Environment Concept Artist (Contract)
ABOUT QUELL.
Quell is on a mission to make fitness gaming incredible. Our launch title lets you get fit fighting, running, leaping and dodging your way through an unforgettable fantasy world. We’ve built a game-changing wearable device which adds resistance, powerful haptics and motion tracking to the player’s actions without the need for a VR set-up.
The market is massive; our pre-launch marketing has already generated $1.5m in preorder revenue. We’ve secured over $15m in funding from top-tier VCs and angels, including Khosla Ventures and the founders of Twitch.
YOUR MISSION.
Quell are looking for a talented environment concept artist to join our growing team, working on a brand new IP combining fitness with gaming.
As an environment concept artist at Quell your mission is to create stunning environment art for a fantasy inspired fitness game. You will visualise creative ideas, empower the art-team, and help build out the world and narrative of the game.
YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES.
Create environment concepts and key art for our launch game, Shardfall.
Work with the games team to provide visual and creative solutions to Art and Design problems.
Generate creative ideas for new worlds, assets and civilisations - clearly communicating them to the wider team.
Use a range of artistic approaches to create your art, depending on the task or goal - thumbnails, sketches, 3D paintovers, storyboards and renders.
WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR.
3+ years of experience in an environment concept art position.
Experience in games development.
Excellent knowledge of art fundamentals and their application - composition, perspective, scale, form, value, colour, architecture.
Strong portfolio demonstrating expertise in fantasy environment creation.
Excellent communication - you can clearly articulate thoughts and ideas and transform written or verbal feedback into clear visuals.
Demonstrable experience of working with cross-discipline teams to meet product goals.
Accurate task estimation and mitigation for future problems.
Keen to join a young, dynamic start-up and actively participate in our culture.
EXTRA CREDIT.
Experience in art storyboarding.
Experience with creative and narrative world building.
Experience creating 2D in-game art.
Experience working in early stage start-ups.
An interest in fitness, of any kind.
BENEFITS.
Options – we want everyone at Quell to take ownership of building our business together so we are pleased to offer all employees a stake in the business to share in our future success.
Flexibility – Hybrid employees have the flexibility to work from home on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays – we all get together in the office on Mondays and Fridays to plan, collaborate and socialise together.
Work from Anywhere – the opportunity to work for up to 10 days per year outside of your country of employment.
Parental leave – equal, enhanced parental leave of 6 weeks full pay for all new parents, plus further maternity, adoption and shared parental leave in line with statutory requirements.
Pension scheme – Quell will contribute 3% alongside an employee contribution of 5% of your qualifying earnings.
Holiday allowance – we offer 25 days annual leave + standard UK bank holidays. We also give all employees the days off in between Christmas and New Year (an extra 3 days of holiday!) and the opportunity to use up to 5 bank holidays on days that are most meaningful for you.
£300 per year Wellbeing Budget to spend via our wellbeing platform, Heka.
£300 per year Personal Learning and Development Budget to spend on the resources that work for you, in consultation with your Line Manager.
Access for you and your dependants to our Employee Assistance Programme and Private Telemedicine service 365 days a year, providing you with support for your mental and physical health, as well as financial and legal matters.
Cycle to Work scheme – a tax efficient way to purchase a new bike, with most people saving at least 33%.
PureGym discount – we have a PureGym on site at our offices in Oval, with a 5-10% discount on membership.
Game and book library – we want everyone at Quell to have the resources to learn – whatever book you want to read or game you want to try, let us know.
Regular team socials – bringing everyone together (both virtually and in-person) to celebrate our successes.
Little extras – we want everyone to be comfortable and at their best at work, so we provide complimentary coffee/tea, fresh fruit and snacks throughout the day.
HOW TO GET STARTED.
Please email Rob Allen (robert@quell.tech) with your CV and a (brief) cover letter. We look forward to hearing from you!
In line with the Equality Act 2010, should you require any reasonable adjustments to the application process please let us know via email and we will get back to you to discuss your requirements.
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