About the role
Company Overview
Korova Games is a fresh studio with a focus on cozy games about tidying up spaces. The studio has released its first game and is currently growing while starting development on new projects.
What You Will Do
- Visual Direction: Set and hold the visual style, including concepts, palette, and mood to ensure a warm and tactile aesthetic.
- Asset Creation: Draw key assets such as objects, interiors, UI, and promotional materials for Steam and social media.
- Team Leadership: Manage a small art team and outsourcers by setting tasks, providing constructive feedback, and maintaining stylistic consistency.
- Technical Implementation: Prepare assets for Unity and collaborate with programmers to ensure the final in-game visual fidelity matches the original art.
- Game Design: Participate in the invention of new games alongside the game designer and the rest of the team.
Requirements
- Professional Experience: Proven 2D art experience within the games industry and shipped titles in the portfolio.
- Management Experience: Demonstrated leadership of artists or outsourcers, with an emphasis on feedback that effectively guides and supports the team.
- Technical Proficiency: Understanding of how assets function within an engine, including atlases, sizing, and project constraints.
- Autonomy: Ability to take a direction and bring it to a successful result without constant supervision.
Nice to Have
- Previous work experience with cozy games, puzzle games, or games focused on objects and interiors.
- Experience with 2D animation.
- Basic Unity engine skills.
- UI design skills.
What We Offer
- Employment Type: Remote, full-time.
- Compensation: Competitive salary plus bonuses.
- Team Environment: A small, flat team structure where individual work is highly visible within the final game.
Application Instructions
Attach a portfolio and a list of relevant projects to the application.