Illustrator / Character Concept Artist

Cygames

Gaming

Illustration

Game Art

Bonus

About this role

This full-time role develops settings and initial concepts for characters appearing in games. The work is carried out in coordination with planners, illustrators, and designers, and requires attention to game and entertainment content.

Required qualifications include experience managing data with Photoshop and Illustrator and the ability to edit images. Candidates must also have experience preparing documents with Excel and PowerPoint, blind-touch typing ability, familiarity with fashion and trends, the ability to quickly find desired information online, and experience responding by telephone and email.

Regular exposure to entertainment content is welcomed. The profile includes enthusiasm for games, broad interest in content, a proactive and flexible approach to work, and consideration for team members. The employment type is regular full-time employment, although contract-employee or outsourced arrangements may also be used in some cases.

The offices are in Shibuya and Meguro, Tokyo, and are generally non-smoking indoors, with dedicated smoking rooms for heated tobacco products.

Side jobs are prohibited. Related reading includes a staff voice article on working for users and team members, a manager column on organizing the illustration team, which supports about 300 people across hiring, development and project follow-up, interviews with past managers on the history of the Cygames illustration team, and video features on illustrators.

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