AI Artist - Empire

Goodgame Studios

1d•Remote

About The Position

We're looking for an AI Artist to join our art team behind Empire and Empire: Four Kingdoms at Goodgame Studios - part of the Stillfront Group. We've built AI into our production pipeline from the ground up - it's not a bolt-on here; it's how we make things. The role is hands-on and production-focused. You'll use AI tools daily to create, refine, and deliver assets that match our recognisable medieval strategy art style - from in-game visuals to marketing content - always combining AI generation with strong artistic judgement and traditional tools to reach the quality bar our players expect. This is a fully remote, permanent position for candidates based in Germany, Sweden, Bulgaria, or Malta (valid visa required). Alternatively, we welcome applications from Freelancers working within the German time zone.

Requirements

Professional experience in game development (mobile games / F2P / live service titles a plus)
Portfolio that includes real shipped in-game assets - characters, buildings, environments, props, animations - from actual projects
Solid hands-on experience with AI-driven visual production as part of a real production workflow
Advanced ComfyUI skills: building, debugging, and optimising complex workflows; custom node setup; dependency management and troubleshooting
Strong working knowledge of Midjourney, ChatGPT/Claude/Gemini for image direction and iteration
LoRA training and workflow automation
Character consistency workflows (LoRA, reference-based / ControlNet-style setups)
Image-to-image and image-to-video pipelines
Upscaling and post-production workflows
Production-level Illustrator and Photoshop skills
Solid After Effects skills, including animation
Strong sense of cinematography and visual composition — understanding of how animation and film work, timing, camera, and storytelling through motion
Comfortable running AI workloads on cloud GPUs (e.g. RunPod or similar)
Pragmatic problem-solver - you iterate quickly and don't wait for perfect conditions
Strong visual judgement - you know when something looks right for the style and when it doesn't
Clear communicator across creative and technical topics
Organised and team-oriented

Nice To Haves

Experience with ElevenLabs or other AI audio/voice tools
Familiarity with 3D or multi-view → 3D pipelines (e.g. Blender, Maya)
Experience producing social media or performance marketing content

Responsibilities

Produce in-game and marketing assets end-to-end, from concept through final delivery, using AI-assisted workflows
Build and maintain image and video generation pipelines in ComfyUI and other tools
Combine AI outputs with Illustrator, Photoshop, and After Effects to reach production quality
Create and animate assets using After Effects, drawing on a solid understanding of animation principles, cinematography, and visual composition
Maintain visual consistency with the established Empire art style across asset types (characters, buildings, environments, props)
Support marketing and communication visuals alongside in-game content
Test, evaluate, and integrate new AI tools and models as they emerge
Collaborate closely with the rest of the art team, as well as Product, CRM, Game Design, and Developers