Hiring Collaborative Ninjas

Skyborne Games is a LA-based high potential startup, currently backed by a Top 100 Grossing (Mobile) publisher. We're founded by ex-Riot Games alumni. 

We're hiring for the LightSlinger Heroes team, a unique bubble shooter RPG.

We're a very agile team of 5 and we're looking for a new team members to join us! If you enjoy learning and solving hard problems, we promise this is a great place!​

Our Values

We like to keep things simple at Skyborne Games. These two core values guide each Skyborne team member. 
  • Mutual Respect: Making games is hard. Conflicts will arise. We resolve conflicts by respecting the views of each other and finding the best possible solutions.
  • Continuous Learning: We afford each other space to try new things, fail and pick ourselves up!

Senior Game Artist (2D)

 theWe are looking for an experienced 2D Game Artist to work on Skyborne Games’ flagship mobile title. We are a small and agile team of experienced developers, where everyone of the team will have a big impact on the final result.

If you are:
  • Artistic and Adaptable: You have a keen eye and understanding on forms, colors, composition and anatomy, while always looking to stretch the limits with exaggeration and style
  • An Idea Machine: You can quickly generate ideas and iterate from them, but always do so with a clear purpose and goal
  • A Creative Problem Solver: You eat constraints for breakfast, love the challenge of creating kick-ass art within resource and game platform limitations
  • A Team Player: You understand that human interactions drive design solutions and you strive to make every discipline heard
  • A Communicator: You practice deep listening, and capable of articulating your ideas and goals to the team with respect
  • A Passionate Gamer: Playing video games is more than a hobby, and you have the scars to prove it. You strive to provide holistic game experience to players

And want to be responsible for:
  • Developing stunning visual style for our first 2D mobile game
  • Sketching, iterating and executing a variety of characters, assets and environments to be used in game, from concept to production quality
  • Supporting the team and solving problems creatively and holistically with your artistic expertise
  • Working with multiple outsource artists to ensure consistent art quality and cohesive style through verbal feedback and paintovers

Then you might well be the Artist we are looking for!

Send us your application to [email protected]. Don’t forget to include your resume, cover letter and a link to your portfolio!
In your cover letter, please list the 3 most appealing games you have played in the past 6 months.