Velan Studios, Inc.

3D Artist

• Partner with the other discipline leads to establish an asset naming convention and directory structure for the project
• Facilitate or directly contribute to rapid prototyping of art content (assets, vfx, etc.) to help the Design team test out ideas early in the project
• Work with the product owners, the other discipline leads, and production to ensure the workflows we’re using are as efficient and effective as possible.
• Own shader creation and the shader library for the project, guiding others in best practices in shader creation
• Own GPU performance for the game – partnering with the Graphics team and the Art teams to ensure the game hits its desired target framerate. Leading by example with efficient content creation and offering guidance and help troubleshoot when issues arise.
• Be flexible and nimble to take on whatever unique tasks the project may throw at you.

Technical Artist – Senior/Lead

Art Director

• Leadership & Mentorship
• As a key partner in building our next generation of creative talent, the Studio Art Manager will work closely with senior people managers to empower their project leads, strengthen feedback loops and ensure the department maintains a strong bench of artists ready for new challenges.
• Lead and coach senior people managers, ensuring they in turn mentor leads and sub-leads with clarity and consistency.
• Champion career development frameworks, succession planning, and skill-building initiatives to strengthen the internal talent pipeline.
• Setting job expectations for disciplines at every stage; from job postings, hiring, onboarding, year-end reviews, while ensuring clarity and consistency across people leaders.
• Strategic & Operational Impact
• Partner with Studio Leadership and Production to define the long-term art vision, standards, and goals for both locations.
• Oversee art resource planning and headcount allocation across all active projects, balancing creative ambitions with production needs.
• Partnering with Human Resources and Production to foresee hiring needs based on current and future project needs as well as recruiting, internships, outsourcing, external outreach, and external developer relationships.
• Creative Direction & Quality
• Collaborate closely with Game Directors, Art Directors, and department leads to uphold the studio’s visual identity and artistic direction.
• Identify and drive departmental initiatives that improve artistic quality, workflow efficiency, and cross-discipline collaboration.
• Support creative problem-solving and ensure alignment between creative goals and practical production realities.
• Culture & Collaboration
• Serve as a cultural leader across both locations, building trust, alignment, and shared artistic standards.
• Promote strong communication channels across teams and studios to ensure consistency and cohesion in the art organization.
• Model empathy, inclusion, and leadership transparency as cornerstones of team culture.

Studio Art Manager

• Work closely with the Game Director, Leads, and other key stakeholders to help define and build out the look of the project.
• Knowledge of IP development and how to work with a Product and Marketing team to create a strong Brand Identity.
• Highly skilled in 3D programs such as Maya, Blender, Max, and/or Zbrush with a deep understanding of how to create stylized and optimized in-game assets.
• Provide clear feedback, direction, and oversight to project artists to ensure they meet brand, style, and art direction guidelines.
• Expert knowledge of industry standard gameplay engines, such as Unity and Unreal.
• Full understanding of a game’s development cycle, from pre-production to ship, in order to guide various art team’s pipelines and standardized ways of working.
• Work closely with Production to keep work flowing and on track for internal and external deadlines.
• Create high quality artwork to support studio needs such as marketing, pitch decks, and PR events.
• Leadership and/or mentoring experience with a willingness to train and mentor other artists at the studio.

• As a key partner in building our next generation of creative talent, the Studio Art Manager will work closely with senior people managers to empower their project leads, strengthen feedback loops and ensure the department maintains a strong bench of artists ready for new challenges.
• Lead and coach senior people managers, ensuring they in turn mentor leads and sub-leads with clarity and consistency.
• Champion career development frameworks, succession planning, and skill-building initiatives to strengthen the internal talent pipeline.
• Setting job expectations for disciplines at every stage; from job postings, hiring, onboarding, year-end reviews, while ensuring clarity and consistency across people leaders.
• Partner with Studio Leadership and Production to define the long-term art vision, standards, and goals for both locations.
• Oversee art resource planning and headcount allocation across all active projects, balancing creative ambitions with production needs.
• Collaborating closely with Game Directors, Art Directors, and department leads to uphold the studio’s visual identity and artistic direction.
• Identify and drive departmental initiatives that improve artistic quality, workflow efficiency, and cross-discipline collaboration.
• Serve as a cultural leader across both locations, building trust, alignment, and shared artistic standards.
• Promote strong communication channels across teams and studios to ensure consistency and cohesion in the art organization.
• Model empathy, inclusion, and leadership transparency as cornerstones of team culture.

Designer

• Creating compelling combat design for playable classes
• Defining the combat behaviors of enemies, allies and bosses
• Collaborate closely in cross-discipline teams
• Implementing key systems in partnership with engineering teams
• Working closely with the Game Director and other Lead Designers to shape and implement compelling combat designs.

Senior Combat Designer

Systems Engineer

• Ownership of complex systems such as crafting, itemization, XP and stats
• Create and maintain high level paper designs
• Drive iteration based on playtest feedback and game maturity
• Implement key systems in partnership with engineering teams
• Project Lead role based on project

Senior Systems Designer – Lead

• Own the design of the procedural dungeon system in collaboration with gameplay and tools engineers
• Collaborate with environment artists to create modular room pieces, corridors and static layouts that will come together dynamically to create replayable environments
• Define and maintain procedural parameters for length, complexity, spawn-composition, etc. for gameplay environments in the game to achieve engaging challenge and pacing
• Help define and implement unique gameplay mechanics that fit different biomes
• Create and maintain simple scripts for doors, traps and spawn entrances
• Work closely with the Game Director and other Lead Designers to shape and implement compelling level and mission content.

Senior Level Designer

• Own the design of the procedural dungeon system in collaboration with gameplay and tools engineers
• Collaborate with environment artists to create modular room pieces, corridors and static layouts that will come together dynamically to create replayable environments
• Define and maintain procedural parameters for length, complexity, spawn-composition, etc. for gameplay environments in the game to achieve engaging challenge and pacing
• Help define and implement unique gameplay mechanics that fit different biomes
• Create and maintain simple scripts for doors, traps and spawn entrances.
• Work closely with the Game Director and other Lead Designers to shape and implement compelling level and mission content.

• Ownership of complex systems such as crafting, itemization, XP and stats
• Create and maintain high level paper designs
• Drive iteration based on playtest feedback and game maturity
• Implementing key systems in partnership with engineering teams
• Project Lead role based on project