Art Director + UI & Concept Art skills

Unusual Technologies is looking for someone who can take up the role of art director while still making use of their 2d skills for marketing material, pitches, Figma mock-ups and concept designs.

About Us

Gamified educational apps, VR and AR, amusement parks, and museums, Unusual Technologies does it all. We work with any business that has a need for software development that is either creative or pushing new technologies. Often both!

Unusual Technologies prides itself on innovative technology that brings brand new thinking and experiences to our clients and their customers. At Unusual Technologies, we encourage and support each other in learning new skills and experimenting with new ideas, from exploration into the latest techs to find new ways of adding values to our various clients. The likes of whom include Legoland and Sky Group

The Role

As a small company we need someone happy to turn their hand to any task we require. Your main role will be deciding on the visual direction for pitches and projects as well as our marketing work.
You will be expected to carry out many small tasks yourself, especially conveying concepts to clients we are pitching towards. These will mostly be 2D though we may need to film and edit videos. Where you are not confident in your skill or when time is limited, you will oversee the hiring and managing of freelancers.

  • Communicating directly with high profile clients
  • Advising on overall art direction and artistic visions
  • Creating Figma UI’s and concept art assets
  • Drawing schematics and diagrams to communicate processes
  • Importing assets into Unity and testing for quality
  • Hiring, communicating and reviewing freelance artists
  • Synchronising with our marketing manager to create promotional materials
  • Researching a new software or skill

The Requirements

Prior director experience is NOT required.

We are interested in seeing your work and any relevant work experience in any format you deem most suitable for presenting yourself (CV’s, covering letters, website links, LinkedIn profiles, videos, etc.)

Essential:

  • Imaginative and eager to suggest and experiment with new ideas
  • UI for anything from games to business cases
  • Creating diagrams and charts based on verbal or written instructions
  • Creating concept art based on verbal or written instructions
  • Ability to replicate a variety of art styles to a reasonable level
  • Basic understanding and experience of all digital art disciplines
  • Willingness to continuously learn and work on new tasks
  • Reliable, professional and an excellent communicator

Desirable:

  • Art director or lead vision holder experience (Solo projects acceptable)
  • Art director or people and project management experience
  • Experience in any other art forms
  • Technical art experience, such as working in Unity

Additional Information

This is initially a freelancing role where the hours and cost will be negotiated based on each project. The expectation is that successful projects together will lead to a permanent position.
The role will be predominantly remote, though we would like you to work with our Brighton-based team at least once a week.