Senior Game Artist

We are the makers of casual mobile hit Love & Pies, which globally launched in September 2021 and has now found its way into the hands of millions of players around the world. We’re backed by Supercell, one of the biggest and best in the industry.

We make games for everyone that are snackable yet nourishing — built to fit into your daily life, but with the emotional depth of your favourite TV show. Our team always comes first at Trailmix, and our culture is built on both high performance and high care — we strive to be the best versions of ourselves, but always within an environment based on inclusivity, respect and safety, no matter who you are or where you come from.


Please Note: We are unable to provide a working visa for this position at this time and will only be considering candidates from within the UK who can attend the studio based in London a minimum of 3 times per week 

Senior Game Artist

The Trailmix Art team is looking for a highly motivated exceptional Senior Artist to join our creative team. As a senior employee of Trailmix you're in an aspiration role that works collaboratively to produce work you’re proud of, that aims to stand out in the market as a high quality mobile game.

In this role, you will help grow and expand our popular game Love & Pies with content and features. We work in self-organized teams and as a Senior artist you’ll collaborate closely with the art team, designers, UI artists and developers. You’ll be involved with early discussions and concepts as well as creating, delivering and implementing your work.

Responsibilities:

• Creating artwork for Love & Pies in Photoshop and occasionally Maya.
• Delivering ongoing content for Love and Pies.
• Concepting and developing new features with other disciplines
• Prepare, implement, test and manage art assets in Unity
• Planning workflow and tasking your work
• Animating assets, effects and characters in Spine and Unity
• Assisting with UI assets and animations
• Participating in collaborative team discussions for future Love & Pies developments.

Requirements:

As a Senior Game Artist you will have have high professional standards with good attention to quality and detail. You’re very organised, proactive and always keen to learn and improve your skills. You are a great team player, but also have the ability to work flexibly and independently on tasks from conception to finish, using your problem solving abilities. You love getting involved with the creative side, and are also happy to work with developers and implement your work into the engine.

• Strong artistic abilities in rendering 2D assets, notably for environments and characters.
• Experience in designing and rendering game assets for a casual mobile game.
• Working experience with Spine and animation. (Examples in your portfolio).
• Ability to adapt and champion the Love & Pies art style.
• Creating low poly 3D Maya assets for our environment, modeling and texturing.
• Preparing and implementing assets into Unity. You’re accountable for implementing your work correctly.
• Mobile game experience, ideally casual market
• ….and a love and appreciation for fun cartoon animated media

Nice to Haves:

• Strong Spine rigging experience, notably for characters!

Location:

Trailmix is currently operating under a hybrid work model - we have 3 days a week (Monday, Thursday & Friday) in person at our brand new studio in Kings X with the remaining 2 days available to work from home.

Benefits:

• Flexible working
• Contributory Pension
• Tax advantaged Stock options
• Fully comprehensive Private Medical Care (premiums paid by Trailmix)
• 28 days Holiday (including 3 company holiday days around Christmas)
• Free drinks and snacks in the office
• Company gifts and swag
• Socials and events

Inclusive Culture:

Trailmix was founded to make a positive impact on our players, our community, and our colleagues. We are committed to creating an inclusive culture, and fostering an environment where people can flourish is our priority. We think it’s vital that players see themselves represented in games, and in Love & Pies we showcase the beautiful diversity of life. Love & Pies represents the people we are and the people we love, and we’re always looking to add more people who want to design games for everyone.