Senior Level Artist

Massachusetts · Massachusetts - Remote · Remote · Posted Oct 7, 2026

At a glance

Ghost Story Games is seeking a talented Senior Level Artist to join the team on Judas, a narrative-driven game led by Ken Levine.
The role involves telling compelling stories through environmental art while crafting spaces and visuals with the needs of gameplay in mind.

Prototype and execute on visually stunning environmental spaces that support the script and overall vision of the world.
Collaborate with level design to support gameplay, keeping in mind navigation, pacing, compositional sight lines, cover, verticality, and AI.
Serve as the key driver of all visual assets supporting spaces under your responsibility.
Engage proactively and collaboratively with Art Leadership, Level and Narrative Design, Concept Art, and External Art Vendors to plan, prototype, and implement supporting assets.
Keep active tabs on the performance profile of all levels under your responsibility, ensuring visual content is authored efficiently and fits within established memory and performance budgets.
Work cross-functionally with other content disciplines to analyze the overall performance profile of spaces and strategize together on balanced plans for optimization.

Established experience in the game industry as a mid-level to senior Level Artist, preferably with experience working with larger, complex productions.
Proficient art and technical experience within a real-time Game Engine.
Experienced eye for form, line, value, rhythm, composition, and crafting deliberate visual hierarchy reads.
Familiarity with performance evaluation and optimization.
Experience with effective team-based iteration techniques.
Ability to learn and understand technical tools and systems.

Passion for deeply narrative driven games, particularly First Person Shooters.
Additional traditional art or architecture background.
Experience working effectively and collaboratively with a diverse mix of internal and distributed teams.