You will take broad problems and translate them into clear visual solutions, working within established visual pillars while proposing enhancements to pipelines, style guides, and shared resources that improve quality and consistency across teams and locations. You will communicate decisions and rationale clearly, facilitate effective information sharing among teams, and contribute to player-centric features in a live game environment.

Skills to Create Thrills

• Strong concept art skills, with a good eye for composition and color.
• Experience creating high-quality 2D vector characters and environments in a stylized game art style.
• Capable of producing simple 3D models and basic rendering to support production workflows.
• A good understanding of animation principles, with the ability to create simple rigs and animations.
• A portfolio demonstrating your skills is required.

Key Attributes

• Strong cross-disciplinary communication skills, collaborating effectively with designers, developers, and stakeholders.
• You represent the art perspective in discussions, contributing to decisions and advocating for quality and player experience.
• Comfortable working autonomously, taking ownership of features from brief through to final delivery.
• Ability to take an unclear or high-level brief and turn it into clear, actionable work by asking the right questions.
• Proactively identifies challenges, anticipates problems, and helps drive solutions.
• Strong organizational skills, including planning work, managing scope, and providing reliable time estimates.
• Comfortable giving and receiving constructive feedback, contributing to a positive team culture.
• Supports and mentors other artists, helping to raise the overall quality of the team.
• Takes initiative beyond assigned tasks and contributes to improving team processes and ways of working.

About King

King is a leading interactive entertainment company for the mobile world with more than 20 years of history of delivering iconic games including the Candy Crush franchise, Farm Heroes Saga, Pet Rescue, and Bubble Witch. King is part of Microsoft and operates with teams in Stockholm, Malmö, London, Barcelona, Berlin, Dublin, San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, and Malta.

Our mission is Making the World Playful. We create unforgettable games that are loved around the world, taking the art and science of gaming to the next level through curiosity for the unexplored, passion for games, respect for each other, and love for our players. We are committed to challenging ourselves to dream bigger in a "Seriously Playful" way, experimenting and adapting continuously to shape the industry. We prioritize playing as a team, helping each other have an impact on a massive scale.