Lead Concept Artist (Game Art)

TL;DR

Lead Concept Artist (Gamedev): Leading the visual development for an unannounced game, defining and delivering high-quality concept artwork across characters, environments, storyboards, and key art. Focus on operating in an early-development environment, balancing creative ambition with production realities, and mentoring a team of concept artists.

Location: Hybrid in Irvine, CA, USA

Salary: $116,800 - $216,000 Annual

Company

hirify.global crafts genre-defining games and legendary worlds, engaging tens of millions of players globally with titles like Warcraft, Overwatch, Diablo, and StarCraft.

What you will do

• Lead, manage, and mentor concept artists, defining best practices and scalable workflows.
• Partner with the Art Director and Production to define and uphold the project’s visual style and quality.
• Oversee the concept art process from brief to approval, ensuring timely delivery within constraints.
• Collaborate with design, art, and production to align creative output with gameplay and narrative goals.
• Provide consistent, actionable feedback and contribute hands-on to concept work.
• Maintain and improve concept art pipelines, processes, and workflows.

Requirements

• Minimum of 10+ years of professional AAA concept art experience.
• Minimum of 2+ years of demonstrated leadership experience managing and mentoring artists.
• Proven experience contributing to and shipping multiple AAA titles.
• Strong visual design, composition, color, lighting, and storytelling skills.
• Comprehensive understanding of concept art creation for games, including characters, environments, props, and key art.
• Familiarity with modern digital art tools and production pipelines.
• English: B2 required.
• Work authorization for the US required.
• Ability to work hybrid in Irvine, CA.

Nice to have

• Experience working on projects during early incubation or R&D phases.
• Strong understanding of physical rendering, materials, and realism.
• Passion for playing and studying a wide variety of video games.

Culture & Benefits

• Suite of benefits promoting physical, emotional, and financial well-being.
• Medical, dental, vision, health savings accounts, life and disability insurance.
• 401(k) with Company match, tuition reimbursement, charitable donation matching.
• Paid holidays, vacation, sick time, parental leave.
• Mental health programs, fitness programs, free and discounted games.