Offer summary

Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design, Illustration, or a related field., Strong portfolio showcasing illustration and product design skills., Proficiency in design software such as Adobe Creative Suite., Ability to adhere to brand guidelines and create cohesive designs..

Key responsabilities:

Create unique illustrations and artwork for games and products that align with the brand's vision.

Design and develop new product lines while ensuring consistency with brand style guides.

Prepare technical specifications and documentation for product development.

Review prototypes and provide feedback to ensure quality standards are met.

Job description

We're TeeTurtle, a consumer products company that creates nerdy toys, games, apparel, and accessories. We are passionate about creating products that allow our fans to express themselves and share meaningful experiences, and we’re excited to continue expanding our team!

Position Description

The goal of the Character and Product Designer is to create compelling and on-brand illustrations for shirts, games, products, and other creative projects to help increase sales across all channels while also acting as a lead contributing artist for games in development. This includes creating innovative, stylized illustrations, and product designs that will be part of each new game launch and series. In addition to the accountabilities listed below, other duties and projects may be assigned.

Primary Accountabilities

Illustration
- Create unique and immersive game worlds, themes, characters, and artwork that fit within the Unstable Games brand to excite and delight our customers while expanding the brand's creative vision
- Create compelling, on-brand artwork and appealing characters for products to achieve our creative vision across all brands
- Adhere to a consistent brand style for t-shirt and graphic designs, following both internal and licensed style guides appropriately, to ensure all products are both high quality and recognizable as part of the TeeTurtle brand

Product Design
- Concept and create art for our compelling and innovative product lines, both new and existing, that are on-brand and cohesive within each collection to keep our portfolio fresh and exciting
- Adhere to a consistent brand style for new product designs, following both internal and licensed style guides appropriately, to ensure all products are both high quality and recognizable as part of the TeeTurtle brand
- Set up technical specifications and documentation for new products to ensure products perfectly match requirements

Prototyping/Proofing
- Create tech packs and other materials to ensure smooth prototyping and production for new products and product lines
- Review prototypes and samples of new product development items as assigned, creating and sharing revision notes as needed, to ensure samples are aligned with our tech packs and meet TeeTurtle quality standards

Team Accountabilities
- Provide visual and conceptual critiques for other artists and follow direct critiques received to help the team continuously improve
- Follow all departmental processes and guidelines carefully to ensure high quality designs are presented and prevent frustration, poor communication, and missed deadlines
- Suggest and implement process improvements to maximize output and minimize frustration on the Art & Creative team
- Create SOPs and other training materials as assigned to assist with cross-training members of the Art & Creative team

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