Senior Storyboard Concept Artist (Games | Visual Storytelling)

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Senior Storyboard Concept Artist (Games | Visual Storytelling) based remotely in Ireland.

Bring stories to life through expressive visuals, cinematic composition, and compelling character performances. In this role, you will transform creative briefs, narrative ideas, and gameplay moments into storyboards that guide animation, cinematics, and in-game storytelling. You will shape how stories unfold through camera angles, staging, pacing, gestures, and emotional expression, ensuring every sequence communicates its intent clearly. Working alongside multidisciplinary creative teams, you will explore visual approaches, refine concepts, and help translate artistic vision into production-ready material. You will balance cinematic impact with gameplay readability while maintaining narrative consistency throughout development. This is an opportunity to take creative ownership of memorable visual sequences in a collaborative, international game development environment.

You will lead the visual development of story-driven sequences, translating narrative concepts into clear, expressive storyboards that support the wider game production process. Your responsibilities will include:

• Storyboarding and Visual Storytelling: Create expressive storyboards for character interactions, gameplay moments, cinematics, and narrative sequences, translating scripts and creative briefs into compelling visual narratives.

• Cinematic Composition and Pacing: Develop effective compositions, camera angles, staging, and transitions to strengthen emotional impact and narrative clarity. Establish visual rhythm, pacing, and continuity across sequences.

• Character Performance: Communicate character personality, emotion, and intention through poses, facial expressions, gestures, and body language, making interactions engaging and memorable.

• Visual Development and Exploration: Produce thumbnails, keyframes, sketches, and visual references to explore different creative directions. Develop alternative staging and storytelling approaches before refining selected concepts.

• Drawing and Spatial Clarity: Apply strong drawing fundamentals to communicate movement, action, anatomy, perspective, and spatial relationships clearly.

• Gameplay Integration: Balance cinematic storytelling with interactive requirements, ensuring that action, combat, and gameplay moments remain visually understandable.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with Art Directors, Animators, Character Artists, Game Designers, and Narrative Teams to develop character performances and emotionally engaging sequences.

• Feedback and Iteration: Incorporate feedback efficiently while preserving creative intent, refining storyboards and visual concepts to meet production objectives and quality standards.

• Production Support: Prepare clear storyboards and visual references to support the transition into animatics, animation, and in-game implementation.

• Visual Consistency: Contribute to maintaining a consistent visual language and high storytelling standards throughout the production process.

Requirements:

You are an experienced visual storyteller with a strong cinematic eye, excellent drawing skills, and the ability to communicate complex actions and emotions through images. You can work independently, collaborate across creative disciplines, and translate creative ideas into polished, production-ready visual sequences. The ideal candidate will bring:

• At least five years of professional experience in storyboarding, visual development, concept art, or a related discipline.

• Professional experience in game development, animation, film, or other narrative-driven visual production environments.

• An exceptional portfolio demonstrating strong storyboarding, visual storytelling, and cinematic composition skills.

• Excellent drawing fundamentals, including anatomy, perspective, posing, staging, and gesture.

• A strong understanding of camera language, shot composition, visual continuity, and pacing.

• The ability to communicate complex actions, emotions, and character interactions clearly and effectively through images.

• Experience creating storyboards, animatics, or keyframe sequences.

• A strong understanding of character acting, facial expressions, body language, and emotional storytelling.

• Proficiency in Photoshop, Storyboard Pro, or equivalent professional tools.

• The ability to manage tasks independently while collaborating effectively with multidisciplinary creative teams.

• Strong communication skills and fluency in English.

Bonus Skills:

• Experience creating storyboards for game cinematics or interactive storytelling.

• Familiarity with stylized and cartoon-inspired visual aesthetics.

• Strong knowledge of action staging, combat readability, and gameplay camera design.

• Experience developing expressive, comedic, or personality-driven character interactions.

• Familiarity with Blender, Unreal Engine, Unity3D, or other real-time visualization tools.

• Experience creating animatics that incorporate timing, camera movement, and temporary audio.

• Previous experience working in a co-development environment.

Benefits:

• Creative ownership: Shape visual storytelling, sequence composition, and memorable character moments in game development.

• Collaborative environment: Work closely with experienced artists, animators, and creative leadership.

• Remote flexibility: Work in a remote-friendly, international environment.

• Competitive compensation: Receive competitive compensation, with the exact package depending on the agreed arrangement.

• Flexible contract options: Opportunities for full-time, long-term collaboration with flexible contract arrangements.

• Professional growth: Develop your skills and contribute to ambitious creative projects over the long term.

• Team culture: Participate in annual team retreats and benefit from a supportive studio environment.

We use an AI-powered matching process to ensure your application is reviewed quickly, objectively, and fairly against the role's core requirements. Our system identifies the top-fitting candidates, and this shortlist is then shared directly with the hiring company. The final decision and next steps (interviews, assessments) are managed by their internal team.

We appreciate your interest and wish you the best!

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