2D Artist (Key Art / Promo)

Gaijin develops AAA online games for PC, consoles, and mobile platforms, including the popular MMOs War Thunder, Enlisted, and other titles. Our team consists of hundreds of talented game developers from all over Europe and keeps growing!

We are looking for a strong 2D artist to create key art and promotional art at the artistic level of AAA projects for our games and marketing campaigns. You will create the visuals players see first: covers, posters, and artwork that grabs attention at first glance.

Please include a link to your ArtStation portfolio with your application. If you have additional work (Behance, a personal website, a cloud folder), please add those links as well.

Unfortunately, we cannot consider applications without a portfolio link, as our decision is based on your work.

What you'll do

• Create key art and promotional art for games and marketing campaigns, from ideas and sketches to the final illustration.
• Build composition, lighting, and mood so the artwork looks cinematic. Plan space for the logo and text from the start.
• Paint military vehicles (aircraft, armored vehicles, naval vessels) with accurate shapes and proportions while keeping them striking.
• Work within the project's established style while maintaining a high artistic standard.
• Use 3D (3ds Max or Blender) and game engine renders as supporting tools for composition, camera angle, and lighting, followed by your own final paintover.
• Propose your own visual solutions and ideas for promotional materials.

Who we're looking for

• 5+ years of experience in the game industry as a 2D Artist.
• An ArtStation portfolio with strong promotional, key art, or illustration work.
• Confident freehand drawing skills and a distinctive artistic voice. We need an author, not someone who assembles ready-made 3D models into a single frame.
• Excellent command of academic fundamentals: color, light, form, composition, anatomy.
• Strong hard surface skills: vehicles, mechanisms, materials.
• Understanding of cinematic lighting and shot composition (film, photography).
• Professional proficiency in Photoshop.
• Confident 3D skills (3ds Max or Blender).
• Full independence: you ask questions about the brief at the start, check your work before delivery (perspective, proportions, vehicles, clean layers), and meet deadlines.
• Neat file delivery: PSD files with named layers at the required resolution.

Nice to have

• A formal art education.
• Vector graphics skills.
• Animation skills (e.g., After Effects).
• An interest in military history and vehicles.
• Good communication skills and a sense of humor :)

What we offer the successful candidate

• Work at the company behind one of the most popular games in the world.
• Competitive salary (discussed individually with the candidate during the interview).
• An international team of strong developers.
• Remote or hybrid work (remote/office), with a flexible start to the working day.
• Paid English lessons.
• Health insurance compensation.