Company Description

Axiosys is a creative and driven indie game development team passionate about crafting immersive gaming experiences that blend technical expertise, artistic expression, and rich narratives. Known for their work on Mawforged, the team emphasizes collaboration and innovation to deliver captivating stories and gameplay. At Axiosys, every team member contributes to the vision of producing high-quality, unique games with a deep connection to dark fantasy worlds. Join a team where creativity and dedication bring stories to life.

IMPORTANT NOTE:

 This is currently a revenue-share/equity-based position as we finalize our initial funding rounds over the coming months. We're assembling a founding team of passionate professionals who believe in the long-term potential of Mawforged.

Role Overview

You will own the visual identity of Mawforged and lead all art disciplines (Concept, Character, Environment, Tech Art, VFX, UI/UX) from vision to in-engine delivery. Partnering with Design and Engineering, you’ll turn style guides into scalable pipelines, keep performance and readability on target, and ship iconic visuals for builds, trailers, and the store page.

🛠️ What you’ll do

• Define and own the art direction (style guides, mood, palette, materials, lighting)

• Lead and mentor Concept, Character, Environment, Tech Art, VFX, UI/UX

• Set the quality bar and run reviews, paintovers, and approvals across disciplines

• Build/articulate pipelines for concept → 3D → integration → polish (UE5)

• Partner with Design/Code for readability, performance, and gameplay clarity

• Plan headcount, scope outsourcing, write briefs, and manage deliverables/assets

• Drive milestone visuals: key art, trailers/teasers, store visuals, marketing beats

🎯 You should have

• Senior/lead experience shipping or steering art on a game (indie/AA/AAA)

• Portfolio showing cohesive direction in dark or high-fantasy aesthetics

• Fluency with Blender/Maya, ZBrush, Substance (Painter/Designer), Photoshop, UE5

• Strong grasp of composition, lighting, materials/shaders, and perf vs. fidelity tradeoffs

• Leadership: clear feedback, documentation, and cross-team communication

🚀 Bonus points

• Procedural/Houdini workflows; master materials; Lumen/Nanite savvy

• Trailer/cinematics eye (Sequencer), keysplash/marketing art experience

• Outsourcing/vendor management and budgeting experience

🧰 Our stack

Unreal Engine 5, GitLab CI, OpenProject (Nextcloud), Discord.

• ⚠️ Important: This is currently a revenue-share/equity role while we finalize funding. It’s a founding-team track with high ownership and creative control.

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