Concept Artist

The role

You will define the visual identity of a horror franchise from ideation through production. You will develop concepts for characters, creatures, environments, props, and key moments.

What you will do

• Create high-quality concept art for characters, creatures, environments, props, and interactive gameplay elements.
• Design horror characters, monsters, and antagonists.
• Develop mood paintings, lighting studies, color scripts, and cinematic key art.
• Produce environment concepts for first-person gameplay.
• Explore visual directions through thumbnailing and rapid iteration.
• Collaborate with Creative Direction to maintain visual style.
• Partner with Narrative and Design teams to reinforce story and mechanics.
• Provide production-ready callouts, orthographic views, and design documentation to other teams.
• Help establish visual standards and mentor junior artists.
• Deliver polished work under tight deadlines.

Required qualifications

• 3+ years of professional concept art experience in games, film, or entertainment.
• Shipped at least one AA title, or equivalent experience on a commercially released project.
• Exceptional portfolio demonstrating advanced visual development skills and design thinking.
• Strong understanding of horror visual language, mood, suspense, and psychological storytelling.
• Expert drawing, composition, lighting, perspective, anatomy, and color skills.
• Experience designing creatures, environments, architecture, props, and characters.
• Ability to work from rough ideas through polished production-ready concepts.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills with multidisciplinary teams.
• Comfortable receiving and incorporating feedback through rapid iteration.
• Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple priorities independently.

Nice to have

• Experience working on horror, thriller, dark fantasy, or suspense titles.
• Familiarity with established entertainment IP and adapting existing visual styles.
• Experience creating concepts for first-person gameplay.
• Knowledge of Unreal Engine workflows and real-time production pipelines.
• Experience with 3D block-ins using Blender, Maya, or similar tools.
• Understanding of cinematic composition and storyboarding.
• Experience mentoring artists or leading visual development initiatives.
• Familiarity with outsourcing pipelines and providing art direction to external partners.
• Traditional sketching skills
• Experience with collectible toys, animation, or transmedia entertainment.

Benefits

• profit sharing
• medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) matching
• FSA/HSA
• paid time off
• sick time
• holidays
• parental leave

About the company

Mob Entertainment is a startup multimedia studio best known for the indie horror game Poppy Playtime.