Coordinate English localization for games by implementing translated text, checking it on actual devices, proofreading, and creating, editing, and managing translation-related materials.
About this role
The role is responsible for creating key art for in-game illustrations. The illustrator works as part of an illustration team and is expected to produce artwork that matches the required visual style. The posting also states that production should be managed with awareness of time. An ability to enjoy creating work as part of a team is included in the stated profile.
Required qualifications include professional experience using Adobe Photoshop, SAI, or CLIP STUDIO PAINT. Candidates must have key-art experience in the illustration or game industry, be able to match an existing art style, and be able to draw the human body and perspective. Experience supervising illustrations is welcomed but not required.
The position is offered as a full-time employee role. The posting states that contract-employee or outsourced-contract arrangements may also be used in some cases. Annual compensation is determined according to experience, ability, and company regulations; the listed annual salary range is ¥4.5 million to ¥12 million. The annual salary includes fixed overtime and late-night work allowances, paid regardless of whether overtime occurs, and a semiannual performance incentive is available. Examples shown are ¥6 million at age 28, ¥6.5 million at age 31, and ¥8 million at age 39.
Work locations are the Shibuya Garden Tower in Shibuya, Tokyo, or the Sumitomo Fudosan Aobadai Tower in Meguro, Tokyo. Working hours are 10:00 to 19:00, with eight scheduled working hours and a 60-minute break from 13:00 to 14:00. Average monthly overtime is approximately 18.5 hours based on 2025 results. The offices are generally smoke-free indoors, with dedicated rooms for heated tobacco products.
Employee conditions include a five-day, two-day weekend system with Saturdays, Sundays, and public holidays off; summer leave of three days taken between July 1 and November 30; year-end and New Year holidays from December 29 to January 3; 10 days of annual paid leave granted on the joining date in the first year; and condolence leave. Health, employment, workers’ accident compensation, and employees’ pension insurance are provided for employees. Benefits and support include onboarding training, CyStudy, Skill Thursday, a mentor-trainer system for new graduates and second graduates, rent assistance, relocation allowance, child allowance, defined-contribution pensions, lunch assistance, influenza vaccination, and other listed health and communication programs. Side jobs are prohibited. Outsourced-contract arrangements may have different leave, insurance, and benefits conditions.
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