Lead Artist / Game Visual Director

lowiro Tokyo April 29 2026
  • 💴 ¥7M ~ ¥12M annually
  • 🏡
    Partially remote
  • 🗾 Japan residents only
  • 💬
    No Japanese required
    Business English
  • 🧪
    Intermediate level
    2+ years experience required
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About lowiro

lowiro Tokyo

We're the studio behind the rhythm game Arcaea, and are founded with a single goal to create unforgettable story-driven games. We bring together skills from all over the world to craft what we are truly passionate about.

Key benefits

  • Extremely well received game

About the position

Full-time lead artist, tasked with leading visual direction of games and production of digital art assets.

We are looking for a lead artist to be tasked with the overall visual direction of mobile games as well as helping to direct all visual facets, including in-game art graphic/UI design and promotional materials.

You will also be tasked with the production of character illustrations and visual assets for game projects as well as guiding and directing changes to other illustrations and designs in order to form a consistent visual direction across a game.

You will work closely with the development team in communicating visual requirements and eliciting specifications for visual assets.

Requirements

  • Experience in digital illustration (5+ years personal and 2+ years professional)
  • Experience in working as part of a team on projects requiring high visual-fidelity and communicating design/visual directions
  • Firm understanding of colors, lighting, rendering and anatomy as well as character design, with the ability to illustrate in a style suited to lowiro games
  • Knowledge and understanding of modern Japanese animation and illustration stylization

Nice to haves

While not specifically required, tell us if you have any of the following.

  • Skill in background/world illustration for environmental design
  • Experience in production of character concept & environment art
  • Knowledge of the Japanese language

Compensation

¥7,000,000 ~ ¥12,000,000 annually.

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