Game Artist

Level up your career with MobilityWare, one of mobile gaming's leading publishers of card and puzzle games. With our headquarters in the heart of Orange County and a brand new studio in Utah, we're dedicated to our mission of bringing joy to others one game at a time.
Ever since our flagship title Solitaire hit the Apple App Store on the day it opened in 2008, MobilityWare has been entertaining gamers around the world. With a product portfolio that includes beloved hits such as FreeCell, MONOPOLY Solitaire, Spades, Hearts, Mahjong, and Bubble Shooter Pop, our games have been downloaded over 400 MILLION times.
MobilityWare was recently named one of Built in LA's Best Places to Work for the second year in a row and we've been recognized as one of the Best Places to Work in Orange County five times by the Orange County Business Journal and OC Register. While we're proud to be the company behind some of mobile gaming's most popular titles, our most important achievement is creating a work environment that encourages professional growth and prioritizes the wellness of all of our team members.
Position Summary
You are a talented Game Artist with a passion for mobile game art. Through iteration, you will work closely with the Art Director and production team to establish the visual direction and ultimately the final in-game art for our mobile products. You will be responsible for conceiving and finishing high quality artwork ranging from stylized buttons and iconography to gorgeous 2D backgrounds.
As a visionary, you will utilize Adobe Suite to create all necessary 2D backgrounds, game elements and UI, with an emphasis on creating art that communicates the needed visual language for casual mobile games. You will report to the project Art Director.
Responsibilities

• Create impactful background environmental designs, prop designs, and UI such as buttons, frames, icons, etc.
• Create beautiful and attractive 2D artwork and/or illustrations aimed for a mobile game audience.
• Use Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop to create original high-quality vector artwork or layered images that resonates with our customers.
• Utilize your excellent design skills, including the effective use of color, form, lighting, composition, and aesthetics to fulfill each project's needs.
• Create art style guide and placeholder artwork to guide development throughout each cycle of the project.
• Create joyful animated mockups.
• Create a wide range of art styles from whimsical to realistic.
• Work with task/bug tracking software such as Jira.
• Create documents to communicate to team the art vision.

Qualifications

• Prefer 3 -10 year of Mobile Game art creation experience.
• Able to provide samples of your Photoshop work.
• Able to provide samples of your Illustrator (vector) work.
• Able to provide samples of excellent artistic design skills such as: color, form, lighting, composition, and intuitive design.

Do we have your attention yet? Here are just some of the perks of working with us:

• We offer medical (100% paid option), dental (100% paid), vision (100% paid), unlimited PTO/Vacation, life insurance (100% paid), and profit sharing incentives around a 401K.
• Annual, all inclusive company trip for you and a guest. Previous destinations include Hawaii, a Mexican Riviera Cruise, and Las Vegas. This year we're going to Los Cabos!
• We promise to keep you fed when we're back in the office. We offer things like free lunch, free snacks, and free drinks.
• Casual workplace that includes a relaxed dress code, plus a newly remodeled office in the heart of Irvine.
• Growth, growth, growth - we are growing and we would love for you to join us on the ride.
• Annual Game Jam to show off your creative chops!

Job Type: Full-time