Kwalee is an expanding, independent mobile games developer and publisher based in the beautiful town of Leamington Spa, England, within the area known as Silicon Spa where over 3,000 game developers work.

Kwalee is one of the world's fastest growing studios and has rapidly become the largest hyper-casual publisher in the UK. Thanks to hit games including Draw it, Looper, Jetpack Jump, Shootout 3D, Go Fish!, Plank! and Rocket Sky, Kwalee has hundreds of millions of players across the globe, placing us within the top 5 mobile developers worldwide.

The company was founded in 2011 by David Darling CBE - awarded by the Queen, co-founder of Codemasters and comprises of a highly skilled and creative team that has doubled its size in the last year. The team includes many industry veterans and the original creator of the Micro Machines video games (yes, you read well, we have celebrities here!).

As a Games Artist you're creative, enthusiastic and have a passion for games and all the art that you can create in them.

What you tell your friends you do

"I make our games look awesome"

What you will really be doing

A wide variety of 2D focused art tasks including concepting, illustration, animation, VFX and UI design and layouts

All art that might be required both for our live games and our Creative Wednesday games.
How you will be doing this

You'll be part of an agile and creative team and work closely with them to coordinate efforts and get the best results.

You'll think creatively and be motivated by challenges and constantly striving for the best.

You'll work with cutting edge technology, if you need software or hardware to get the job done efficiently, you can get it. We even have a robot!

Team

Our talented team is our signature. We have a highly creative atmosphere with around 70 staff where you'll have the opportunity to contribute daily to important decisions. You'll work within an extremely experienced and passionate team, including David Darling and the creator of the Micro Machines video games.

Skills and requirements

At least 2 years of experience as Games Artist

Strong sketching / drawing skills

Strong 2D, concepting, illustration, UI and/or animation skills

Excellent knowledge of Unity

Ability to engage in and produce different styles of game assets across multiple mobile titles

A creative mindset motivated by challenges and constantly striving for the best

Interest in mobile games

You must have the full right to work within the UK

Desirable

Experience with GIT for checking files in and out on multi-user projects

At least one of the following complementary skills; traditional art skills, character design, motion graphics / animation, 3D modelling