Concept Artist - Character

Electronic Arts is seeking a Concept Artist - Character to join the Create APAC team. As a Concept Artist - Character, you will be responsible for developing character concept designs, including characters, costumes, outfits, hairstyles, gear, and accessories.

The Create APAC team is a highly engaged content creation team within EA Worldwide Studios, focused on high-end visual production across multiple genres and art styles. You will work with game team partners around the world to deliver consistent, high-quality content that supports product goals, visual standards, and player experience.

Key responsibilities:

• Develop character concept designs, including characters, costumes, outfits, hairstyles, gear, and accessories
• Create concepts that align with established worldbuilding, seasonal themes, visual direction, gameplay requirements, and product goals
• Explore, iterate, and validate design ideas through sketches, paintovers, quick visual studies, and rapid 3D models or sculpts
• Collaborate closely with game design, art direction, development direction, production, and 3D art leads
• Make clear commitments, track progress, and complete assigned deliverables on time and to the required quality standard
• Proactively communicate progress, risks, dependencies, and blockers
• Incorporate guidance and feedback from stakeholders in a constructive and solution-focused manner
• Identify and address design challenges throughout the research and development process
• Create clear and effective concept presentations that communicate design intent and showcase proposed in-game content
• Provide production-ready visual information that enables 3D artists and development partners to interpret and implement approved concepts accurately

Qualifications:

• 0-5 years of professional game development experience
• Strong character concept design skills, with a focus on anatomy, costume design, clothing manufactory, hairstyles, gear, accessories, and character identity
• High proficiency with 2D art software such as Adobe Photoshop
• Ability to use rapid 3D modelling, blockouts, paintovers, and other visualisation methods
• Experience using AI-assisted creative tools for ideation, iteration, rendering, and workflow acceleration
• Good understanding of character research and development processes, concept-to-production workflows, and game art pipelines
• Strong understanding of shape language, composition, layout, proportion, color, lighting, material definition, mood, and visual storytelling
• Ability to design believable and visually distinctive characters that support an established world, narrative context, gameplay role, and visual direction
• Ability to receive feedback from multiple stakeholders, respond constructively, and revise work while maintaining clarity of design intent
• Ability to break down assigned work into clear tasks, provide reliable estimates, update priorities with production, and deliver against agreed schedules
• Ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary team across concept art, 3D art, design, production, and development leadership
• A portfolio demonstrating high-quality character concept art

Benefits:

• Comprehensive benefits package, including medical coverage, mental well-being support, retirement savings, paid time off, parental leave, free games, and more
• Opportunities for growth and development
• Collaborative and dynamic work environment