Senior Concept & Illustration Artist (AI-Enhanced)

💼 About Us:

At ExaGaming, we build visually rich and highly stylized slot games, combining hand-crafted design with cutting-edge AI workflows. From candy kingdoms to space battles, our games feature original characters, vivid backgrounds, and playful animations that capture players instantly. We’re now hiring a Senior Concept & Illustration Artist to help shape the visual identity of our next generation of games.

🎯 Role Overview:

We’re looking for a Senior Concept & Illustration Artist who is skilled in both manual illustration and AI-enhanced image creation. You’ll be responsible for producing detailed backgrounds, characters, and in-game assets — working closely with the Art Director to ensure a cohesive, vibrant, and polished art style.

The ideal candidate is fluent in Photoshop but also comfortable prompting and refining visuals using tools like Midjourney, Krea, Flux, and ComfyUI — combining the speed of AI with the quality of human polish.

🖌️ Key Responsibilities:

• Design and illustrate backgrounds, props, symbols, and characters for slot games

• Create original characters with strong silhouettes, stylization, and appeal

• Use AI tools such as Midjourney, Krea, Flux, Runway, ComfyUI, etc., to generate concepts, iterate faster, and enhance creative workflows

• Refine and overpaint AI outputs to meet production-quality standards

• Create layered, animation-ready assets for use in game engines and motion pipelines

• Collaborate with UI/UX, animation, and motion teams to ensure visual consistency and usability

• Help build and evolve our internal visual library and design system

🧠 Requirements:

• 4+ years of experience in game art, illustration, or concept design

• Strong portfolio showcasing stylized 2D art — including backgrounds, characters, and world-building

• Mastery of Photoshop (or equivalent painting tools)

• Demonstrated use of AI tools (Midjourney, Krea, Flux, etc.) in production or prototyping

• Ability to balance speed with quality and iterate rapidly

• Strong sense of color, composition, lighting, and design language

• Team-oriented, organized, and open to feedback

⭐ Nice to Have:

• Familiarity with Spine, Cocos Creator, or Unity asset pipelines

• Basic 3D skills in Blender for blockouts or layout planning

• Animation sense or motion layout familiarity

• Prior experience working in stylized or cartoony mobile/casual games

🚀 Why Join Us?

• Define the visual language of bold, creative slot games

• Combine traditional illustration skills with the most advanced AI tools in production

• Collaborate closely with a design-driven, fast-moving team

• Work on a wide range of themes and art directions, from mythical to surreal to playful